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Nu-Funk

mreeves November 2, 2016 No Comments boom clapJ Dillanu-funkSa-Ra

Nu-funk, nu-jazz, and future soul … these were the terms used to describe underground soul in the mid-2000s. It was an international movement that spread…

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Questlove’s Soulquarians

mreeves November 1, 2016 No Comments Chi-TownCommonNeo-SoulPhilly rapQuestloveSoulquariansThe Roots

In Questlove’s recent autobiography Mo Meta Blues, he describes the formation of the Soulquarians, a collective which coalesced during recording sessions for his Roots’ Things…

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Sylvia’s All Platinum Universe

mreeves October 30, 2016 No Comments 70s R&Bcocaine discoLabelographysweet soulSylvia Robinson

Before she launched rap into the mainstream by releasing the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” Sylvia Robinson owned one of the odder labels of the 1970s.…

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Yacht Funk

mreeves October 29, 2016 No Comments 70s FunkFunkjazz meets funkQuiet Storm

There is no genre called “yacht funk,” but maybe there should be. It’s like a corollary to the widely recognized “yacht rock” sub-genre, with breezy,…

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The Scream Years

mreeves October 15, 2016 No Comments 00s R&BR&B Dreamsteenyboppers

The Scream Tour was exactly as advertised. I learned this when I attended a “Scream IV” concert in 2005, and found myself amidst tens of…

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