John Legend

All of Me

All Of Me

Here's a super late, rough and ready, last second addition to Spinforth's 100th Soundcloud scour. It's a simple mashup that literally just fell together in front of me. As if it was meant to be. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Scour Blurb:
"Gather round fellas and fellettes! Another Scour Records Sooperdooper Star has kindly taken the time to deliver a solid gold, bona fide Pete Rock and CL Smooth party block rocker! Top work from ‘Juicy’ Joe Revell! This one’s for you bud…and a one, and a two and a three….Juicy Joe from down below has just popped in to say hello, how much dough will you charge me Joe, to help me catch this bloody crow? Jesus Joe! That’s that’s too much bro, how ‘bout I show my camel toe? Fo Sho Joe, here have a go (unzips his downstairs man afro) Come back Joe! I was kidding yo! How about we listen to Status Quo….oh. He’s gone. That Joe, he’s a bloody legend!"

Exclusive download link via Spinforth's Celebratory Centenary Scour #100, over at: http://ghettofunk.co.uk/scour100/

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Scour #100

Hand me downs in the basement - RJD2 vs Pete Rock & CL Smooth (Redline Refix)

Time Machine - A Million And One Things To Do

Out Now: "Yasiin Gaye: The Return (Side Two)"

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Amerigo Gazaway’s *Soul Mates* series continues the theme of his previous work in creating collaborations that never were. On the series’ latest installment, Amerigo unites Brooklyn rapper Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and soul legend Marvin Gaye for a dream collaboration aptly titled “Yasiin Gaye”. Building the album's foundation from deconstructed samples of Gaye’s Motown classics, Gazaway re-purposes the instrumentation into new productions within a similar framework. Carefully weaving Bey’s tangled raps and Gaye’s soulful vocals over his new arrangements, the producer delivers a quality much closer to an authentic collaboration than a lukewarm "mashup" album.

Yasiin Gaye - Ms. Fat Booty

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If you've listened to Top 40 radio or flipped through the video channels during the past few years, odds are pretty good you know something about John Legend. He played piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything" and might as well be considered Kanye West's sidekick, having assisted the producer and MC on several sessions — Jay-Z's "Encore" and Slum Village's "Selfish" being two of the more prominent 2004 singles featuring his work. A former choir director, he has also released a handful of energetic live discs, some of which are credited to his less hubristic birth name, John Stephens. And though he claims "I've got something new," you've also heard substantial chunks of Get Lifted in records made decades ago by Sly & the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Quincy Jones, and Bill Withers. This might not be a problem for listeners who crave anything that recalls the music they first heard in their youth, but Legend's over-reliance upon his inspirations is an impediment as much as a slick way to grab attention. That's because he has more than enough talent and charm to get by on his own. His own lyrics and hooks are unique and clever enough to get the point across that he's no everyday R&B artist and, just as importantly, he has a personable and instantly fetching voice you could listen to all day long. However, the association with West — whose Sony-distributed boutique label released the record — is very helpful. Without it, Legend would likely be zoned into neo-soul (2003's Live at SOB's New York City really makes this notion apparent), thereby standing little chance of reaching the ears of anyone younger than 30. The production work supporting his songs strikes a fine balance between soul and hip-hop, allowing him to appeal to those who are coming from either angle. This is a very good record. It's a given that Legend is destined to make at least two others that top it. 

Number One (Maxi Single)

Number One (Clean Edit featuring Kanye West)

Get Lifted

Stay With You

Ordinary People

West African Afrobeat meets hip hop in the new single from "Charlie Bucket". "One Life" shares the story of 2 Mc's growing up through a life in hip hop from other sides of the Globe. "Blitz The Ambassador" (Ghana) & "Raashan Ahmad" (USA).  Featuring Live horns from "The Ruby Horns", "One Life" is set to rock many a dance floor this Summer.

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ONE LIFE Feat BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR & RAASHAN AHMAD


This is Marvin. This is Soul. You didn't hear it through the grapevine—you heard it flowing out the speakers of your dad’s record player. But as time passes, and seasons change, music is often reincarnated into new forms, based on old recipes. 



32 years after Marvin Gaye’s tragic passing death, we shed a tear and celebrate his life with this refreshing tribute, just in time for what would have been The Prince of Soul’s 77th birthday. 



Counterweight Records' DJ Devastate and synth guru, Segerfalk recently made the trip to Analog Sweden’s studio, to breathe new life into Marvin’s time honored classic, "Heard It Through The Grapevine.” The concept of classic meets contemporary is magnified with verses contributed by emcees Joe Lefty and Chapee, the latter of which who recently dropped his debut solo LP, Mode7ty, produced by Tommy Black, who's sounds you may already be familiar with on “Institutionallized, off Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly LP.



Independent label Counterweight Records has lots more in store for 2016. This spring you’ll hear more from Chapee, along with beatsmith Max I Million, and his anticipated mixtape sequel, The Maxtape 2. But in the meantime, we leave you with the question: "Do You Cry,” a token of gratitude to Marvin Gaye and his unforgettable legacy.



