Series: cypher — Theme: The other half of the groove: one hour built as call and response between the rhymes and the records they stole. Duration: 1h00m · 15 tracks, fully programmed and narrated on wobuzz radio.
The other half of the groove: one hour built as call and response between the rhymes and the records they stole. From a Cameroonian chant that set Brooklyn's import shops loose, through the jazz-funk of 1974 that Gang Starr and Nas and the Fresh Prince turned back into hit records, past the vocalese architect Miles Davis borrowed from, a garden-soul singer thirteen producers deep, a Rome western sting that became 2006's most human hit, and Bristol's Full Cycle rolling underneath it all. Close on a collection that weighs a ton and a ballad the whole world re-heard decades later. …
Tracklist: African Music Machine — Black Water Gold · Tornadoes — Do Your Thing · Kool And The Gang — Electric Frog Part 1 · Aaron Neville — Hercules … (+11 more)
