X-Ray Ted - Party Time

Taken from Funk N' Beats Vol. 8 (Curated by X-Ray Ted).  
Stream/Download: https://fanlink.to/FnB8

Available digitally for the first time. Originally available on a limited run of vinyl, the release sold out within a matter of days. This one has already picked up some serious heat with support from DJ Koco, Krafty Kuts, and Craig Charles on his BBC Radio 2 show.

Funk N' Beats Vol. 8

X-Ray Ted - Party Time (Taken from Funk N' Beats 8)

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Afrika Bambaataa We Funk This Party Out Feat. Grandmaster Flash, Mele Mel & Kurtis Blow (Qdup & AGFA Remix)

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Qdup & AGFA team up to remix some of hip hop's pioneers into a tasty slice of midtempo funk breaks. They've sliced up a who's who of original funk breaks in homage to the pioneers of hip hop & funk while adding a good bit of modern pumped up beats and bass to properly thump on todays dance floors and sound systems. 

This one has been road tested through many festivals over the summer and getting early support from Fort Knox Five, DJ Slynk, The Funk Hunters among other top party rockers worldwide.


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A remix I did for Cut la roc. Other heads on the remix are Nick Fonkynson and herb grinder. Dope EP to be part of. i tried to bring turntables and some ghetto funk synths to the table. Hope you like people! Release date to be confirmed! 

Cut La Roc Sunday Morning People(Roast Beatz Remix)

Storytime:
 "A smile from you might make it a nicer day"
 For everyone who DOESN'T have someone this year, as well as those who are in an unfulfilling relationship that's lost it's spark, or never had one in the first place....Valentine's can be a source of pain and heartache for people the world over, whether single OR in relationship.....we all feel lonely at times....In my personal healing practice, when a client comes in wanting to find a meaningful love relationship, I have to find the part of them that is lost and lonely by connecting with that part in myself.......To feel the times I've been lonely and grasping and gasping...It's called empathy....Usually, once we truly feel our loneliness and stop running from it through overwork, drugs, alcohol, non-commital flings, etc.....we come to a point where we have to face it.....whether true friends help us, family, a healer or we do it solo, we come to that place of pain in our hearts. Feeling what's really there, the sadness, we do what needs to be done and eventually find a breakthrough and don't feel so lonely cuz we've come to love ourselves in a new and powerful way, at which point we can truly "find" someone who is meaningful or has real potential......a real "Valentine", whatever time of the year they happen to come..... 
 This song can help you connect with your Loneliness. I connected with my Loneliness and longing while making it, I've been a single father twice over, been isolated missing my lover or favorite friends...Had to learn alot of tough lessons about loneliness...In December, while I was working on this, My wife came down while I was making it on the first day and said "I have to have you right now, I can't take it anymore" ---Split second decision and I took care of her right then and there. This song took her to her loneliness even while making dinner in the kitchen upstairs.
 Tell a friend you love them. You care about them. Whether they are single or in an unsatisfactory relationship. Fuck all that shallow shit. You don't need to be that way. Be a lover and warrior for Love.
 Sometimes we can't be with the people we love the most. Not now, not ever (in this life). That is also a painful realization I've had to be help clients and friends through over and over...You'll find a new love....And then, there's the people who've departed from us in the physical world and "left us behind", and you can only wait to find out the truth when you die......my heart goes out to all of you in this song with Bill, and I've arranged it so that he is You speaking to THAT PERSON, or those people. Echoing what's in your heart. 
 Mark Twain said "the 2 most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why" I'd like to add a 3rd, it's the day you stop caring what anyone else thinks about you expressing your deepest truth and feelings and you take the leap and do it. Over and over and over again. Peace. 
Gaff, Friday, Feb. 13th, 2015.

SHOUTS: My Wife Sarah's smile is the most amazing thing. She's taken me out of some dark places....My Best Friend's Ness, Nu, and Bastid all have smiles so fucking dope they can take me out of any loneliness while I'm with them... My Son's smile is brighter than the sun. My daughter is a teenager and getting her to smile is A CHORE. Ha...

