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In Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication. A Negro has got no name. Quite often, the words of the song are meaningless. A Negro has got no name We are wearing the name of our master My reflections on Micheal Jackson (RIP 1958 - 2009)  I was just interviewed and asked to give my reflections on Michael Jackson.Here is what I said, I dunno if this is how they will run it... "Michael Jackson was a cultural icon that surpassed all others that you might be tempted to compare him to. Unlike others such as Elvis, the Beatles or others, the legacy created by the Jackson's was totally ORIGINAL. They truly created something out of nothing and Michael Jackson was the star of that something. Although that might be considered to be an amazing thing, Black Americans have been creating something out of nothing since the beginning of time. Michael Jackson became the most famous person on the face of the earth because of his role in creating something that ultimately he found a way to eclipse. So in effect he first created a star for his family and then created an even bigger star for himself. I don't think that anyone else has come close to accomplishing that." --Bob Davis For more on Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five check out the following link: http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/jackson5.htm Radio Daze (online, offline & otherwise)  Clearly internet radio represents the future of radio. And one of the reasons for this is because of the phenomenal amount of choice and diversity that is available.For example, in preparation for my interview a few weeks ago w/Chuck D's AirAmerica Radio show I did a little bit of research (cuz I always like to have a few stats.....lol) over on Shoutcast, which is a server that aggregates some internet radio traffic. On a Sunday afternoon at about 3pm Shoutcast showed that there were 500,000 + listeners streaming about 29,000 different radio stations. In my opinion these numbers are phenomenal. It's a clear demonstration that internet radio fills the listening needs of a large segment & ever increasing segment of the population and it shows that there is a wealth of diversity in listening choices. This past week I discussed this same topic among others on the Our Common Ground with Janice Graham show on the USA Talk Network as well. Of course I am extremely biased and I think that the internet radio that I am personally involved in both here at Soul-Patrol.Net (podcasting) and at RadioIO.com (continuous stream) represents just that type of diversity & relevancy as well. The listenrship numbers continue to grow. For example the podcast that we did the other day on Soul-Patrol.Net radio for the artist Donnie C's new album, had 4,000 listeners on a single day (pretty good exposure in one day for an "unknown artist"). At the same time the RnB Mix Channel (continuous stream) over on RadioIO.com gets hundreds of thousands of tune ins per month. -- Soul-Patrol's audio outlet at www.Soul-Patrol.Net averages 70,000 + listeners each month. -- The 8 stations I run on www.RadioIO.com (Classic RnB, Nu Soul, Classic Hip Hop, RnB Mix, Blues, Today's RnB, Top 20 HipHop & Top 20 RnB) total millions of tune ins each month. And these people don't just tune in. They stay and leave the station on all day long at work or at home, regardless of what "segment" of the Black music marketplace each one of those stations represent. I know this because they email me all day long with running commentaries on what they are hearing. These numbers continue to grow month after month, especially with the increasing adoption of mobile devices that are capable to tuning in these stations. Much of my email & feedback related to internet radio is coming from folks listening on Blackberry's, iPhones & other mobile devices. And the good news is that many of these mobile users are plugging their devices into their car stereo systems and listening in their vehicles, as Chuck D told us that he does during the interview. So clearly lots of folks are listening and more importantly, finding what they are looking for and listening from whatever devices suits their lifestyle. And that is really the whole point, being able to find what you are looking for and consuming the content in the manner that you want to consume it. And truth be told, this is what the terrestrial broadcasters (Clear Channel, Cathy Hughes, etc.) fear even more than the passage of a bill that required them to pay the very same performance royalties to artists that internet radio has been paying for years. As far as Black Radio is concerned, that ended in the 1980's, when Black radio stations abandoned the communities that had made them successful and decided to go "corporate." When you stopped hearing commercials for "Pookie's Funeral Parlor on 119th & Malcolm X Blvd." and started hearing commercials instead for "Enormous Corporate Scottish Brand Name Generic/Unhealthy Hamburgers", that was the end of Black radio. These stations lost their "community focus", because the person paying the bills (the advertisers), were no longer a part of nor did they care about the community. As a result the stations became just as bland & predictable as the "generic hamburgers" they advertised. PREDICTION: Old skool Black radio oddly enough in the technologically advanced age we are in now has a chance to return. Black owned businesses (large & small) will now be in a position to sponsor both internet radio/tv programming. As the sponsor, they will be instrumental in insuring the voice of the community is heard. (stay toooned....) NP: "Give The People What They Want" --O'Jays --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net RIP - "QUEEN OF THE BLUES" KOKO TAYLOR 1928 - 2009  Coutesy of the official Koko Taylor Website: http://www.kokotaylor.com/news.html where you may leave your condolences for the Taylor FamilyGrammy Award-winning blues legend Koko Taylor, 80, died on June 3, 2009 in her hometown of Chicago, IL, as a result of complications following her May 19 surgery to correct a gastrointestinal bleed. On May 7, 2009, the critically acclaimed Taylor, known worldwide as the "Queen of the Blues," won her 29th Blues Music Award (for Traditional Female Blues Artist Of The Year), making her the recipient of more Blues Music Awards than any other artist. In 2004 she received the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award, which is among the highest honors given to an American artist. Her most recent CD, 2007's Old School, was nominated for a Grammy (eight of her nine Alligator albums were Grammy-nominated). She won a Grammy in 1984 for her guest appearance on the compilation album Blues Explosion on Atlantic. Born Cora Walton on a sharecropper's farm just outside Memphis, TN, on September 28, 1928, Koko, nicknamed for her love of chocolate, fell in love with music at an early age. Inspired by gospel music and WDIA blues disc jockeys B.B. King and Rufus Thomas, Taylor began belting the blues with her five brothers and sisters, accompanying themselves on their homemade instruments. In 1952, Taylor and her soon-to-be-husband, the late Robert "Pops" Taylor, traveled to Chicago with nothing but, in Koko's words, "thirty-five cents and a box of Ritz Crackers." In Chicago, "Pops" worked for a packing company, and Koko cleaned houses. Together they frequented the city's blues clubs nightly. Encouraged by her husband, Koko began to sit in with the city's top blues bands, and soon she was in demand as a guest artist. One evening in 1962 Koko was approached by arranger/composer