Lots of funk and soul happening this week. Cimafunk taps George Clinton to feature on a new track, Lucky Daye is on a reimagined EWF song and more. Dr. Funkenstein is in, y’all, and he’s pulled out ...
Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...
Lowdown Brass Band has been able to merge the jazz sounds of New Orleans with the stylings of Chicago and the grit of hip-hop to create something special. We spoke with Lance Loiselle, the band’s ...
Hip-hop purists and boom-bap enthusiasts alike recognize Funky Technician as a landmark release in the genre’s golden era. Released on February 6, 1990, through Wild Pitch Records, this debut album ...
Jay Mumford was attending Mamaroneck High School in the early Nineties when he made a hip-hop demo tape that sampled the drums from “Midnight Theme,” a song by the Seventies funk band Manzel that’s ...
A fixture in the Bay Area’s underground hip-hop, funk and boogie scenes for over 20 years, K-Maxx (a.k.a. Kenyan “Ken” Hopkins) died unexpectedly of unknown causes on Dec. 29, 2020. KQED was scheduled ...
On this day in 1995, Compton architect DJ Quik delivered his third studio album Safe + Sound, a project that further cemented his reputation as one of the West Coast’s most musically gifted producers ...
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