It has been voted by those at the DigDeepMusic offices to give There’s A Riot Goin’ On the review treatment in order to represent the entire reissued catalog (or at least the first seven albums) of Sly and the Family Stone. We decided this for three reasons: First, this a pivotal album for the band [...]
Archive for April, 2007
There’s A Riot Goin’ On, Part 1
Posted in Sly and the Family Stone, There's A Riot Goin' On, reissue on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s A Riot Goin’ On, Part 1
Posted in Sly and the Family Stone, There's A Riot Goin' On, reissue on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It has been voted by those at the DigDeepMusic offices to give There’s A Riot Goin’ On the review treatment in order to represent the entire reissued catalog (or at least the first seven albums) of Sly and the Family Stone. We decided this for three reasons: First, this a pivotal album for the band [...]
Betty Davis: The First Lady of Funk.
Posted in betty davis, funk, miles davis on April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“If Betty were singing today she would be something like Madonna, something like Prince only as a woman.” (Miles Davis)
Betty Davis’ first two classic funk albums, Betty Davis (1973) and They Say I’m Different (1974), have been remastered and being re-released by LightInTheAttic records May 15th, complete with bonus tracks and 32-page booklet written by [...]
Betty Davis: The First Lady of Funk.
Posted in betty davis, funk, miles davis on April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“If Betty were singing today she would be something like Madonna, something like Prince only as a woman.” (Miles Davis)
Betty Davis’ first two classic funk albums, Betty Davis (1973) and They Say I’m Different (1974), have been remastered and being re-released by LightInTheAttic records May 15th, complete with bonus tracks and 32-page booklet written by [...]
Saul Williams Open Letter To Oprah.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Poet and emcee Saul Williams has written an open letter to Oprah concerning the state of hip-hop. Oprah recently had a panel of hip-hop stars, including Common, on her show in order to, it seems, get them to admit that there is something inherently wrong with hip-hop. Saul Williams beautifully extracts the multiple layers of [...]
Saul Williams Open Letter To Oprah.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Poet and emcee Saul Williams has written an open letter to Oprah concerning the state of hip-hop. Oprah recently had a panel of hip-hop stars, including Common, on her show in order to, it seems, get them to admit that there is something inherently wrong with hip-hop. Saul Williams beautifully extracts the multiple layers of [...]
Sa-Ra bring the funk…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
to their freaky synth hip-hop. Sa-Ra Creative Partners dropped their new album The Hollywood Recordings, which is being played repeatedly here at the digdeepoffices. This is space-out trippy funk based hip-hop that does not get tried. Sa-Ra reach back into the past for aesthetic value and vintage vibes yet keep the pace with innovation and [...]
Sa-Ra bring the funk…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
to their freaky synth hip-hop. Sa-Ra Creative Partners dropped their new album The Hollywood Recordings, which is being played repeatedly here at the digdeepoffices. This is space-out trippy funk based hip-hop that does not get tried. Sa-Ra reach back into the past for aesthetic value and vintage vibes yet keep the pace with innovation and [...]
The Funk Is Here!!
Posted in Sly and the Family Stone, funk, reissues, remastered, riot goin on on April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When the bass is low and the boots high its time for Sly! That’s right, Sly and the Family Stone makes us thankful to be ourselves once again, this time in remastered sound! It’s about time they got around to updating these funk gems. All seven albums from their 1967 debut A Whole New Thing [...]
The Funk Is Here!!
Posted in Sly and the Family Stone, funk, reissues, remastered, riot goin on on April 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When the bass is low and the boots high its time for Sly! That’s right, Sly and the Family Stone makes us thankful to be ourselves once again, this time in remastered sound! It’s about time they got around to updating these funk gems. All seven albums from their 1967 debut A Whole New Thing [...]