Willie Dixon. Overwhelmed by Koko's performance, Dixon landed Koko a Chess Records recording contract, where he produced her several singles, two albums and penned her million-selling 1965 hit "Wang Dang Doodle," which would become Taylor's signature song. After Chess Records was sold, Taylor found a home with the Chicago's Alligator Records in 1975 and released the Grammy-nominated I Got What It Takes. She recorded eight more albums for Alligator between 1978 and 2007, received seven more Grammy nominations and made numerous guest appearances on various albums and tribute recordings. Koko appeared in the films Wild At Heart, Mercury Rising and Blues Brothers 2000. She performed on Late Night With David Letterman, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, CBS-TV's This Morning, National Public Radio's All Things Considered, CBS-TV's Early Edition, and numerous regional television programs. Over the course of her 40-plus-year career, Taylor received every award the blues world has to offer. On March 3, 1993, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley honored Taylor with a "Legend Of The Year" Award and declared "Koko Taylor Day" throughout Chicago. In 1997, she was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame. A year later, Chicago Magazine named her "Chicagoan Of The Year" and, in 1999, Taylor received the Blues Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2009 Taylor performed in Washington, D.C. at The Kennedy Center Honors honoring Morgan Freeman. Koko Taylor was one of very few women who found success in the male-dominated blues world. She took her music from the tiny clubs of Chicago's South Side to concert halls and major festivals all over the world. She shared stages with every major blues star, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy as well as rock icons Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. Taylor's final performance was on May 7, 2009 in Memphis at the Blues Music Awards, where she sang "Wang Dang Doodle" after receiving her award for Traditional Blues Female Artist Of The Year. Survivors include Taylor's husband Hays Harris, daughter Joyce Threatt, son-in-law Lee Threatt, grandchildren Lee, Jr. and Wendy, and three great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced. PRESS RELEASE: Mighty Sam McClain Update  As you all know, I send out a LOT of Press releases.
Few give me as much pleasure as sending one out on behalf of our friend Mighty Sam McClain. Of course you have heard me refer to him many times over as "the best living soul singer", so obviously I am biased.If you have a moment today, do me (and yourself) a fava and stop off at his site and just look a the legacy of GREAT soul music that he has created during a period of time when all of the 'black music experts" in the mainstream keep telling us that there is no great soul music. www.mightysam.com Stay tuned, we got a whole lot more MIGHTY SAM coming... Mighty Sam will be releasing his first CD since 2003. "Betcha Didn't Know" will be released in the US and Europe in July 2009. It will be released on the Mighty Music label and distributed by City Hall Records. This is an upbeat CD, perfect for today's market. It is a different MSM sound, with his signature "Mighty Horns" but, with a bit more Funk & Soul and Hip-Hop for a more contemporary audience. In recent years, he has been involved in community works and benefit projects as well as songwriting in the interim. His latest released project Is "Give US Your Poor" a serious compilation of major recording artists (Pete Segar, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Sweet Honey and the Rock, Natalie Merchant and others) He performed on a track with Natalie Merchant and wrote and recorded, "Show Me The Way" with Jon Bon Jovi. The proceeds from this project will benefit the national initiative to raise awareness about homelessness in the US called Give US Your Poor. His songwriting has led to the CD "Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey), which was completed and recorded in 2007-2008. It is unreleased as yet but songs from it can be heard at www.mightysam.com. The title has aroused much controversy. Listen to the song to see what you think! He continues to collaborate with his guitar player, Pat Herlehy and a new project is almost ready to record. Last August, MSM singed a contract with 20th Century Fox for the video rights to his song "New Man In Town" which appeared in 12 episodes of the Ally McBeal Show. It is now available in video around the world! Mighty Sam also has signed a contract for an exciting project to be recorded in June with Norwegian producer Erik Hillestad at CedarHouse Sound and Recording in Sutton, NH, where Sam has been recording for years. The collection of duets will be sung by MSM and Iranian pop sensation Mahsa Vahdat. The CD, "Love Duets Across Civilizations" will be released in the US, Europe and the Middle East in the fall. The story behind the delayed release of "Betcha Didn't Know" is good press, indicative of the state of the industry. For press interest or booking contact: sam@mightysam.com / www.mightysam.com . --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net NEW ADD'S - Nu Soul @ RadioIO.com (Looking for some REAL BLACK RADIO????)  CHECK IT OUT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT CHA THINK????NU SOUL @ RADIOIO.COM http://www.radioio.com/channels/nusoul **NOW AVAILABLE @ iTunes, Windows Media Player, Flycast & other online/mobile carriers "Some people say that Black people say that they won't listen to internet radio because you can't get it in your car....I'm here to tell ya that's a WORLD WIDE LIE cuz I listen to BOB DAVIS in my car, jammin r&b, hip hop or whateva, all I gotta do is fire up my iPhone and I'm cruizin with THE REAL DEAL..." --Chuck D (5/17 on Air America National Radio) Well that was quite an endorsement, however what Chuck is saying is true. Say what you will about the current disssin regarding the future of Black radio, but one thing is certainly clear. And that is the future of BLACK RADIO is on the internet, that Black folks are buying so called "smart mobile devices" and these moble devices. INTERNET RADIO.... IS THE FUTURE OF BLACK RADIO ---------------------------------------- As you can see there are new songs from some of our alltime favorites like Will Downing Al B. Sure! the Elgins, Prince & Teena Marie. The Chairman of the Board return with two new songs from their new album which is already a smash on BOTH the Southern Soul & Beach Music Charts (whay aren't they in the RRHOF?). Two of Soul-Patrol's Longtime favorites Mighty Sam McClain (the BEST Soul Singer alive!)and Unified Tribe make the Nu Soul @ RadioIO rotation. Southern Soul vet Charles Wilson (now on the Severn Records label) makes the cut with a truly MONSTER SLOW JAM called "I Don't Want to Take a Chance" and more. Anyhow.....here is a listing of the latest updates to the rotation at the station.... Nu Soul @ RadioIO = Funk + Classic/Southern/Neo Soul + Jazz + Beach + Rap http://www.radioio.com/channels/nusoul Will Downing - Baby Im for Real (with Phil Perry) Will Downing - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby Will Downing - Something Special Robin Thicke - Dreamworld The Elgins - This Child Needs His Father Mighty Sam McClain - Lift Me Up Mighty Sam McClain - Free Mighty Sam McClain - Can't Stop the Funk Al B Sure! - I Love It (Papi Aye Aye Aye) Chairmen Of The Board - What's Up Chairmen Of The Board - That's My Story (And I'm Stickin To It) Unified Tribe - Alright Unified Tribe - Intentions Unified Tribe - Get Up Unified Tribe - Guilty Charles Wilson -I Don't Want to Take a Chance Charles Wilson -It's Love That Really Counts Teena Marie - Ms Coretta Teena Marie - Congo Square Teena Marie - Can't Last a Day Anthony Hamilton - The Point of it All Prince - Crimson and Clover ------------------------------------ NU SOUL @ RADIOIO.COM http://www.radioio.com/channels/nusoul ||NO OLDIES || ||NONE WHATSOEVER || ||GREAT BLACK MUSIC || ||JAZZ, NEO SOUL || ||CLASSIC SOUL,FUNK || ||SOUTHERN SOUL,RAP || ||BLACK ROCK || ||ALL NEW MUSIC || ||ALL THE TIME || NU SOUL @ RADIOIO.COM http://www.radioio.com/channels/nusoul **NOW AVAILABLE @ iTunes, Windows Media Player, Flycast & other online/mobile carriers ---------------------------------------- --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net ALBUM REVIEW: Donnie C - New Moment, New Choice (imagine if Ronnie Dyson were here?)  