Ghetto Funk and Soul

Kill Paris - Baby Come Back
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Britney Spears - Toxic

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Baby Come Back Toxic (Defunk Mashup)

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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Defunk x Slynk - With You

A couple years ago I saw SwAy perform their original of this tune live and it stuck with me. It's one of those many times where the instant i heard the song I knew I wanted to remix it. Here is the fruition of that inspiration.

SwAy - Tender Love (JPOD Remix)

Omniversal

Sneakers

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Taken from the new EP Feed Me’s Family Reunion.

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Life Raft

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"Give It A Minute ft bcap (Stickybuds Remix)"
by Fort Knox Five
FKX115 - Fort Knox Recordings
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The story of Fort Knox Five and Stickybuds goes back over a decade, funk is the glue that binds these brothers together, and they have rocked the same great festivals and shows across the US and Canada.  All of that funky party rockin' has culminated with Stickybuds' first official remix of Fort Knox Five, his reinterpretation of Give It A Minute featuring bcap. No doubt you have heard Stickybuds teasing the crowd with some exclusive Fort Knox Five acapellas and drops over the years in his legendary sets, but this opens a whole new chapter with his bombastic remix.

Stickybuds cuts right to the chase, as his mix opens up immediately to bcap's narrative verse and the relentless percussive synths that propel it over the hard hitting beats.  Synth pop sensibilities of groups like Oliver and Chromeo can be heard dripping over Stickybuds unique glitch-hop style production.  With epic big builds and organic drum fills, the remix rides the line between electro and classic funk.  

From the start the remix gets you hooked on the dancefloor, delivering bcap's catchy chorus over booty shaking beats. And then the big break down devastates with its cut-up and asymmetrical glitched-out vocals layered on top of the electro-synths. Featuring a healthy dose of Rob Myers' guitar/synth lines and heavily utilizing the original vocals, the remix maintains the vibe of FK5's original track. Stickybuds delivers the goods and flips the Future Funk, Go-Go meets Glitch-Hop of the original into an Electro meets Glitch-Hop dancefloor powerhouse.

Also included is the instrumental version, which slays on its own and highlights Stickybuds impeccable studio production.  This killer remix of Give It A Minute is meant to be played loud and danced furiously to, and is the best way we could imagine finishing out the year, with an absolute banger.

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Give It A Minute ft bcap (Stickybuds Remix)

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Never one afraid to take a chance with his music, Calgary’s own Defunk is starting 2018 with “Pretty Things,” the first single off his upcoming EP “Empire.” Taking elements from glitch hop, complextro and funk, Defunk delivers an ambitious genre-bending production. 

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Pretty Things

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Funk n' Beats, Vol. 4 (Mixed by Fort Knox Five)

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Maha Quest - Doctor Fumu

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My debut album "Take A Stand" is out now on all major digital music stores and streaming services. 

This is a collection of music I've made over the past while about the state of the world. It's straight from the soul of myself and 11 different vocalists, 9 different musicians and recorded in 7 different countries. 

I wanted to make something I could look back on and be proud of, and I feel that I did that. I hope you enjoy it.

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Take A Stand Feat. Burro Banton

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Different Kinda Cold Ft Bdice & Def3

Rock With This' (www.rockwiththis.com) mission is to help you discover your new favorite songs. Our goal is for people to have heard less than 20% of the tracks and to love 80% or more!

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"Cocaine Biimbie" by Siimba Selassiie

Curated by: Natalie Silver

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Genre: #hiphop

You’re reading the words of a total, unapologetic music snob--so it’s POSSIBLE that you’re inclined to believe that I, and people like me, have a brutal stranglehold on our methods of music discovery, and that we meticulously and intentionally hand-craft every single thing we listen to. It’s POSSIBLE that we’re not the most open people in the world to new music. 

I get it. But listen, at least consistent with my pretension is that I tend to heavily believe in omens and signs; I let energy guide me. So, when the forces that be shove me into a reckless stumble into the abyss of new music, I don’t question it at all.

I can--sometimes--be sold on new music without even hearing the song, but only through a haphazard assembly of the bits and pieces of information on the artist orbiting my world, like the content, the social media presence, the headlines, the hooks and riffs and beats and voices and words. 

If that’s the case, however, those bits and pieces had better be pretty damn enticing. It’d better be a hard sell. 

