Jukebox 45's
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Description
This compilation from DJ, producer, and Stones Throw label honcho Peanut Butter Wolf succeeds on several levels. As a collection of his label's 7-inch singles, it allows digital collectors to cop what had only been available to vinylheads. But more than that, Jukebox 45's serves as an introduction to and celebration of the Stones Throw ethos, an amazing sampling of the indie label's envelope-pushing hip-hop, experimental soul, and old-school funk. Madlib, the "star" of the Stones Throw stable, is well-represented across these 22 tracks (as both rapper and producer), contributing to a variety of projects. There are also five rare-groove tracks dug up from the late 1960s and early 1970s that fit rather nicely next to the original material. Kudos to PBW and Stones Throw Records for this nasty set--and for all their innovative, rump-shaking, head-spinning music. --Marc Greilsamer
Album Details
Features 22 Tracks and a Few As-yet-unreleased Joints, Including the Beat Conductorr, Quasimoto, Dudley Perkins, Ernie and Top Notes, Yesterdays New Quintet, Captain Funkaho, Madlib, the Stark Reality and Medaphoar.
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way good.Saturday, April 10, 2004
Wow, this thing is so enjoyable. An old friend told me about Jukebox 45s, and all I feel is the word "wow". Standouts like Dudley Perkins' "Flowers" and Lootpack's "On Point" make this work one of the best pseudo-mixtapes that I've heard in a long while. The album has a lot of variance, ranging from fat, street-concious beat tracks, to old school funk grooves, to coherent, yet unusual jazz jams, to more street-concious hip hop featuring quick-spitting lyricists like Medaphoar. A great pick, easily a personal heavy rotation contender.
Random Funk/Hip-Hop mix tapeSunday, March 23, 2003
I checked this one out after getting way into The Funky 16 Corners, which is a great mix of old-school funk tracks that most of us have never heard of.
This is not the same as that, but you can easily tell that some of the same people put it together. This does have some great old-school funk tracks, but it has more eclectic hip-hop that I can't put a specific genre on. Some of it's kind of out there. Like an instrumental cover of Stevie Wonder's "I am Singing," done with what sounds like a kid's keyboard. I don't love the whole thing, but there are some great tracks that you probably won't hear anywhere else, and it does make a great companion to "16 Corners."