I wonder if anyone here can remember an artist named Ronnie Dyson? Ronnie Dyson was first introduced to the world as a part of the original cast of the Broadway musical "Hair." He would later go on to have a moderately successful career as an R&B/Pop singer in the 1970's. Ronnie Dyson's biggest hit song is one that you might know of, it's called "(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" and it reached #8 on the Billboard Pop chart in 1970. If you can remember what the extremely talented Ronnie Dyson sounded like, I would like you to keep him in mind as you are reading this review of Donnie C's new album called "New Moment, New Choice." And if you never heard of Ronnie Dyson, then "you betta axe somebody, cuz he was badd.I first became aware of Ronnie Dyson before he was even on Broadway. Back in the 1960's all of the telethons were broadcast out of NYC and one of the best things about watching them was that they were showcases for local talent to appear on TV. I can remember Ronnie Dyson being on damn near every telethon every year, and being on multiple years. In today's world of musical mediocrity there are no nationally televised telethons for extremely talented artists like Donnie C, to make an impact. To make matters even worse, he specifically refers to himself and his outstanding music by using the currently politically incorrect term "Neo Soul." Compounding this handicap is the fact that his name "Donnie" is not only the same as the (perhaps?) overhyped Atlanta based "Neo Soul" artist who simply refers to himself as "Donnie", but also the same as the "patron saint of neo soul", Donnie Hathaway....(continued here) ALBUM REVIEW: Playing For Change - Songs From Around the World  I first became hip to this album back in January/09 when I got yet another one of those innocuous emails from someone imploring me to "click here" on a YouTube link. Here is the YouTube link that I wassent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM and I would suggest that you may want to pay a visit there yourself. When you get there you will quicky discover that you (just like I was) are somewhat late to the party because somewhere over 10 million people will have watched the music video of the song "Stand By Me" being performed by an artist called "Playing For a Change", prior to your arrival at that YouTube page. There are also nearly 20,000 replies (including one from me) at that YouTube page as well. Those are some totally outrageous an ridiculous numbers for an artist that "nobody has ever heard of." After watching the music video, I went to to their website at: http://www.playingforchange.com where I discovered the following statement of purpose; "Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share it with the world..." Sounds like "creeping socialism" (or something???) Well perhaps that is what it is? However I really dig the idea of using music as a vehicle for change. "Playing for Change" is serious as a heart attack and it uses musicians from all over the world, performing some pretty basic and yet powerful songs that we all know from artists like Sam Cooke, Ben E King, Bob Marley and others in order to make a rather simple point...(continued here) Album Review: Darren Rahn - Talk of The Town  Smooth jazz" has been on my mind quite a bit over the past several weeks....I'd love to be able to report to you that there is absolutely no future whatsoever for the so called genre of "smooth jazz." However if I were to say that I would be lying to you because I just got thru attending a series of concerts full of contridictions as far as "smooth jazz" was concerned. For example, there was a terrestrial radio station broadcasting live continuiously from the venue for the entire two weeks in a manner that might suggest that "smooth jazz" has a strong future. That was what one might think, until having a conversation with the promotions manager of the station, and having him tell me that theirs was the only remaining "smooth jazz station" remaining on the east coast of the United States. Or perhaps even more telling was that nearly every musician that I spoke with confesssed to me that they hated the music, and then contrasting that to the sheer joy on the faces of the concert patrons as they left events specificly tailored for "smooth jazz" music. In effect, as I type this so called "smooth jazz" would seem to be at a crossroads with it's audience and as a result with itself. Enter Mr. Darren Rahn and his new album "Talk of the Town" on the Nu Groove label. One of the nicest things about this album is that Darren Rahn isn't really hedging his bets at all. The album is certainly contemporary, but it isn't smooth. It's funky enough to dance to in places and yet is also melodic/erotic at the same time. It's got some familair cover songs (ex: "Forget Me Nots") and some memorable vocals (provided by our friends De'Nate'). In short, Darren Rahn perhaps understands that with so called "smooth jazz", being at a crossroads, he has got to cover all bases.....(continued here) Commentary: 100 Days/100 Nights - The Future of Tha Funk (Barrack Obama & Sharon Jones)  Barrack Obama has now been the POTUS for "100 Days/100 Nights" and there are all types of assessments of his administration going on thought the media. I certainly don't want to presume that I have anything whatsoever to add to any of those assessments; however I would like to use this occasion to talk about the convergence of something that both Barrack Obama & Sharon Jones have in common that can be seen as a metaphor for some of what we might see in our musical futures. 100 Days/100 Nights is of course the name of the award winning 2008 release by Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings. This album was probably the FUNKIEST album to be accepted by the "mainstream" in a generation. One of the reasons for it's acceptance was clearly the presence of the Dap Kings on the multiple Grammy award winning 2007 album by Amy Winehouse called "Back to Black." So therefore 2008 represented the "coming out" year for BOTH Sharon Jones and for Barrack Obama and as far as I am concerned, the "face of funk" is now changed forever. Sharon Jones has been compared favorably with Lyn Collins and the Dap Kings have been compared favorably to the JB's. The idea that Sharon Jones is Black & the Dap Kings are white is a fact that hasn't been lost on the mass media who have covered the band over the past few years. Nor has it been lost on some of the Black critics who have said some less than kind things about this reality. As a funkateer, I have also had a dilemma with this reality and asked myself the question; "could it be that the funkiest band in the land are culture bandits?" I think that when discussing this topic, it