Friday Jams (Funky Bubbleguts Edition)

Hunter and I are doing the Bubbleguts thing tonight at Shine from 11 till 2. Come out and party, but bring comfortable shoes, cause we're playin deep funk breaks for one of our sets. Gonna be lots of hard drums and some quick mixes. We're also gonna do the usual long/smooth blends on our hip-hop sets, but we're taking it back to the bronx in the 80s (before there were hip-hop records) for an hour tonight. For today's Friday Jams post, I figured I'd give you a preview of some of the breaks we are going to use tonight.

One of my favorite jams (and a new-school break) is a cover of Planet Rock by Breakout. Such a great 7" with two different versions of the Zulu Nation classic. Here's Part 2:

And here's the super-funky (and oft sampled) Hector pt. 2 by The Village Callers. Another great 7" with alternate versions of the same jam on either side:

Also, here's The Hidden Cost (of the MFSB family) with Bo Did It:

Lastly, here's The Highlighters Band with The Funky 16 Corners:

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I Wanna Play for the Azzurri

Just so I can be involved in this:

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Monday Wake Up Joint

I'm extra tired after two nights DJing this past weekend. We should be back at Shine spinning the boom bap with the hot sauce on Friday (pending confirmation with management, so stay on the lookout). Anyway, to get you up this muggy Monday morning, here's De La Soul with I Am I Be:

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Friday Jams

I'm super busy at work today doing library stuff and preparing for the Bubbleguts show at Shine tonight, so not much time to post the new new jams for you. I'll hit you off with a favorite of mine real quick tho.

Here's Old Scottish with Wild Style:

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Big Ups to Menahan Street Band?

Not really sure if I'm happy or sad for the Menahan dudes over at Dunham Records, cause one of my favorite jams from the Make the Road by Walking LP just got chopped and ripped-off by 50 Cent.

You read that shit right... Hunter put me on to this. 50 has a new mixtape out called War Angel (nah, I ain't puttin no link to that shit) and on it, there's a song called Talking in Codes that completely bites Menahan's slow-burn heater The Traitor. Not quite sure how to feel about it. Anyway, you can make your own opinion.

Here's 50's Talking in Codes:

And here's Menahan Street Band's The Traitor:

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Forgotten Gem

I realized just now, I've never played Money Maker by A Tribe Called Quest at any shows or on any mixtapes. I've never even included it on this blog, but it's always been one of my favorite jams by ATCQ. One of the best build-ups to a funky boom-bap dilla-flavored beat. I think The Love Movement is a very underrated album. Is it Tribe's best? No, but it is better than most of the bullshit that came out in '98. I wouldn't like Tribe any better if they hadn't released this record, and including 6 bonus tracks (making the vinyl release a 3LP) was great for those who hadn't collected ATCQ original 12" records to get the Scenario Remix or the Oh My God Remix. Anyway, peep Money Maker:

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Monday Wake Up (Late) Joint

Woke up a little late today, so I had to get myself up and going real quick. For that, I listened to The Pharcyde's Passin Me By (Brixton Flavour Remix):

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Friday Jams

Just to start things off, here's Steve Gadd showing you his ultra-famous drumbreak for 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover:

And speaking of drummers (and I know this is a re-post, but fuck it) here's the illy lick by James Gadsen; Let a Woman Be a Woman and a Man Be a Man by Dyke and the Blazers:

And here's Fried Chicken with Funky DJ:

Lastly, here's Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham's Lover and a Friend:

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Some Pictures from the Spoleto SCENE Party

The wonderful people over at Charlie Magazine have launched their newly-updated site this week. Along with many new features and an updated social calender, they posted some pictures from their Spoleto SCENE events. Big ups go to photog Matthew Morse for these pics.

The BGB Experience:

Here's Hunter:

And Me:

And here's Jess, Hunter's step-sister, and Cam Camelwalk:

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Monday Wake Up Joint

Here's The Budos Band performing T.I.B.W.F. from their first (and self-titled) album Live at Southpaw in Brooklyn:

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Monday Wake Up Joint

Been a lazy Monday morning for me so far. Maybe that's because I put in work this weekend and didn't get a chance to just chill until Sunday. Here's A Tribe Called Quests' 1nce Again Remix to get you awake (but not too alert):

The show on Friday was great. Hunter and I got to the spot (above Vanity on King St.) and got completely set up before ten. Biggest of ups are deserved for Caroline from Charlie Magazine for putting us on. She even twittered about us on her page. Prolly the first time I've been tweeted on. Peep:

Ginormous ups are also in order for Sonar from the Spaced Invaders for letting us use his PA (and helping us lug it upstairs and set it up at the spot) and Cam for helping us with anything we needed throughout the night. Cam's gettin real close to being an official BGB. The sets went real well. We got off to a bit of a rocky start, and realized about halfway through that we would need to fill some time. I spun instrumentals, and Hunter cut the illy over some DJ Spinna, RjD2, Dilla, and DJ Premier. That seemed to really get us into the groove, cause our second set went over real well. We loved seeing Jess, Becca, Cam, Jessica, Hunter's mom and step-dad, Caroline, and many others dancing throughout. Them dancing got lots of other people on the floor to get down. After the show, we unloaded at my place (again, big ups to Cam) and I drove Jessica home (her car got towed).

Saturday was for fixing my bike, cleaning my room, getting the PA back to Sonar, going to Suite Sole to see the new sneakers/celebrate the launch of their webstore, and checking the Spaced Invaders set at the Customs House. The had a tough crowd to deal with that was spent after the band before them played the hypest of cover songs. They played through all the challenges very well, and did a great half-hour set to a crowd that was unfortunately not listening. After that; Alan, Matt, and I bike mobbed to Upper Deck and drank Mickeys.

Sunday was cool. I chilled with Bochet for a bit, did some laundry, and watched the hockey game at night. Jessica and I watched The Promotion. Not a good movie.

Nextontheagenda... abubblegutsbrosmixtape... for serious.