By
Anu Rana
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Dec 6, 2012
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Menahan Street Band's "Lights Out" is a cocktail of swank paired with a slick funk, reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino's cinematic aesthetic. The blazing brass alone draws memories of The Coaster's "Down in Mexico," from the Death Proof soundtrack.The ...
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By
sweeney kovar
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Oct 11, 2012
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Earlier this year the prodigious pianist Robert Glasper made a concerted effort to bring jazz into the mainstream via hip-hop, with his accessible and awesome guest-filled LP Black Radio. Recently, to remind fickle audiences, he has issued a remix al...
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By
sweeney kovar
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Sep 20, 2012
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Denitia Odigie and Sene dropped their How To Satisfy Your Lover EP just a few weeks ago, but already they're back with a new cut, "Casanova." The duo has definitely mastered a mood with this one, weaving a bittersweet, make-up to break-up narrative o...
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By
Dwayne
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Jul 19, 2012
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This remix of Biggie is a pretty simple job. But it works excellently.Los Angeles producer Woody has simply put his own trumpet-driven beat under the acapella of "Machine Gun Funk" and created a really nice jam. There's nothing more to it.You can gra...
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By
sean o
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May 25, 2012
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While walking home from the train station the other night, I felt compelled to listen to Nujabes' Spiritual State. For the unfamiliar, Nujabes was a 36-year-old Japanese producer who lost his life in a car accident in 2010. Spiritual State is an albu...
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By
sean o
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Dec 6, 2011
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Japanese producer and DJ Seba Jun (Nujabes is his birth name backwards) was only 36 years old when he died last February from injuries sustained in a car accident. His death was a big loss to a far-ranging community of fans who admired the artist's w...
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