becomes useful to view things thru the lens that Barrack Obama is providing for us in 2009 as opposed to the 1974 lens that I might be inclined to fall back on. That's where the "100 Days/100 Nights" idea comes in, simply because we have to understand that the "change we can believe in" and that change is something that we should be happy to embrace as fans of funk music as well. Commercial Funk music in the late 1960's thru about 1980 was a musical style, whose development (and ultimate extinction) that parallels the fate of the American Civil Rights Movement. When Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980, one of his unspoken campaign promises was that he would put an end to the American Civil Rights Movement. Reagan kept his "unspoken promise" to the American people and the Civil Rights Movement effectively ended in the United States during the 1980's. Not surprisingly the era of commercially successful Funk music also came to an end at the same time. Of course Ronald Reagan's whole premise was that we didn't need a separate Civil Rights Movement anymore, since everyone was legally "equal." And in music, it was decided that we no longer needed a separate category called "Funk music" anymore, since "Funk music" (really the essence of Black music) was really a contained in most musical styles, and didn't need to be separate. And so it has remained, till now. As we look back on these past "100 Days/100 Nights", we have a "funky president" who appeared literally from nowhere, whose physical being is quite literally the definition of integration. And appearing almost as suddenly "the funkiest band in the land", who also physically looks like the very picture of what an integrated society should be. I think that back during the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver, America took a good hard look at what they saw on TV and it liked what it saw. America patted itself on the back as it looked at the possibilities of becoming the society that it always knew that it could be. And it also looked at the multitude of problems & issues that it was facing and said to itself; "well we may not be able to fix everything, but isn't it about time that we honestly tried to fix this?" Of course Black folks are always both "first to the party and last to the party" (at the same time) said; "even though we aren't even sure that this guy is really Black, we will also jump on this train." And so what Ronald Reagan said in 1980, actually came true in 2008 and going forward, we now know that everything is going to be quite a bit different because of what has occurred in the past "100 Days/100 Nights." At the same time that all of this was occurring, during 2008 Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings became "the funkiest band in all the land." Hell ALL of the "hip young white kids", knew all about them. There were TV appearances, magazine articles, singles that were played on Pop, jazz, blues radio stations around the country. Sellout performances around the country & around the world. I mean this was the band who played on the album that won 5 Grammy awards. They played serious/hard core FUNK music that could make you dance and they were fronted by a woman who could make you cry with the power of her voice. And as usual, Black folks are the last one's to the party with respect to Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, much as they were with now President Obama and I think that I understand the reason why... Commentary continued here: http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter/2009/news2/sharonjones_dapkings.html --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net FIVE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN"T KNOW ABOUT THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS  Well actually it's a whole lot more than "5 things"....LOL We wanted to take a few moments out of our schedule to talk a little bit about THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS!!! And as you can see from the picture, Soul-Patrol has a very deep/intense history with the Mighty Dells It seems to me that we can't possibly discuss the THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS enough, and we haven't used this space to talk about them in quite a while, so we are going to do so today. The Dells really are at the core of much of what has occured in Black music over the past 50 years. I realize that a whole bunch of yall don't want to belive me? However I have proof for you... Take a listen to the following internet radio brroadcast on the history of the THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS, where you will not only be able to listen to all of their greatest hits, but also listen to the commentary/analysis provided by our co-hosts ("nightrain" & "funkoverlord") which tells you exactly how THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS, are in fact what "connects the dots" of Black music history.  LISTEN TO: SOUL-PATROL'S TRIBUTE TO 2004 ROCK N' ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES - THE MIGHTY DELLS World Famous Nightrain Radio Program, featuring Soul-Patrol’s Tribute to the Mighty Dells. Introduced by Soul-Patroller and Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famer, Terry Johnson of the Flamingos. With commentary analysis and perspective on the 50 year career of black music legends Mighty Dells from nightrain and tha Funkoverlord, connecting the dots between the Mighty, Mighty Dells, Chicago Soul, Charles Stephany, EWF, Minnie Riperton, Temptations, Vee Jay, Chess, Willie Dixon, Robert Townsand, Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, Sun Ra, P-Funk, and the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Featuring music from the Dells Anthology (HIP-O Records): Dreams of Contentment, Oh, What a Night, Oh What a Nite, Pain In My Heart, There Is, Stay In My Corner, Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue, Love Is So Simple, Always Together, Open Up My Heart, Glory Of Love, Standing Ovation, Heart Is a Home For Love... Be sure that when you listen, that you share it with your children I have :) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN! While you are listening, click on the following link. It will take you to over 3,000 listings that we have stored in our data base about the MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS. We have discussed the MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS here on Soul-Patrol.com more than any other artist  The Mighty Dells in the Soul-Patrol.com Data Base --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net A Few Thoughts on The Berks JazzFest, Thus Far (March 27 through April 5)  As you all are aware last weekend, Soul-Patrol covered the first weekend of the Berks JazzFest. This event is probably the largest jazz festival in the United States, running for 10 days, over the course of 2 weeks, featuring both big name and yet to become big name artists of course playing to big crowds. Just take one look at the artist line up at the following link & you will see what I mean: http://www.soul-patrol.com/jazz/berks_jazz_fest.htm We will be back this weekend to do more of the same. In fact we will be doing even more, simply because yours truly will be the emcee of the "JASON MILES PRESENTS: SOUL SUMMIT" show on Friday April 3 @ Scottish Rite Cathedral (featuring: featuring Maysa, Simone, Richard Elliot, Jeff Golub, Eric Darius, Bob Babbitt, Reggie Young, Steve Ferrone, and the original Soul Survivors, plus the Berks Jazz Fest Horns). We are glad to be on board, that's because we aren't just