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Video: Busta Rhymes, Q Tip, Lil Wayne & Kanye West “Thank You”

soulrocks — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:29:01 +0000

Taken from the Busta Rhymes & Q Tip mixtape “The Abstract & the dragon”

Progressive Soul Vol.28

soulrocks — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:07:31 +0000

Track listing
1. Waajeed & Coultrain – We Gotta Have Peace (feat.The Afro’s & Curls Orchestra)
2. Chaka Khan & Mary.J.Blige – Disrespectful
3. Whitney Houston (Prod. Raphael Saadiq & Q-tip) – Fine
4. Raphael Saadiq – Body Parts
5. Van Hunt – Her December
6. Amp Fiddler – Find My Way

Progressive Soul Vol.24

soulrocks — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:14:28 +0000

Track listing
1. Cee Lo/Melanie Fiona – Fool For You
2. Elle Varner – Soundproof room
3. John Legend – Chasing Your Love
4. D’angelo/Q-Tip –Ghetto Music
5. Daniel Merriweather – A Little Bit Better

Audio – D’angelo + Q-Tip “Ghetto Music”

soulrocks — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:27:30 +0000

New music from D’angelo + Q-Tip, Ghetto Music

Progressive Soul Vol.2

soulrocks — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:31:52 +0000

Track listing
1. Mr Scruff – intro
2. Q-tip – Work it put
3. Bilal Saleem – modern day slavery
4. Nicholas Ryan Gant – before the fall
5. Peven Everett – What’s Your Name
6. Jmost -Her
7. Bilal Oliver – Got me looking up
8. PJ aka The Fly Nerd aka Son Of Stevie – bla bla bla

A Tribe Called Quest

soulrocks — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:41:14 +0000

Without question the most intelligent, artistic rap group during the 1990s, A Tribe Called Quest was formed in 1988, though both Q-Tip (b. Jonathan Davis) and Phife (b. Malik Taylor) had grown up together in Queens. Q-Tip met DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad while at high school and, after being named by the Jungle Brothers, the trio began performing. Tribe’s recording debut came in August 1989, when their single, “Description of a Fool,” appeared on a tiny area label, they signed to Jive later that same year. They released their first album, “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm”, one year later. Much like De La Soul, Tribe looked more to jazz as well as ’70s rock for their sample base “Can I Kick It?” plundered Lou Reed’s classic “Walk on the Wild Side” and made it viable in a hip-hop context. No matter how solid their debut was, second album The Low End Theory outdid all expectations and has held up as one of the best hip-hop albums of all time. Tribe cemented their support of the rap community with 1993’s “Midnight Marauders”. Though impossible to trump Low End’s brilliance, the LP offered several classics including “Award Tour” and “Electric Relaxation”. Returning in 1996 with their fourth LP, Beats, Rhymes and Life, Tribe showed signs of wear; it was a good album, but proved less striking than “The Low End Theory” or “Marauders”. While touring in support of 1998’s “The Love Movement”, the group announced their impending breakup.

Website www.atcq.com

Mark Ronson

soulrocks — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:08:31 +0000

Mark Ronson is a sought-after turntablist who’s worked with such diverse artists as Macy Gray, Jay-Z, and comedian Jimmy Fallon. The stepson of guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner, Ronson spent the first eight years of his life growing up in England. Having played guitar and drums from an early age, it wasn’t until moving to New York City with his mother that Ronson discovered DJ culture. At age 16, already a fan of such popular hip-hop artists as Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys, Ronson began listening to the various hip-hop mixtapes released every few months by DJs. Inspired, Ronson confiscated his father’s record collection and began trying his hand at mixing.

The young DJ with the diverse taste soon caught the ears and eyes of various socialites and New York celebrities, including fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, who featured Ronson along with other sons and daughters of celebrities in a 1997 fashion campaign. A year later, hip-hop mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs hired Ronson to DJ his fabled 29th birthday bash. These and other high-profile gigs boosted Ronson’s “hip quotient” and helped promote his more serious-minded music career. Fusing his eclectic turntable skills with his knowledge of musical instruments and songwriting, Ronson eventually embarked on his first solo project. Featuring such diverse guest artists as dancehall rapper Sean Paul, hip-hop artist Mos Def, Jack White ofthe White Stripes, and Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Ronson’s debut album, Here Comes the Fuzz, bowed for Elektra in 2003.

After releasing his debut album, Ronson kept busy producing tracks for a number artists, including Amy Winehouse, whose 2006 album Back to Black earned critical praise in large part for Ronson’s throwback, Motown-influenced production. His own sophomore effort, Version, dropped in 2007.

www.markronson.co.uk

MNDR

soulrocks — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:46:14 +0000

MNDR (pronounced “mandar”), is an electronic music duo, formed in 2009 in New York, that consists of Amanda Warner and Peter Wade.

Warner moved from Oakland, California, to New York a year in 2009 to work as a songwriter for hire. But it was only after meeting Wade that she began to consider fronting her own act. MNDR has opened for bands like YACHT, Massive Attack, and Deerhoof. Together, the duo uploaded four tracks to MySpace in 2009, which eventually morphed into MNDR’s debut EP, E.P.E.. The band is currently[when?] at work on their first full-length album, tentatively scheduled for release in early 2011. The song “Fade to Black” from E.P.E was re-recorded in the Simlish language of The Sims and is featured in The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff. MNDR’s Amanda Warner features on the song “Bang Bang Bang“, the first single taken from Record Collection, the third studio album byMark Ronson. The song was co-written by both Warner, Wade, Q-Tip and Mark Ronson. Daniel Kreps from describes MNDR as providing “the song’s indelible French-laden hook,” while “a debonair Q-Tip absolutely slays on his verses.”Warner also featured with Ronson on his 2010 tour in support of the album.

MNDR myspace

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl – Bang Bang Bang

soulrocks — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:48:29 +0000

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl – Bang Bang Bang