The next addition to the acclaimed Love Break series. “many a classic slow jams that have been resurrected by todays Just Blaze / Kanye West / Jay Dee hip hop production. “
01: Soul Mann & The Brothers “Bumpy’s Intro”
02: The Jackson 5 “All I Do Is Think Of You”
03: The Intruders “Memories Are Here To Stay”
04: Johnny “Guitar” Watson “Lovin’ You”
05: The Manhattans “Devil In The Dark”
06: The Ebonys “You’re The Reason Why”
07: Al Green ” I Wish You Were Here”
08: Luther Ingram “To The Other Man”
09: Eddie Kendricks “Intimate Friends”
10: Don Blackman “Loving You, Holding You”
11: Lamont Dozier “The Picture Will Never Change”
12: Dynasty “Adventures In The Land Of Music”
13: Dionne Warwick “You’re Gonna Need Me”
14: Bobby Glenn “Sounds Like A Love Song”
15: The Impressions “Man, Oh Man”
16: Billy Stewart “We’ll Always Be Together”
17: Lyn Collins “Take Me, Just As I Am”
18: The Ambassadors “Ain’t Got The Love”
19: The Fuzz “I Love You For All Seasons”
20: The Delfonics “La-La Means I Love You”
21: The Impressions “Gone Away”
22: Jean Plum “Here I Go Again”
23: The Dells “Free And Easy”
24: The Three Degrees “You’re The Fool”
25: The Temptations “I Wish It Would Rain”
26: Marvin Gaye “Hope I Don’t Get My Heart Broke”
27: The Jackson 5 “2-4-6-8″
28: Edna Wright “Oops! Here I Go Again”
Cosmo, as many may know, is best known for his Brooklyn-born mash-up hip hop crew The Rub with whom hes toured the world over and appeared in many major music mags. On Love Break, he has about covered almost every seminal Soul Strut sweet soul anthem on here with many a classic slow jams that have been resurrected by todays Just Blaze / Kanye West / Jay Dee hip hop production.
Posted on Soul Strut Monday, March 13, 2006
01: Love Break Introduction
02: Samuel Jonathan Johnston “My Music”
03: Tom Brock “There’s Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me From Loving You”
04: The Dramatics “In The Rain”
05: William Bell “I Forgot To Be Your Lover”
06: William Bell & Mavis Staples “Strung Out”
07: Nina Simone “Baltimore”
08: Gwen McCrae “Let’s Straighten It Out”
09: L.T.D. “Love Song”
10: The Isley Brothers “Hello It’s Me”
11: The Meters “Wichita Lineman”
12: Eddie Kendricks “If You Let Me”
13: Al Green “Light My Fire”
14: Heatwave “Stay Of A Story”
15: Curtis Mayfield “The Makings Of You”
16: Marvin Gaye “Come Live With Me Angel”
17: Gene Chandler “Tomorrow I may Not Feel The Same”
18: The Dells “Does Anybody Even Know I’m Here”
19: Ethel Beatty “It’s Your Love”
18: Aretha Franklin “With Everything I Feel In Me”
19: Joe Simon “Before The Night Is Over”
18: David Ruffin “Common Man”
19: Z.Z. Hill “That Ain’t The Way You Make Love”
20: The Jackson 5 “We Got A Good Thing Going”
21: The Isley Brothers “Here We Go Again”
22: Madeline Bell “Make That Move”
23: Milton Wright “Keep It Up”
24: Odyssey “Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love”
Controller 7 is one of our mainstay forum regulars who has a knack for funky hip hop productions. Hip Hop mixes were never our thing on the Strut because where do you draw the line? We are not Worldstarhiphop. BUT, this mix was enough for us to make that exception. Lots of Bay area goodness for those that know.
Originally posted on soul strut.com Thursday, March 13, 2008
Here’s a taste of late 90s crate digging from Seattle mainstays and resident Strutters Mr. Supreme and Jake One aka The Conmen. You know the deal, loads of breaks and beats extracted from old records.
old school / disco breaks + / megamix
posted on Soul Strut October 19, 2010
Charlie B. Wilder aka Captain Planet is another Soul Strut alumni who went on to do bigger things. In 2012, he submitted this tasty mix to Soul Strut.
Went back to my roots on this one, including the format- released on cassette tape only. This 45min mix is a collection of pretty obscure tracks from around the world, recorded from vinyl, chopped and re-arranged, and laced with my own production touches. There’s also some snippets of field recordings I’ve made while travelling. I left the names of sampled artists undisclosed, because I feel like in the era of shazam, people need to be encouraged to dig more. If you think you recognize a few of the original recordings used in here, then you could win a one-of-a-kind hand-painted boombox.