there to write reviews or to conduct interviews. Folks that we know and folks that we don't know stop by the booth, to talk music, to talk about the website or simply just to talk. Soul-Patrol is there as a major presence at the festival and our presence is a part of something much larger than the text/audio that results from our presence. The term "Jazzfest" is something of a misnomer for two reasons: 1. Most of the "jazz artists" at the event are really "smooth jazz artists" and depending on your perspective, may not actually be "jazz artists" at all. 2. Probably about 1/3 of the artists can't even be called "smooth jazz artists", they are truly R&B (ex: AWB) or Funk (ex: Victor Wooten) or "Pop" (ex: Phoebe Snow) or "Blues" (Severn All Stars) artists. Therefore the line up af artists is "musically impure", at least based on the title of the event. Rather than use the term "JazzFest" a more accurate title would be something along the lines of; "A Contemporary Overview of Popular Music Originated By Black Americans." Given that description, Soul-Patrol's presence becomes completely understandable and in fact absolutely required. Continued + Reviews, Interviews & more from the 2009 Berks Jazz Festival at the following link: http://www.soul-patrol.com/jazz/berks_jazz_fest.htm --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net Tidbits, Random Thoughts,Trivial Pursuits (30 second "brain dump")  2009 is certainly shaping up to be quite an interesting year.... 1. AIG Is an acronym which stands for "American International Group." With such a nebulous & generic name is it any wonder that we have no idea what they are doing with our taxpayer dollars? These people had betta watch out. The kind of stuff they (and others in the Financial Services Industry) are doing is the same kind of stuff that got Marie Antoinette's head chopped off during the French Revolution. I wonder just how much patience the American people are going to show and when is the violence going to start? 2. HARDCORE SOUL MUSIC Yes Virginia, it's coming back and it's coming back STRONG. Stay tuned for artists like Leela James, Jill Sharpe and a whole lotta others, so stay tuned... 3. BERKS JAZZ FEST As we get closer to this event, I get more and more excited. I'll be there for both weekends along with a full staff of Soul-Patrol reporters covering a truly sick number of great jazz, blues, funk & soul shows. In fact I will even be the emcee for the Jason Miles/Soul Summit Show. Go here and look at the lineup: http://www.berksjazzfest.com/ticketedevents.htm 4. DATELINE LOS ANGELES Are you a "Fast Food Funkateer?" Well if you are in Los Angeles please do not be alarmed if you are sitting down eating your WHOPPER or VEGGIE DELITE and you hear my voice coming thru the PA system (stay tuned) 5. DEREK MCKEITH I do want you to check out this interview (Windows Media Required) http://66.29.59.120/wirgeneral/derekmckeith_pt3_ff.wmv Derek McKeith is one of our best up & coming "Black Rockers" and we talk about just what that means from a past, present and future perspective. Not only does Derek have a great new album (set for release this month), that we have reviewed right here on Soul-Patrol, but we have been playing it over on Nu Soul @ RadioIO.com and getting great response over there. http://66.29.59.120/wirgeneral/derekmckeith_pt3_ff.wmv As you will see from this interview, Derek McKeith has also got some pretty interesting things to say about the state of "Rock n' Roll" and it's place in Black History. http://66.29.59.120/wirgeneral/derekmckeith_pt3_ff.wmv The interview took place in NYC @ the popular spot Sweet Rhythm, just prior to Dereck's SLAMMIN show, which I also emceed. In attendance as well that night were was Earl 'The Pearl' Monroe (Reverse Spin Records), Al Goodman (Ray, Goodman & Brown), Ken Webb, Allison Williams, Vaughan Harper and actress, Sheila Frazier(Derek's mom) and others. You can view the interview at the following link: Big up's to our friend Ken Webb for producing this piece. If you go to Ken Webb's site at the following link: http://www.kenwebb.com/kenwebbshow.htm You will see links not only to this interview, but to a whole bunch of different kinds of video content that Ken has been producing lately, everything from Jazz to Soul and yes Virginia, even "Black Rock"....Check it all out and let me know whatcha think???? 6. JAZZ, ROCK N' ROLL & A WHOLE LOTTA SOUL I will be teaching a 3 part non credit course on the history of American Popular Music (Rock n' Roll, Jazz and R&B) at Burlington County College next month. (stay tuned) 7. THANKS TO JIMI BLEU @ WFDU FM 89.1 http://tinyurl.com/dx33rc I was a guest on his show yesterday morning. We discussed Women & Blues Music, Berks Jazz Fest & the Carnegie Hall Black Music Honors Program, Bettye LaVette, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Alberta Hunter, Bessie Smith, Leela James, Beyonce and of course played some great music. I Tweeted during the interview and you can read my Tweets at http://www.twitter.com/kozmicfunk 8. THANKS TO KEVIN AMOS @ WRCT FM 88.3/ "Ebony Spectrum" http://www.wrct.org I was a guest on his show yesterday afternoon, primarily to discuss "Media Convergence & the Black Community" but we also discussed, the AIG situation, the University of Pittsburgh & March Madness, and of course we talked a little Jazz as well. I also Tweeted during the interview and you can read my Tweets at http://www.twitter.com/kozmicfunk 9. JOHN LEE HOOKER - is still what I wanna be like whenever I grow up. (boom, boom, boom, boom) --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net ANNOUNCEMENT: BLUES @ RadioIO.com (There's a New Sherrif In Town)  This is quite possibly the worst kept secret on the internet. If you go to the following link: http://www.radioio.com/channels/blues You will see the smiling face of a young man born in Kings County Hospital in the "People's Republic of Brooklyn." It should be no surprise to anyone who has known me for longer than 5 minutes that the RadioIO Blues Station would become a part of the "Black Music Suite" of channels there. I first became a huge fan of "da blues" during the 1980's during the period of time when I became completely turned off by the so called "R&B" then being played on the radio. Since I was living in Houston Texas at that time it became very easy for me to become a fan of "da blues" despite my NYC origins. I was "taken to school" by some older brothas who taught me everything that I needed to know about "Delta Blues", "Chicago Blues", Texas Blues", "West Coast Blues", "Acoustic Blues", "Electric Blues", etc. At the same time during the 1980's, "blues" was becoming "mainstream" as a result of the popularity of artists such as Stevie Ray, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Mason Ruffner, Jeff Healy and others. There was a very active blues concert/festival scene involving these artists along with many of the "masters" that I was involved with as well, during my time in Texas. All of this "blues education" I got in Texas helped me to form not only a true love for "blues music", but also allowed me to place the culture (political & spiritual) surrounding the history of "da blues" from Africa to Slavery to Jim Crow to Northern Migration to Integration in a more accurate perspective, then I could have ever previously imagined. After all I was from Brooklyn....LOL I actually took over the station about a month ago and haven't done much with it, except to listen to the existing 4,500 song library, solicit feedback from the existing listener base and also from some of the folks around here on Soul-Patrol who are well