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Month: August 2019

Categories Hip Hop

31/08/2019: “Mama Said Knock You Out” by LL Cool J

This is easily one of the best hip hop tracks ever. From the moment it starts, you know what song it is. When the “funky…

August 31, 2019September 26, 2019
Categories Reggae

30/08/2019: “Why Am I A Rastaman” by Culture

A lot of more hardcore songs about Rastafari can be quite impenetrable to people who don’t listen to a reggae. The accent is thicker, the…

August 30, 2019September 24, 2019
Categories Soul

29/08/2019: “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack

A lot of people will be familiar with The Fugees’ 1996 take on this. In fairness, Lauryn Hill does a great job with it. This…

August 29, 2019September 23, 2019
Categories Electronica, Rock

28/08/2019: “Music For Chameleons” by Gary Numan

Gary Numan has spent decades cultivating a unique sound and persona. I could possibly compare him to David Bowie, but Numan’s music is special because…

August 28, 2019September 22, 2019
Categories Dancehall

27/08/2019: “El Pare” by El General

The evolution of Jamaican dancehall into the pan-Latin Reggaeton was filtered through several countries, styles, and eras. At the beginning, it was centred around Panama…

August 27, 2019September 22, 2019
Categories Jazz

26/08/2019: “Astral Travelling” by Pharaoh Sanders

Along with Alice & John Coltrane, and possibly Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders is behind the evolution of the cosmic jazz style, deeply spiritual in an…

August 26, 2019September 19, 2019
Categories Funk

25/08/2019: “Just A Touch Of Love” by Slave

Slave make good times music, with some serious boogie potential. “Just A Touch Of Love” is the title track of the band’s 1979 album, which…

August 25, 2019September 18, 2019
Categories Dub, Electronica

24/08/2019: “Good Thing You Came Along” by Tapes

Jahtari artists make a particularly interesting type of digital dub music. It tends to be very lo-fi, slightly crusty, and usually containing an unusually deep…

August 24, 2019September 17, 2019
Categories Country

23/08/2019: “The Pill” by Loretta Lynn

When you think of country music in the Deep South from the 70s, you don’t tend to think of feminism. Yet, although it is very…

August 23, 2019September 16, 2019
Categories Rock

22/08/2019: “Wave Of Mutilation” by Pixies

Particularly astute people might guess that “Wave Of Mutilation” is not a happy, upbeat song about the beauty of human nature. It’s a song about…

August 22, 2019September 15, 2019

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