1. Bouyouye
2. Yallahs
3. Bokazo
4. Naguabo
5. Urubamba
6. Gaziantep
7. Paracatu
8. Goyang
9. Poggetto
10. Lamentin
11. Chegutu
This Norwegian DJ brings forth an all soul 45 mix to fight the winter blues.
Added to Soul Strut - Saturday, March 13, 2010
Windy City - Win or Lose - Let Me Ride LP United Artists 1977
Bobby Womack - How Could You Break My Heart 7” Arista
The Jones Girls ( Intro Edit ) - This Feelings Killing Me LP Philadelphia Int 1979
James Brown - Live on The Sonya Show
Chi-Lites - Inner City Blues - A Lonely Man LP BRUNSWICK 1972
Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed - Inspiration Information LP EPIC 1974
Wales Wallace - That Ain`t The Way 7” BASHIE 1969
Lee Moses - She`s A Bad Girl - 7” GATES
Dee Dee Edwards - Why Can`t There Be Love 7” GM
Dionne Warwick - You`re Gonna Need Me - LP Just Being Myself
Bettye Crutcher - A Little Bit More Won`t Hurt - LP Long As You Love Me
Lenny Williams - `Cause I Love You - LP Spark Of Love
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tighten Up - 7” ALFA 1980
Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen is a talented artist and lover of all things SOUL. Here is a mix he submitted in 2009 chock full of heavenly soul crossed with some classic Rob Burgundy.
Windy City - Win or Lose - Let Me Ride LP United Artists 1977
Bobby Womack - How Could You Break My Heart 7” Arista
The Jones Girls ( Intro Edit ) - This Feelings Killing Me LP Philadelphia Int 1979
James Brown - Live on The Sonya Show
Chi-Lites - Inner City Blues - A Lonely Man LP BRUNSWICK 1972
Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed - Inspiration Information LP EPIC 1974
Wales Wallace - That Ain`t The Way 7” BASHIE 1969
Lee Moses - She`s A Bad Girl - 7” GATES
Dee Dee Edwards - Why Can`t There Be Love 7” GM
Dionne Warwick - You`re Gonna Need Me - LP Just Being Myself
Bettye Crutcher - A Little Bit More Won`t Hurt - LP Long As You Love Me
Lenny Williams - `Cause I Love You - LP Spark Of Love
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Tighten Up - 7” ALFA 1980
Big Stacks mixed up 48 minutes or so worth of delicious psych rock (with some prog rock woven in too) for your listening pleasure! Hosted on Mixcloud ‘cause Soundcloud’s copyright fuzz can suck it.
Posted on Soul Strut on Sunday, December 09, 2012
Mainstay strutter / digger / collector / drunken DJ Big Stacks posted this gem in 2011.
“Vibing on Navan cognac and feeling alright on a Friday night, I put together nearly 57 minutes of soul and funk music for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!!!”
This mix contains the joints I played during my lead-off set for the NJ-NY-PA Soul Strut Spin Party wifey and I hosted last night. It contains just under 58 minutes of soul, boogie, and jazz music in attempt to get the party started for Raj, Garcia Vega, Otis Funkmeyer, and TripleDouble to bring the heatrocks. For those of you who couldn’t make it, I hope you enjoy the tunes. Peace!!!
Posted on Soul Strut on Sunday, March 11, 2012
Toronto’s Beatdawg was infamous in the golden age of eBay for selling a massive collection of 70s Library music LPs. He coined terms like “Evil Loops” and “Ill Breaks!” . Buzz words that got hip hop producers aroused and compelled to bid up these rare records like mold crazed zombies. Thankfully, for the poor folk, he made a CD of the best grooves and breaks.
Originally posted on soul strut.com Wednesday, March 13, 2002
With the weather just getting warm here in the Northeast (US), songs about sunshine are encouraged. Here’s a mix uploaded to Soul Strut in 2011 that hits the mark.
KanKick – Black supremacy
Nancy wilson – Sunshine
Charles Earland – Shining Bright
Dr. Buzzard´s original savannah band - Sunshower
Doug Carn - Western sunrise
Daniel Johnston - When the sun shines down on me
Count Bass D- Reign and shine
Eugene Record – Here comes the sun
Della Reese – Sunny
Ramp – Everybody loves the sunshine
Sun Ra - Angels and demons at play
Michael Jackson – Ain’t no sunshine
We're celebrating our 25th episode and last stream of 2020 with a tribute to the "Sergeant Pepper's of rap", the Beastie Boy's landmark 1989 LP Paul's Boutique. DJ Raj Mahal channels his inner Dust Brother and raids the dolla bins for an hour of samples used on the hip hop classic. Tons of sleazy, slick 70s grooves, drum breaks, funky soul, Blue Note fusion, etc. It's all vinyl and all live!
