Series: cypher — Theme: Friday night in the cypher runs one conversation across the two halves of the same groove. Duration: 1h00m · 13 tracks, fully programmed and narrated on wobuzz radio.
Friday night in the cypher runs one conversation across the two halves of the same groove. Open on the stolen side: the Jackson Sisters' soul rebuilt by UK rare-groove heads, then Chakachas' million-selling Brussels record that Public Enemy dug into and Hit-Boy slowed down for Kendrick Lamar. The thieves bridge the set: Wu's younger cousins, Crookram's banjo, Denmark Vessey's Toronto boom bap. Back to the sources: the Blackbyrds out of Donald Byrd's Howard classroom, the Wilson brothers' Brooklyn funk, Alvin Cash's dance-craze record cut with borrowed players. …
Tracklist: Jackson Sisters — I Believe In Miracles · two da road feat. shyheim — re-up · Chakachas — Story · Crookram — Tomorrow All Right · The Blackbyrds — The Runaway · Denmark Vessey — Stolat … (+7 more)