And when it came to finding SIIMBA SELASSIIE--the Ethiopian-American hip hop artist based in Brooklyn who spent a couple months darting in and out of my cognitive periphery--it was, and I fell in love with the dude before I even pushed play on “Cocaine Biimbie.” 

These were my clues:

5) He runs in the same musical circle as and has collaborated with one of the most brilliant and poetic artists of 2019 hip hop, KAMAU. I trust KAMAU’s taste and sensibilities with all of my being. 

6) I have found footage of some insanely rowdy pits at SELASSIIE’s shows. My college music magazine once put me on a one-month probation for glorifying the epic violence of the pits in Bay Area punk scenes. Some people think there’s a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow; I believe there is a neck-breaking, moshpit orgy of pent-up aggression. 

7) Rumor has it that Mr. SELASSIIEhas a cunnalingus appreciation song on deck with the impending release of his next album, VIICES. 

8) The man breathes fire. Literally. 

I was sold. Here would be the part where I talk about how Cocaine Biimbie actually SOUNDS, but I kind of don’t want to do that. I want you to succumb to the forces that be (i.e. me) and blindly delve in like I did. 

I’ll see you in the pit.

SIIMBA SELASSIIE - Cocaine Biimbie

Say the Word

I Just Got That Feeling

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The globetrotting beat maestro is back, with a truckload of tropical vibes and the irresistibly danceable soundtrack to your Summer! 3 years after releasing his groundbreaking collaborative album with singer Chico Mann (which landed him live sets on Boiler Room & KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic as well as a feature on NYTimes “Best Songs Of The Week”) DJ/producer Captain Planet returns with NO VISA, set to drop June 26th on Bastard Jazz Recordings. In his trademark “Gumbo Funk” sound, the album mixes rhythms and musical styles from the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, over highly danceable electronic beats, all firmly rooted in the hip hop, dancehall and house music that the Captain grew up playing as a DJ. Seamlessly bouncing from Brazilian Baile Funk, to Afrobeat, to Roots Reggae and Latin House, the entire record delivers the uplifting feel of one of the Captain's legendary boundary-crossing DJ sets. Building on these traditions he draws from, the Captain has created something fully original and unique.

NO VISA, the 5th full-length album from producer Charlie Wilder (aka Captain Planet), is both a return to form and a launchpad into the future. With 13 songs that feature vocalists from around the world, long-time fans will recognize several previous collaborators as well as the global influences that have always been central to Captain Planet's music. New friends, like prolific Zimbabwean-American singer Shungudzo (who has recent hits with Oliver Heldens & Rudimental), and Jamaican reggae star Jesse Royal, bring powerful subversive messages to the music as well. Showcasing the Captain's production chops and songwriting talents equally, the album unveils a unique musical landscape, a place where our political boundaries and cultural hierarchies begin to dissolve, where foreign languages mingle together and deep rooted traditions dance with the future. 

With NO VISA, Captain Planet unveils a fully matured and truly unique form of electronic music- one that bridges gaps between worldwide cultural diasporas as well as contemporary dance music sub-genres (house, hip hop, dancehall & global bass). Throughout every Captain Planet song, it’s clear to hear his inspired appreciation for breaking the boundaries between genres and bridging continents through rhythm.

NO VISA

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Captain Planet - Patty Cake

Staycation (Official Audio)

Our collab with Defunk & Akylla is finally here!

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The Funk Hunters x Defunk x Akylla - Warn Ya

DOWNLOAD: https://fatherfunk.bandcamp.com/album/hot-pants

I teamed up with one of my bestest buds in the world Wes Please to make a funky disco banger called "Hot Pants"! And we got the mighty WBBL and Broken Future & Stund on remix duties! All proceeds from this release go to the Wes Please Cancer Recovery Fund.

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Wes Please & Father Funk - Hot Pants (OUT NOW!)

Fuck charts I follow my heart.

I discover music through experience and recommendation. I simply find good music and pass it on. 

Much of what I find is inspired from artists I've seen perform at shows and festivals or through DJ mixes they have posted.

Forever determined to steer clear of the shitty, monotonous mainstream sounds. I attempt to consistently bring forward the most cutting edge electronic music that challenges, inspires emotions and expands genres.

Ghetto Funk and Soul

The Kelownafornian