Intro - DJ Raj Mahal
Funky Snakefoot - Alphonse Mouzon
Dancing Room Only (Drums) - Harvey Scales
Tell Me Something Good - Ronnie Laws
Born To Love You - Rose Royce
6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock)- Rose Royce
Super Mellow - Louis Bellson
Jazzy Sensation (Bronx Version)- Jazzy 5
Sharon - David Bromberg
Magnificent Sanctuary Band - Donny Hathaway
Momma Miss America - Paul McCartney
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
Brave & Strong - Sly & the Family Stone
Machine Gun - The Commodores
So Ruff, So Tuff - Zapp & Roger
Pumpin' It Up - P-Funk All Stars
Shake Your Pants - Cameo
Party Time - Kurtis Blow
Sugarhill Groove - Sugarhill Gang
Shuckin' The Corn Eric Weissberg
Last Bongo In Belgium - Incredible Bongo Band
Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory
I'll Bet You - The Jackson 5
Put On Train - Gene Harris
Do Your Dance (Drums) - Rose Royce
Loose Booty - Sly & the Family Stone
Ask For Janice - Beastie Boys
Burundi Black (Drums) - Burundi Black
Save the World - Southside Movement
Draw Your Brakes- - Scotty
The Well's Gone Dry - Crusaders
Outro
It's about that time. DJ Raj Mahal unearths heat from the stacks to bring forth an uptempo blast of b-boy approved breaks and grooves on original vinyl. Blaxploitation cop funk, UK libraries, dollar bin fusion, Turkish psych, gospel grails... whatever it takes to keep the party hype. It's all vinyl and all live!
Lay It on Your Head - Don Julian
Crater - Alan Parker
Breakthrough - Isaac Hayes
Güneşe Dön Çiçeğim - Ersen ve Kardaşlar
Burcak - Mustafa Ozkent
Heavy Soul Slinger - Bernard Purdie
Little Bongo Boy - Conti Family
Quiller - Quiller
Gasoline Alley - Dave Grusin
Love Loves To Love, Love - Lulu
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley
Countin Them White Lines - Buddy Rich
Erucu - Jermaine Jackson
150Th Psalm - The Family Tree
Apache - Le Par Bongo Rockers
hot disco night (are you ready) - Sweet Potato Pie
Hard Rock - Rhythm Record
Automatic Man - Brahman
The Riot - RPM Soundtrack
Non-Stop Home - Weather Report
Switchblade Theme - Ralph Carmichael
Construction Rock Ballet - Kazablan
Time To Run - Tedd Smith
Pass And I Call You - Enoch Light
Hello Streakers - Jean-Claude Pelletier
Charlie's Theme - The Jimi Entley Sound
Originally posted on soul strut.com in 2002. This mix harkens back to the day of digging in the crates for breaks, vocal samples, funk, and kitchen sinks. Please re-enjoy.
Forum regular Arni Kristjansson aka Mondeyano released a couple early 80s boogie / modern soul mixes that achieved quite the cult following. This is the 2nd installment published on Soul Strut in 2008.
01 Wynd Chymes - Body Rap
02 Gene Dunlap - Party In Me
03 Sylvers - I'm Gettin' Over
04 Sunfire - Step In The Light
05 Leroy Hutson - Classy Lady
06 Shalamar - There It Is
07 GQ - Shake
08 Con Funk Shun - Da Lady
09 A Taste of Honey - Do It Good
10 The B. B. & Q. Band - Time For Love
11 Change - Mutual Attraction
12 Rockie Robbins - I've Got Your Number
13 Prime Time - I Owe It To Myself
14 Xavier - Do It To The Max
After 2 years since the last installment, and just shy of the 10-day anniversary of Valentine’s Day 2013, the latest mix in the Boogie Mixx series is here.
Added to Soul Strut Friday, February 22, 2013
If you haven’t checked any of Arni Kristjansson’s Boogie Mixx series, you are missing out. He is one of the masters at choice selecting 80s modern soul and boogie and clashing it with sound graphic design. Here is a mixx that was futured on the strut in 2010.
01 Round Trip - Let's Go Out Tonite
02 Fonzi Thornton - I Work For A Livin'
03 Ron Louis Smith - The Worm
04 Mtume - So You Wanna Be A Star
05 Goldie Alexander - Show You My Love
06 Plush - Free And Easy
07 Ronnie Dyson - All Over Your Face
08 Convertion - Let's Do It
09 Kenny Lynch - Half The Day's Gone...
10 Jerry Knight - I'm Down For That
11 The O'Jays - Put Our Heads Together
12 Freeez - Can't Keep My Love
13 Kleeer - You Did It Again
Soul Strut is hyped to premiere Iceland’s foremost disco and boogie collector Arni Kristjansson’s latest DJ mix in his acclaimed Boogie series. On Boogie Mixx 11, Kristjansson tastes evolve from the classic, organic late 70s / early 80s sounds to the more futuristic flavors of the mid 80s, heavy on the synths and drum machines. Enjoy!
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