A Great Gal

You see a lot of guys named Guy, but no so many gals named Gal. Discuss...



... but here's a gal for you right here... Brazilian legend Gal Costa. Now, I won't pretend to know everything about her, but I do know that she was probably the top female artist of the Tropicalia movement and was every bit as funky and out there as the boys. That said, this tune is more traditional sounding and even quite purdy...

Gal Costa - Presente Cotidiano (ysi)

Bonus points for cameltoe on the album cover. Because that's the kind of thing we give out bonus points for here...

Friday Funkiness

How can you go wrong with a song on a label called Blackdisco?



There's not much information out there on the artist known as Basso or which vintage funky Disco jam this is a re-edit of, but you don't need info to be able to get down. Dig it...

Basso - Cycles (ysi)

Have a good weekend, y'all...

Spanning The Globe!

And now for the greatest England/Japan collaboration since Bond & Odd Job...



It is between British Downtempo producer Kidkanevil, who's got a couple of nice albums already in the ol' collection, and Japanese dude Daisuke Tanabe, who I'd not heard of before, under the name Kidsuke. See what they did there? Clever, huh? Here in L.A. buildings like to do that when they're on the corner of two streets, so you end up with horrible names like the Laurelbev and the Melcox. Do they do that in other cities, or is L.A.'s lack of creativity just that pervasive? Discuss. Anyhoo, this is a very distinct sounding record... lots of tinkly toy-ish sounds matched with deep bass and off-kilter beats. Me likey...

Kidkanevil & Daisuke Tanabe - MoOoOoOn (ysi)

Now I just await the collaboration between Evel Knievel and Daisuke Matsuzaka, to make a reference absolutely no one who ever reads this will get. GOODNIGHT CLEVELAND!

I'm Gonna Blog You, Sucka!

Honkies and Honkettes! Sit yo narrow asses down and listen up!



Was there ever a movie genre that produced as much classic original music as Blaxploitation? Hell no, nigga! Shaft, Superfly, Trouble Man... I could keep going... these albums would be among some of the best Funk records of all time even if the movies had never existed. And the great Willie Hutch's soundtrack for The Mack is right up there with the best. Dig it, crackas...

Willie Hutch - Slick (ysi)

Now, I'm almost embarassed to say this... but despite my love for the soundtrack, I don't think I've ever seen The Mack all the way through. How very white of me. But hey, what's this?



Hold on, I'm gonna grab some popcorn. You want some, too?

The Song I Hear More Than Any Other Song

Okay, we're gonna try to get back on a regular posting schedule around here, since shit isn't quite so CRAAAAAAAY anymore...



So there's a reason I picked this particular song today... the way my iTunes is organized, this song just happens to be the very first song on the entire list. So every day, when I hop on there to shuffle it up and find a song for the blog, this song plays first. And since I literally hear at least a bit of this song every day, I think it deserves to be posted. Riveting story, eh? Here's the master of Congolese music, the dude so dope he has only one name... Franco...

Franco et l'OK Jazz - Mindondo Ya Kosuana (ysi)

Good freaking luck trying to find a copy of this record. But if you like the tune, you'll love this. If you don't like the tune... well, bite me then. XO