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• DJ Devastate: https://twitter.com/djdevastate

• Chapee: https://twitter.com/Chapee_Official

• Joe Lefty: https://twitter.com/JooeLefty

• Analog Sweden: https://twitter.com/analogsweden

• Counterweight Records: https://twitter.com/cwrecs




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Do You Cry - Feat Chapee & Joe Lefty (Prod. Devastate & Segerfalk)

Pre-order De La Soul’s Plug 1 &amp; Plug 2 present First Serve – The Album Out April 2nd

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The last we heard of First Serve it was 3am in a Parisian suburb at an out of control house party with ‘The Goon Time Mixtape’ blasting into the night.  That was just a taste of things to come from De La Soul’s Plug 1 &amp; Plug 2 present ‘First Serve’; a dynamic hip-hop group, an album, a concept, the soundtrack to a movie that has yet to be made and a fable for our times.  

‘First Serve’ is many things, but at its heart it is the story of two young boys from Queens, New York with big dreams and larger rhymes. Two friends, Deen Whitter (aka Plug 2 / Dave) and Jacob ‘Pop Life’ Barrow (aka Plug 1/ Pos), friends from seventh grade, are by their own admission, “different, but the differences seem to complement everything we do.” Their name ‘First Serve’ comes from their motto, “First come, First Serve, get what you deserve.” 

We get a first glimpse into their world in the form of the track "Pushin' Aside, Pushin' Along".  Due to hit the streets in April 2012, the ‘First Serve’ album, made with acclaimed French production team 2 &amp; 4 (aka Chokolate &amp; Khalid),  tells the story of two dreamers in a basement struggling to start their musical career, the battles they face, through to the point that they eventually release their debut single, ‘make it big’ and their hard work and persistence finally pays off. As we know that is rarely where the story ends and the story of ‘First Serve’ is no different. Taking place in an animated world that could have been imagined by Hawley Pratt on Magic Mushrooms, the high spirited and often hilarious journey is pure old school hip-hop; skits, disco, beats, funk, quips, burns and hustlin’ all included.

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First Serve

De La Soul's Plug 1 &amp; Plug 2 present First Serve - Pushin' Aside, Pushin' Along

Believe me, I don't take 'They Reminisce Over You' lightly... This is one of my all time absolute favourite tracks, hip hop or otherwise, and it's not something I'd just throw anything under or risk messing with it just for fun. So let me explain the beat in the background a bit first...

I was working on some things with Buck 65 from around 2009 to 2011-ish, and we got a lot done in that time. Some of it has come out (the Dirtbike albums, 20 Odd Years, and a few extra bits and pieces), and some of it just hasn't been possible to complete. We'll hopefully get ther eventually but it's cool, it'll happen sometime. I made some tracks for Buck to use in live performances, and I decided to go all out with the Amelie soundtrack composed by the phenomenal Yann Tiersen (who would later work with the god Sage Francis on 'The Best Of Times'). I edited it a fair bit and lined up some breaks and extras here and there, and got it all in line with Buck's 'Wicked And Weird', so all the verses and choruses would hit at the right times. I've seen him do it live and he just kills it like crazy.

I really wanted to play the beat to folks, I love the soundtrack so much and I like how this version turned out, and so I thought it would be a good chance to try and combine it with a carved-in-marble classic like TROY. So this is what we have here, with a few additional edits and tweaks on that beat I made for Buck.

Like I say, I know the weight of what I'm using, and the power of classics like this. I grew up listening to hip hop and revisiting my favourites constantly, and I hold this one sacred!

I hope you like this version of it anyway, and that somewhere in the world, Pete Rock isn't shaking his head in disapproval. I'll settle for a 3 o' clock half-mast thumbs up...

Thanks for hearing me out. I hope you like it.

Buddy Peace /// XXX
PS: Huge props & hugs to Anaïs for the French assistance!

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y. (Buddy's 'Ils Se Souviennent De Toi' remix)

John Legend and The Roots - Our Generation

Get "Who Do We Think We Are" featuring Rick Ross on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/wdwtwa
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Love In The Future (Expanded Edition)

Who Do We Think We Are (Album Version) [feat. Rick Ross]

We’re excited to share Amerigo Gazaway’s brand new Otis Redding x Big Boi remix, “Shutterbugg”. Inspired by a recent tour stop in Redding’s hometown of Macon, GA (and composed on the road in-between gigs), the producer re-orchestrated instrumental elements from a handful of Redding classics, creating an entirely new production with the vocals of another Georgia native, Outkast’s own Big Boi.

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Gummy Soul - Otis Redding x Big Boi - Shutterbugg (Gummy Soul Remix)

hey there, i´m very sure by now all of you did stumble over http://soundcloud.com/djtzinas ´ 
http://soundcloud.com/djtzinas/djtzinas-this-is-jam-hot , after i did listen to it i knew i had to mess around with it, here´s what i came up with, big ups to djtzinas for that heavy instrumental!
dont forget to comment while downloading and also hop on over to djtzinas page and give him a like or two!

John Legend and The Roots - Our Generation

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