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The Perfect Circle was a Bay Area funk band that only produced one album, but it is a monster! Produced by underground legend George Semper, songs like “Spread The News,” Jungle Disco,” “For Your Funkification,” and “The Hands Of Time” are the definition of indie funk and have been anthologized on Funky Jams and Inner [...]
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With all of the problems in the world today, this tune from Marvin Gaye is as relevant now as when it was originally recorded. The song was recorded in 1972, when Gaye was working with the Mizell brothers (producers of Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey, and other jazz-funk artists). Sessions for an upcoming album with the [...]
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Sometimes people make such an ass of themselves that they just have to be called out. To point out egregious moments of stupidity, The Next Write Thing is starting a new feature called Fool Of The Week. Our inaugural winner is Warren G, the one hit wonder from the 90s who was more recently seen [...]
I came across an interesting editorial from Andreas Hale, the former Executive Editor of Music at BET.com. Hale had established his reputation via HipHopDX, a site that caters to a definition of hip-hop that is more independent and non-commercial than what is generally promoted in the mass media. It was a surprise to many when [...]
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