A while back one of my heroes Marc Mac (4 Hero) posted what he said were the best tunes of all time.
After banking them in a flash, I realised that I actually “knew” them all, but in various iterations, samples, covers etc and that sent me down a massive rabbit hole.
The early 70s period of Funk, Soul, Jazz and Blaxploitation with artists like James Brown, Gil Scott Heron and Curtis Mayfield has basically been the basis of so many future genres - repeatedly sampled for Pop, Hiphop, Jungle, House and techno.
So much in fact that it took a while to realise that nearly every loved 90s tune is basically an original tune from this genre but sampled and recycled. Nothing wrong with that of course, but it’s important to recognise the origins.
This mix aims to do exactly that - pay homage to the REAL OGs and celebrate the gold that they put out. ☮️ ❤️