Smile For Me

When Featurecast & The Gaff got a chance to play together recently, it didn't take long to get to talking about their mutual love for Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" and how the world needed an edit of it, and just like that, a few sleepless nights, some dusty records and a little bit of finesse: "Ain't Got Time" was born! The ultimate Marvin Gaye meets Stevie Wonder track that never existed......So why did a collabo between these two legends never happen? They both recorded for Motown at the same time and were fans of each other!....Here's a little history lesson: 
 "Too busy thinkin bout my baby" was written by the Motown team of Whitfield, Strong, and Bradford in 1965, and first recorded by The Temptations a year later.
Marvin's cover of the tune came out a few years later, and was his 2nd biggest hit of the 60's, right after "Heard It Through The Grapevine" in 1969 at the age of 30...Curious who was in Marvin's heart as he was singin this? If You do the math, it's none other than Tammi Terrel, who he fell deeply in love with as they began working on their tracks ("ain't no mountain high enough) around the same time....Unfortunately, Tammi wasn't into Marvin in that way! She was much younger, early 20's, and apparently favored "darker men", Marvin was a light skinned brother, and perhaps wasn't what caught her eye? Well, that's the breaks, Tammi put on a good show for sure...
Now, Marvin Gaye was 11 years older than Stevie Wonder, who, at the time, was about to breakthrough to his hugely successful crossover lp's at only 19 with "Signed Sealed Delivered"! 
Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" had come out on his album "Down TO Earth" in '66, at only 16, and a dope version was covered later by SoulSister Bettye Lavette, You should check it! Not many know about that cover :-)
So, there was a big age gap, with marvin bringout out songs of soulful love in his 30's, and Stevie bringin the Funk in his 20's!!!
in 1991, almost 25 years after it was released, De La Soul would flip "Hey Love" into "Talkin bout Hey Love" where it was brought back all over again for a new generation of Hip Hop heads around the world (a young skateboarding gaffer and a LIl Featurecast being 2 of them :-) 
25 years after that, we added in the horns from an early Serge Gainsbourg record so this tune would appeal to fans of De La Soul, be enjoyed by Motown lovers, and any fans of DJ's with dope cuts.....Sampled the OG records to provide the instrumental parts used...
We kept this mix so classic, for old and young alike, even your grandma can still appreciate it, nod her head to the fatback drums, dope cuts and scratches....we hope this version makes its rounds for a long time to come, giving you the Marvin & Stevie collaberation that you always wished for.......cheers! 
Gaff and Featurecast, June 9th 2015....
                                             
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Featurecast & The Gaff Ain't Got Time

Overdub instrument at Home Recording - 9/23/2025
Performed on Yamaha DTXtreme III Drum Kit with a Yamaha M12 Percussion Drum Pad

I would not mind it  -  Vocal n Drums.wav

A little remix I made that has been making its way into my sets lately. Hope you guys like it.

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Check out the new remix release from Toy Beats in the form of a funky rework of Lords Of The Underground's track, "What I'm After". Feat Redman.

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Hot step & shuffle!

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Lords Of The Underground - What I'm After (Toy Beats Remix)

Welcome to Toy Beats' entry track for Westwood Recordings Remix Contest. 

The brief: 
Take Chali 2na from Jurassic 5's track 'How We Do' and remix it.

I sped it up from 87 to 105BPM, took the Vocals and the Violin from the original and then funked that shit up some.

I hope you all enjoy my version. 

Peace and Love.

For mastering work hit up: info@theleisurecentre.co.uk

Chali 2Na -  How We Do - Toy Beats Remix (Westwood Recordings Remix Contest)

Party Rockin Groove Knockin Record Collectin Vinyl Spinnin DJ & Music Producer from Canada, Born in Washington D.C. 🐉 1/2 of MVPZ
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