schooled in "da blues." The existing 4,500 song library is quite eclectic and deep, containing lots of material from "the masters", lots of "blues-rock", lots of acoustic, lots of electric, stuff from the 1920's, lots of jump blues, lots of big band blues, lots of contemporary blues (1980's - today), lots of "classic soul/funk" (Etta James, Ray Charles, Meters, Bo Diddley, Booker T & MG's, Al Green, etc) and some current day HARDCORE SOUL (Bettye LaVette, Solomon Burke, Sharon Jones, Robert Randolph, etc). Last night for the first time I added some new releases to the station, and I added music that kinda/sorta fits with the existing mix. Some new releases featuring covers of the "masters" (etc; Eamon Walker, Jeffrey Wright, Kim Wilson/SOUL7, Mick Hucknall, Mos Def), Some "blues rock" (ex; Lester Chambers, Marc Broussard, Gary Lee & The Catdaddys, etc), some "hardcore soul" (Ryan Shaw, Stan Mosley, Leela James, Lou Wilson & Todays People, Jill Gsharp, Larry Taylor, Pat Cooley, The Climates, etc). And finally, some Classic Soul/Funk/Rock from our boy FATS GALLON taken from the just released reissue of his classic album F.A.T. ("Funky And Tough"). That's just a start and I'm sure that it will evolve... Check it out and let me know what cha think? Blues @ RadioIO.com http://www.radioio.com/channels/blues Buddy Guy - Forty Days and Forty Nights Denise LaSalle - Mississippi Woman Eamon Walker - Smokestack Lightnin' F.A.T. - How Can I Explain Gary Lee & The Catdaddys - Freeway Gary Lee & The Catdaddys - NiteTrain James Hunter - 'Til the End Jeffrey Wright - I'm a Man Jeffrey Wright - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man Jill Gsharp - My Man Kim Wilson/SOUL7 - Juke Kyle Jason & The Soul Power Movement - Thank You Larry Taylor - Jody Got Your Girl and Gone, Pt. 1 Leela James - It's a Man's Man's Man's World (single edit) Lester Chambers - Love Ya Mama Lester Chambers - Evil & Wrong Lou Wilson & Todays People - Heard It Thru The Grapevine Marc Broussard - Hard Knocks Melissa Young - Rock With Me Mick Hucknall - Father Up the Road Mick Hucknall - I'll Take Care of You Mos Def - Nadine Nas/Olu Dara - Bridging the Gap Pat Cooley - Older Woman Younger Man Rue Davis - The Last Time Ryan Shaw - Do The 45 Ryan Shaw - I Found a Love Ryan Shaw - Memphis Train Solange Knowles - 6 O'Clock Blues Stan Mosley - Barstool Woman Stan Mosley - Something U Got Sweet Angel - Sweet Angel - Women's National Anthem The Climates - Out of Control The Revalations (Featuring Tre Williams) - I Don't Want To Know The Revelations Featuring Tre Williams - He's a Hustler The Revelations Featuring Tre Williams - Heavy Metal Blues The Soul of John Black - Black John Walter "Wolfman" Washington - Shake Your Booty/Funky Thing, Pt. 1 Blues @ RadioIO.com http://www.radioio.com/channels/blues --Bob Davis Album Review: Leela James - "Let's Do It Again" 
(Black American Standard Music - Where All da Party People At?)I'm not quite sure why I'm even bothering to write this review. I already know that some of yall aren't going to like the album, Leela James - "Let's Do It Again". That's cuz it's... :::HARDCORE SOUL::: Really and truly I don't really have to say much more than this album is simply... "One that you wait for your parents to be away for the day, roll back the carpeting in the living room & dining room, remove all of the good glasses & plates that might break, invite your friends over, fry up some chicken wings, break out the paper plates & plastic silverware, get a few bottles of Boones Farm/T-Bird and run the whole M*therF*ckin album from end to end and then run it back it again..." Any of yall who ever lived in the projects knows exactly what kind of a party I'm talkin about. The album Leela James - "Let's Do It Again", can easily provide ALL of the music that you need for a party in the projects!!! (Am I allowed to use the word FONK around here?) This album exists in an "alternate universe" that's sweaty, it's funky, there's no health food, the term "dow jones industrial average" doesn't exist in our vocabulary, and political correctness is something that we aren't bothered with!!! IT"S STANK/NASTAY.....(review continued here) --Bob Davis Album Review: Lou Wilson and Today's People - Money Talk  In this economic climate it is easy to recommend the newest release by Lou Wilson and Today's People "Money Talk". For an hour or so you will forget your money problems (well maybe). This is the most fun yes I said fun, I've had listening to a cd in sometime. These songs will take you back to a simpler time when people wrote from their hearts and the mantra might as well been "keep it simple stupid!" These songs are crisp and clean in arrangements , for example listen to the musicians on Money Talk, horns more crisp than corn flakes, takes you back to those funky horn sections of the late 60's and the 70's. I do not hesitate when I say Lou Wilson is one of those talents like Al Green, Bobby Womack, B.Rush, BB King, and other great one of kind voices who with one listen will sear their sound into the recesses of you mind. His phrasing is truly a joy to hear on songs' like "Settle down", "Dog in the House", "Heard it through the Grapevine", and one of my favorites "Taking over my Baby's mind". Lou reinvents the pronunciation for the word Alien, and it brings a smile whenever he sings it. There is a velvet pebble in the throat of Lou that gives him a smooth but graveled unique and strangely comforting sound. That makes it another one of those sad examples of wonderful talent who has gone virtually unknown while artists of lesser ability get undo praise and hero worship for doing nothing of note. The tone of this cd is straight old school and will take you were you really want to go and that is a good place. Forget the cares of the day for a few moments enjoys Lou Wilson as he sings "Roots of my Heart" and "If it ain't broke, don't try to fix". One is a Blues flavored ballad that may bring tears to your eyes like it did to mine, the other a mid tempo joint that would have made Willie Hutch and Johnnie Taylor both smile because it is their suit size also, and Lou wears the hell out of it. Look there are many more words and a few more songs. But the bottom line is this is that cd that will make you Find out who Lou Wilson is and where he has been and what he has done! http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter/2009/news2/louwilson.html --Enorman Soul-Patrol.com 2008 Concert Reviews Scroll down and check these out, and you will find that we have some reviews for you no matter what your taste is. As much as we love recordings, we love live performances even more. Thanks to longtime Soul-Patrol.com contributors; Charles Duke, David Brooks, Dr. G, Evan Ginsburg, Gary Tyson, Danny Guilfoyle and Randall Grass for documenting these live performances.