Philly Fame

David Bowie Young Americans RCA Records 1975

03. Fascination 04. Right 08. Fame I recently heard David Bowie's "Fame" in a DJ set and it really fit well with some James Brown tracks I use. After doing some research, I found that it was his first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Young Americans album that the track was on was Bowie's first departure from his usual glam rock style. With this album, he explored the Philadelphia soul sound.

Over Night Killah

Eddie Holman A Night to Remember Salsoul 1977

03. Immune to Love 05. I've Been Singing Love Songs 08. It's Over

Monkey Music

Mandrill Mandrill Polydor Records 1970

01. Mandrill 03. Symphonic Revolution 04. Rollin On By far one of my favorite bands of all time. So I figured what other way to introduce them to y'all than to give you guys a taste of their first album. Enjoy!

Police Rock

The Police Outlandos d'Amour A&M Records 1978

01. Next to You 03. Roxanne 05. Peanuts

Machine Gun Funk

Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies Capitol Records 1970

02. Machine Gun 04. Power to Love 06. We Gotta Live Together

Will You Be the Love Supreme

T-Connection T-Connection Dash Records 1979

01. Funkannection 05. Saturday Night 08. Love Supreme I caught this record one day when I was diggin, but not in the crates. One of the employees was playing Love Supreme over the store sound system and after hearing that track I had to have it.

The Ex Mrs Miles

Betty Davis Nasty Gal Island Records 1975

01. Nasty Gal 02. Talkin' Trash 03. Dedicated to the Press 07. Gettin' Kicked The funk version of Madonna before Madonna, Prince influencer, and Miles Davis inspirer. Yes this woman was all those things.

Nash in Chicago

Graham Nash Songs for Beginners Atlantic Records 1971

04. I Used to be a King 08. There's Only One 10. Chicago Caught this record at a Salvation Army. They had about 5 crates of records and the first 3 had nothing but classical music. Which is cool but I was hoping to find some breaks or some good ol' soul funk. Then I caught this beauty. Oh man does that Chicago thump.

Funky Gospel

Rasa Everything You See is Me Govinda Records 1978

02. Questions in My Mind 05. Chanting 07. When Will the Day Come

Rest in Pop

Michael Jackson Off the Wall Epic Records 1979

06. Girlfriend 08. I Can't Help It 09. It's the Falling in Love A little MJ dedication here with my favorite album, Off the Wall. I know, I know. No Rock with You and no Don't Stop Til You Get Enough. But, I wanted to highlight my other favorite songs on that album, besides the heavy hitters.

He Who Carries Death in His Pouch

Fela Anikulapo Kuti Expensive Shit Wrasse Records 1975

01. Expensive Shit 02. Water No Get Enemy I've written about this man before and on this blog I'll let these two songs do most of the talking. I'll just leave you with two titles that define his very core. Genre defining musician. Human rights activist.