Aloe Blacc - I need a dollar...

... unfortunately he isn't going to get one from because i don't have a credit card to buy this track (currently retailing at WHSmith for .99 cents).

Thanks Mr Sunday for putting this track on your first Studio 51.15 mix. I'm absolutely loving this track and have had it on continuous repeat much to the annoyance of my lovely wife.

Nice website you've got going on there, i just need to find a few extra hours in the day to listen to so much good music.

keep it coming

Glitterball by Ion on Mixcloud

Don't Judge A Book.... by Bigface on Mixcloud

http://www.mixcloud.com/bigface/dont-judge-a-book/

This is mainly stuff I used to listen to and have rediscovered recently. It's called don't judge a book because of the UB40 and Van Morrison, give it a listen before you judge! The Prince track is one of my favourites of his, especially for the Duke!

never has the bottom felt so much like the top

never has the bottom felt so much like the top by thinwhiteduke


here it is. the second installment from da duke. first off, apologies for the quality of a couple of tracks but i figured that since people will be listening via their iphones or other portable music devices and people using their computer speakers, it was worth including the tracks.

only since starting this website and the following thoughts shared on sound quality have i realised that my itunes is on a default setting to import any cds at 128kbps (standard cd quality being 192kbps). This means that many of my cds which are now in England are on my computers as lesser beings but since i don't have any great system to play them through, i'm going to love them all the same. Ironically, some of the tunes that i've downloaded for no money are of a higher quality. Not that i'm advocating the free downloading of all music albums. If it's really good then I'll want to buy and own something that i can waft about in my sticky paws. One example is in regards to the "make a smile for me" track which mr sunday (why not monday?) very kindly made available for download. That then prompted me to search out the Bill Withers (I'm not going to tell the duck billed platypus joke) album '+justments' from which it came.

ok enough waffle. sit back and enjoy...

Good Friday Givings - Music on the Move

Good Friday Givings by musicbrews

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Good Friday it is indeed. This mix is a beat/hip-hop/rhyme collection selected from the tight brief of what the duke instructed... tunes I have listening to recently(on repeat mainly). I won't talk you through every track, but there are a few bits of information that are important.

I did not set out to make a Stones Throw compilation, but on typing my track-listing it appears to have come out that way. Almost everything they put out, in my opinion is golden.

I travel to London each day by train, followed by a twenty minute walk and then again in reverse that evening. Music on the Move. So I grab what I can from the internet in the evenings, by way of mixes and radio shows, that people kindly record and put up. This blog has give me another dynamic this week, so thanks y'all. Matt I had a particularly pleasurable ride of Tuesday morning whilst listening to your mix. I think in you and Kev we may get an insight to an almighty record collection.

Anyway early in January, Jay Electronica's Exhibit C (featured in the mix) got me back on a hip hop tip that has been resting in me for some years. Since then I have been seeking out hip hop like I haven't done for some time. All things move in cycles. I think the new beats, modern production and new MC's combined with some old generals from the 90's scene has given me a new thirst. The time for hip hop the be great again is here. When I get back of an evening I buy the tracks I like if they are for sale, download if they are meant to be downloaded or wait for Sunday to come to my house and pop some nuggets on my desktop.

The first track in the mix is from a fantastic mash up by Bullion of the Beach Boys Pet Sounds in the Key of Dee. A tribute to the beats of Dilla, without actually using his beats, and rehashing what was, and is, regarded as a ground breaking record in music production the first time around, Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. To me a new producer dissecting what was perfection, and seek to combine it with the style of another genius Dilla, is a massive feat. Needless to say anything by Bullion (from Acton Town, London) is worth checking. Pet Sounds in the Key of Dee put out to download freely, reveals a very positive side to music on the internet. Get it and listen to it, its from start to finish its great great (i.e not just great).

The mix also features some short beats from Oh No. This recent album, Dr No's Ethiopium is a must buy for any beat 'head. Much as in the same way as with Dilla, the guy is churning them out, and the only frustration of that album is that each track is over to quickly.

I have also included some big recent tracks from Stong Arm Steady, the second of which a bonus track called "follow me" feat Thurzday off Madlib and Strong Arm Steady "In search of Stoney Jackson", when ever this comes on and I am out and about it never fails to put a dance in my step.

Anyway, there are a couple of tracks to ease you back away from the beats and madness at the end, its worth looking up Wee (Norman Whiteside), Tom Waits and Aloe Blacc if you not familiar. There is a nice story to the Wee album, which apparently was funded by small time crime to get themselves time in the studio.

I hope you like it all, it did take most of my limited free time this week. I have endured the wrath of the wife to get this for you!

Enjoy and have a Good Friday.

Caroline, No – Bullion - Pet Sounds

Just Begun – Reflections Eternal – Blacksmith Records

The Pain – Oh No – Stones Throw Records

Questions – Oh No – Stones Throw Records

Blue Waves from The Ocean – J Dilla – Stones Throw Records

Best of Times (feat, Phonte) – Strong Arm Steady – Stones Throw Records

Get Familiar – Bullion – One Handed Music

Massage Situation – Flying Lotus – Warp Records

Nu Wu (feat, Ghostface Kilah a.k.a Tony Starks, Method Man a.k.a Johnny Blaze) – Raekwan – EMI

Exhibit C – Jay Electronica – Decon

Butta – Oh No – Stones Throw Records

Follow Me (feat, Thurzday) – Strong Arm Steady – Stones Throw

ManWomanBoogie (feat Amanda Diva) – Q- Tip – Mr Incognito Productions

Candy Dancin’ (feat, MarK De Clive Lowe) – Dam Funk – Stones Throw

You Can Fly on My Aeroplane – Wee – The Numero Group

Diamonds on my Windshield - Tom Waits – Asylum Records

Busking – Aloe Black – Stones Throw

Happy Birthday Marvin

Studio 51.15 - Sexual Ealing by Studio 51.15

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Hi chaps, this does seem to be going awfully well doesn't it?

This is a mix I put together last night rather hastily so please excuse some slightly ropey mixing. It's not like there's elephants running across the turntables but I'm capable of much more.

I can second the dukes recommendation of Soul Power. Fantastic viewing and all audio is immaculate. I could point you to a download of it if you wish, or you could buy it. Yeah, probably just buy it.

So where's the first selection from Musicbrews? I'm told it's not too far away.

Oh and thanks to Kev for putting me on to one particularly special record.

Keep the music coming!

Peace.

Tracklist:

Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Drilla's edit)
Marvin Gaye - Heavy Love Affair (Revenge Rework)
Le Loup, Soul Clap - I Want You
Trus'Me - W.A.R
Allen Hoist - Inner City Blues
Allen Hoiset - Inner City Blues (4 Hero VIP Mix)
Waajeed and the Jazz Katz - Musiq