--Concert Review: Branford Marsalis @ Kean College --Concert Review: Frankie Beverly & Maze (w/ Freddie Jackson) @ Newark Symphony Hall --Concert Review: Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, and Gladys Knight @ Radio City Music Hall --Concert Review: Plunky and Oneness, Randy Crawford/Joe Sample, Maysa, Jonathan Butler, Eric Roberson, and Kim Waters @ Capitol Jazz Festival in Columbia, MD --Concert Review: Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo, and Jordin Sparks @ Prudential Center Newark --Concert Review: Jaheim and Tamia @ Newark Symphony Hall --Concert Review: Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten @ Nokia Theater/NYC --Concert Review: Maxwell and Jazmine Sullivan @ Radio City Music Hall --Concert Review: Terrence Blanchard & Spike Lee (with his quintet, Patti Austin, Raul Midon, Bilal, and The NJ PAC Orchestra) @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center --Concert Review: Dianne Reeves and McCoy Tyner @ NJ Performing Arts Center --Concert Review: Mavis Staples @ Carnegie Lecture Hall in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday 11/22/08 --Concert Review: Chi-Lites @ Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem --Concert Review: War & Average White Band @ Capitol One Bank Theatre At Westbury (Ny) Friday September 19, 2008 --Concert Review: 25th Annual Roots Of American Music Festival- New Orleans Tribute Lincoln Center Out Of Doors Fest NYC Irma Thomas & Many More August 23, 2008 --Concert Review: Hilary Cole/Billy Stritch (Birdland Jazz Club 8/15 NYC) --Concert Review: Neil Diamond (Madison Square Garden 8/16 NYC) --Concert Review: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings/Mehanham Street Band/Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens @ Central Park Summerstage 8/17 NYC --Concert Review: Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute To James Brown W/Spam All Stars Lincoln Center Out Of Doors Fest 8/22/08 NYC --Concert Review: Joel Dorn Tribute-"Keep A Light In The Window" @ Lincoln Center Out Of Doors Festival- August 13, 2008 New York City --Concert Review: Hal Willner's Bill Withers Project @ Prospect Park Brooklyn August 9, 2008 --Concert Review: Richie Havens @ Bam R&B Fest- Metro Tech Brooklyn Thursday Aug. 7, 2008 --Concert Review: Liza Minelli/Christopher Cross Asher Levy Park Brooklyn August 7, 2008 --Concert Review: Return To Forever (W/ Bela Fleck & The Flecktones) --Concert Review: Larry Coryell/Chuck Brown @ Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD --Concert Review: Dave Mullen & Butta @ Shrine - NYC (8/1/08) --Concert Review: Hezikiah Walker/Kurt Carr/Dave Hollister & More @ Central Park's Summerstage Nyc July 19, 2008 --Concert Review: Lakeside & the Bar-Kays @ At the Carter Barron Amphitheatre - Washington, DC (7/12/08) --Concert Review: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80/Afrika Bambaataa/Love Trio & U-Roy Central Park's Summerstage Nyc 7/6/08 --Concert Review: Return To Forever @ Chicago Theatre --Concert Review: Stevie Wonder @ Taste of Chicago --Concert Review: La La Brooks @ the Cutting Room NYC --Black Rock Coalition's Birthday Tribute 2 Prince @ Bam Cafe - Brooklyn, NY (6/6/08) --Concert Review: Diana Ross- New York State Theater- Lincoln Center 6/2/08 --Concert Review: Clones Of Funk @ Cardinal's Nest - Washington, DC (5/31/08) --Erykah Badu & The Roots 5/30 @ Chicago Theater --Concert Review: Bettye LaVette @ Rochester NY Lilac Festival --Concert Review: Barbara Harris/Willie Winfield/EarlLewis/Cleveland Still/ Teenagers/etc. @ Kupferber Performing Arts Center- Queens College NYC - 5/3/08 --Concert Review: B-52's @ Electric Factory/Philadelphia 4/25/2008 ("Set way back in the middle of a field, is a funky ole shack, that's where it's at...") --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net 2008 Best Black Music Albums, Tracks & Live Shows (Classic Soul, Jazz, Southern Soul & Blues, Funk, Neo Soul, Rap & Rock n' Roll) Also posted at: http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter/2008/news7/bestof2008.html  These rankings are also posted on www.soul-patrol.com and www.radioio.com as well as other places around the internet. Feel free to repost them wherever you hang out at online.I really do hate making lists. That's because they have a beginning, a middle and an end. Which means that something is going to get left off, and no doubt I have left something out. At any rate I have compiled a list of what I think are the very best ALBUMS (listed in rank order) and SONGS (listed in rank order/Black music style) released in 2008. In addition to the rankings, clicking on the links below will enable you to listen to sound bytes from the associated albums and songs. If you are thinking about buying any of these, rest assured that you can buy them "sight unheard", they are ALL wicked, jazzy, funky, soulful, rockin joints that it is my extreme pleasure to turn you on to.This is a great year for Black music (Classic Soul, Jazz, Southern Soul & Blues, Funk, Neo Soul, Rap & Rock n' Roll), probably the best this decade! So we as music lovers had quite a bit to smile about in 2008. Thanks in advance for your consideration... Bob Davis - Soul-Patrol 798 Woodlane Rd Suite 10264 Mount Holly, NJ 08060 earthjuice@prodigy.net Also posted at: http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter/2008/news7/bestof2008.html Best of All Time in Funk/Jazz/Soul/Rock/Blues & Culture Quite a few people have been writing in to me complaining about various lists that have been published by Rolling Stone Magazine over the years. The complaints have ranged from a lack of knowlege to outright rascim with respect to these lists. In my opinion it makes little sense in 2008 to complain about lists produced by Rolling Stone or any other entity. We are on the internet, we have mailing lists, we have message boards, we have blogs, we have the capability to create and publish our own list of who we think are the best artists, songs, etc.THEREFORE I SAY F#@#&@#*K ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN And over the years we have done exactly that here at Soul-Patrol.com. Not only do we announce our listing of best releases each year (and we will do so again for 2008 later this week), we also conducted a little survey of our readership back in the year 2000 of the BEST OF ALL TIME. As selected by the "Soul-Patrol Board of Directors", back in the year 2000, we think these are the tops in Funk, Jazz, Soul, Rock, Blues and Culture, thru the year 2000. We published these results at the following link: http://www.soul-patrol.com/2000 These results are also published in this newsletter. Scroll down and see if you concur. Share it with your friends, argue about it create your own if you like. And if you disagree, why not consider creating your own list on your MySpace page, your website, etc. In 2008 you all have the ways and means to do so, and I would encourage you to follow suit. But whatever you do, don't complain to me about Rolling Stone, who really gives a crap about what they have to say about this topic. This is OUR music and if we actually care about it, lets start with ourselves and give it the props that it deserves. Photos by James VandeZee Check it out at the following link: http://www.soul-patrol.com/2000 Thanks in advance for your consideration...and next week look for Soul-Patrol's Best of 2008 In Black Music. Bob Davis - Soul-Patrol 798 Woodlane Rd Suite 10264 Mount Holly, NJ 08060 earthjuice@prodigy.net LISTEN TO - CLASSIC HIP HOP @ RadioIO.com  TAKE A LISTEN FOR 1/2 HOUR, IT WILL MAKE YOU SMILE AND YOU WILL BE HOOKED------------------------------------ Classic HipHop @ RadioIO.com: http://www.radioio.com/channels/classic-hip-hop ||GREAT BLACK MUSIC || ||WALL-2-WALL-FUNK || ||70's, 80's, 90's HIP HOP|| ||ALWAYS SLAMMIN, || ||ALL THE TIME || Classic HipHop @ RadioIO.com: http://www.radioio.com/channels/classic-hip-hop ---------------------------------------- It's often said that "hindsight is 20/20" in the history of OUR music there is no clearer example of this in my mind than the era of Classic Hip Hop (roughly late 70's - early 90's). As I recall, many of us complained and asked the question; "WHAT HAPPENED TO THA FUNK?" In retrospect, instead of complaining all we really had to do was open our eyes (& ears) and look/listen to what was right in front of us. We were being presented with nothing short of "WALL-2-WALL- FUNK." This is something that is abundantly clear to my ears. It was however presented in a creative & unique manner, and that is what the objection was. We complained and asked, "where is the band?", we said things like "why don't those kids learn how to play instruments", or perhaps you said; "these aren't real musicians." We criticized these artists (unfairly) for doing exactly what we accused them of not doing. These artists studied the history of Black music in a way that few of us dare to and they came to the conclusion that they couldn't improve upon what was indeed the best music that had ever been created. They were smart enough to know that their job wasn't to reinvent what was the highest level of Black culture that had been achieved to that point. These artists didn't think that they could possibly create "better music" than James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Grover Washington, P-Funk, etc. They knew that their mission was to do what the best jazz artists had always done and take what existed and improvise in order to preserve and extend that culture into the future. These artists were archaeologists of the best that Black culture had achieved. They are preservationists of the highest magnitude. They documented their findings on wax, instead of inside of a book, because they knew that would be the best way to influence the future. Fast forward to the year 2008, going into 2009 and as we set about our mission to preserve & extend the historical legacy of Black music & culture into what seems to be an uncertain future. Guess what generation of people seems to be most interested in being truly proactive in making certain that whatever that future may hold, is connected to the past in a most meaningful manner? Guess what generation our new President, who graduated for High School in 1980 belongs to? And if you can answer those questions correctly, now you know the reason why Chuck D has me on his radio show every month… Hey Love - King Sun D-Moet Queen Latifah - Wrath of my Madness Eric B. & Rakim - I Know you Got Soul Stetsasonic - A.F.R.I.C.A. [Norman Cook Remix][*] Lauryn Hill/Refrugee Camp all-Stars - The Sweetest Thing [Mahogany Mix] Jungle Brothers - Because I Got It Like That Public Enemy - Fight the Power MC Hammer - Turn This Mutha Out Heavy D & the Boyz - We Got Our Own Thang Whodini - I'm a Ho Digital Underground - Rhymin' on the Funk Ll Cool J - The Boomin' System Doug E Fresh - La Di Da Di Kurtis Blow - If I Ruled the World Big Daddy Kane - Set it Off U.T.F.O. - Bits and Pieces Fat Boys - Fat Boys Beastie Boys - Intergalactic Gil Scott-Heron - H2o Gate Blues Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do it) Fearless Four - It's Magic Force M.D.'s - Itchin' For a Scratch Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now The Real Roxanne - Romeo, Pt. 2 D-Nice - Call Me D-Nice Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But a G Thang De La Soul - Brain Washed Follower Fat Boys feat. the Beach Boys - Wipe Out Harlem World Crew - Let's Rock Gangstarr - Check the Technique Craig Mack - Flava in ya Ear Disco Dave - High Power Rap A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation Intelligent Hoodlum Black & Proud Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Message Brand Nubian - Love Me Or Leave Me Alone Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded [Album Version] Cold Crush Brothers - Freestyling Kris Kross - Jump Donald Byrd/Guru - Loungin' Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray Easy Mo Bee - Blow Newcleus - Jam on it Crash Crew - On The Radio Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day Ice-T - High Rollers Onyx - Slam MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha Eric B. & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Summertime Treacherous Three - Feel the Heart Beat Doug Lazy - Let it Roll Public Enemy - 911 is a Joke Run-D.M.C. - Run's House Queen Latifah - Just Another Day Run Dmc - It's Like That Lord Finesse - Funky Technician Heavy D & the Boyz - The Overweight Lovers in the House Dana Dane - Cinderfella Dana Dane Ll Cool J - I'm Bad Doug E Fresh - The Original Human Beatbox MC Hammer - U Can't Touch this Epmd - Gold Digger Kurtis Blow - The Breaks Roxanne Shante - Roxanne's Revenge Spoonie Gee - Spoonin' Rap Fat Boys - Human Beat Box A Tribe Called Quest/Busta Rhymes - Oh my God [Remix] Salt-N-Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is) : Club Mix Fearless Four - Fearless Freestyle De La Soul - Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer) Tone Loc - Wild Thing Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - Superappin Young MC - Bust A Move Boogie Boys - A Fly Girl Craig G/Marley Marl - Droppin' Science A Tribe Called Quest- Hot Sex Salt-N-Pepa Featuring En Vogue - Whatta Man (Video Remix) Blahzay Blahzay - Danger Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back Doug E. Fresh - Just Havin' Fun Skee-Lo - I Wish Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock Dis Funky Joint Too Short - Gettin' it Cold Crush Brothers - Yvette [Live] Whodini - Freaks Come Out at Night ------------------------------------ Classic HipHop @ RadioIO.com: http://www.radioio.com/channels/classic-hip-hop 
TAKE A LISTEN FOR 1/2 HOUR, IT WILL MAKE YOU SMILE AND YOU WILL BE HOOKED --Bob Davis 609-351-0154 earthjuice@prodigy.net Bob Davis @ Each One Teach One Music Seminar & Radio Concert (10/3/2008 - 10/5/2008) @ Canegie Mellon University/Pittsburgh (Music, Culture, Technology & Economics)  And let me start out by saying that I had a great time. The whole weekend was just what I needed. Most of it took place at a most unlikely place for me (the campus of the elitist Carnegie Mellon University, since I am a graduate of the more pedestrian University of Pittsburgh), in a most likely place for me (Pittsburgh, Pa). I had a blast, it was educational and it was fun. Most of all for me on a personal level it was inspirational. As you all know, these past few months have been very tough for me and I have spent quite a bit of time looking inward. For me looking inward is usually the worst place for me to find inspiration. I am the type of person who finds inspiration from external people & things. And this weekend I was given the opportunity to be around people, some of whom I knew (ex: Dr. Kimberley Ellis - AKA "Dr. Goddess") but most whom I did not previously know (ex: Tim Stevens), all of whom provided for me with much inspiration and many ideas. The fact that this all happened for me in the city of Pittsburgh is not lost on me. It is of course the very place where much that has formed me as an adult took place. Pittsburgh is a place that is the butt of many jokes, however for me it is a magical place, that allows me to find the kind of inspiration that ultimately ends up in new ideas. It is also a place that for me is the origin of many personal relationships that have lasted a lifetime, mostly with other people who have the capacity to inspire me to either "do better" or to "do more" (not always the same thing) There were artists in attendance from the worlds of rock n' roll, jazz, soul, funk, hip hop, reggae, jazz & spoken word. There were broadcasters/writers there from TV, Radio, Print & the Internet. So it was a great cross section of people to have communicating with each other. http://www.soul-patrol.com/eachoneteachone_2008.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/album http://www.soul-patrol.com/album If you would like to ask a question about Soul-Patrol feel free to contact the owner Bob Davis.
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