MONKEYBOXING.COM presents ‘Filthy Rhythm, Dirty Soul: Volume 3′ – FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD

Filthy rhythm? Dirty Soul? If you haven’t got ‘em you want them. If you’ve got them you’ll want more. So here it is then – monkeyboxing.com’s annual treat – Filthy Rhythm, Dirty Soul: Vol. 3 – a free unmixed ‘mixtape’ celebration of some of the biggest bangers (and not a few of the monkey’s favourite cuts) from the last twelve months of FUNK, SOUL, HIP-HOP, PARTY BREAKS and REGGAE (including UGLY DUCKLING, MARTHA HIGH, JSTAR, HARVEY KTEL, DAYTONER, VOODOOFUNK, ROGER MOLLS, DJ MAARS, ABTOMIC, CHILL BUMP and K.SABROSO) plus dope exclusives from THE GRITS, MORLACK and THE FAKERS. Download link below, preview player below that (N.B. the soundcloud download option is not enabled. You have to use the direct link on this page) and the full blurb below that. Enjoy – and don’t forget to click the ‘like’ button down at the bottom y’all!…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

J STAR: Licensed Plates (2013)

Is that seismic activity? A low level unscheduled military transport flypast? Relax – it’s just the bass on the new LP from reggae mash-up/ remix king J Star LP. Licensed Plates he’s named it, rather cheekily for a man who cranks out bootlegs like they’re going out of style, though in this case it is actually true. All twelve tracks are actually legit – all officially sanctioned remixes or versions from the last seven years with nary a booty among them. Good god! JStar’s gone straight. Well almost. Actually,…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

J STAR: Regulate Rock – Free download – 2011

J STAR: Regulate Rock – Free download – 2011
Back in the day Warren G and Nate Dogg were regarded as lame-ass jiggy shit in my neck of the woods. Still, time passes and you know what - Regulate still sounds like a cheesy, over-produced rnb turd. G-funk my ass. Enter reggae remixer to the stars – J – er – Star, two years ago. MB waxed lyrical about the skill and dedication required to make Regulate actually sound classy as opposed to something that the people who originally made it thought sounded classy…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

MONKEYBOXING PRESENTS: ‘Filthy Rhythm, Dirty Soul’ Mixtape – Free download

MONKEYBOXING PRESENTS: ‘Filthy Rhythm, Dirty Soul’ Mixtape – Free download
Massive free download mixtape album of funk, soul, hip-hop, nufunk/ ghettofunk, and reggae featuring Smoove, Aldo Vanucci, Featurecast, Tha Liks, J Star, The Hawk and more...
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JSTAR: (Still)Passin’ Me By – Free download + Citizen Sound Wa-Do-Dub remix news

JSTAR: (Still)Passin’ Me By – Free download + Citizen Sound Wa-Do-Dub remix news
Heads up DJs! Just in time for New Year’s Eve – reggae mash-up king JStar has put up his massive Pharcyde vs Marcia Aitken booty from 2005’s Most Wanted Vol. 1 as a full .aiff download and you can cop that hugeness below. Also, the big man has just done a rude rerub of Citizen Sound’s Wa Do Dub too…inna dnb stylee – clear evidence (if it were needed) of the deleterious effects of hanging around with junglists…DOWNLOAD/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

CAPITAL 1212 – Don Man Sound feat. Tenor Fly – Invade The Carnival EP

CAPITAL 1212 – Don Man Sound feat. Tenor Fly – Invade The Carnival EP
It’s all about the bass north of the border and here to prove it are Capitol 1212, though they have roped in wee Sassenach Tenor Fly (formerly of The Freestylers) to provide vocal assistance. Unlike most EPs of this nature (the original mix plus a remixes) it’s tricky to choose between them, though J Star does his usual – er – star (sorry) turn and thus probably has the edge if anyone does……READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

NICE UP & J STAR: Cut Ups, Bruck Ups and Muck Ups Vol. 2 – 2010 – Album review

NICE UP & J STAR: Cut Ups, Bruck Ups and Muck Ups Vol. 2 – 2010 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: All of it. Again.
SOUNDBITE:
RATING: 5/5
As many DJs will tell you, just because something bumps on the dancefloor doesn’t mean you want to hear it in the car or on your mp3 player - and the opposite is also true. Happy the person, then, who gets hold of this second volume from the kings of reggae mash-up/ remix-land which, like its predecessor (and hopefully any future successors) run tings in both clubland and pretty much anywhere else you care to play it. Once again the main contributors are J Star and Nice Up label boss DJ Shepdog - though on Cut Ups…2 they’re also joined by Jeff Li (the fashion designer? Surely not?) and Brighton's Black Grass.
…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

NICE UP & J STAR: Cut Ups, Bruck Ups and Muck Ups Vol. 2 – 2010 – Album review

NICE UP & J STAR: Cut Ups, Bruck Ups and Muck Ups Vol. 2 – 2010 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: All of it. Again.
SOUNDBITE:
RATING: 5/5
As many DJs will tell you, just because something bumps on the dancefloor doesn’t mean you want to hear it in the car or on your mp3 player - and the opposite is also true. Happy the person, then, who gets hold of this second volume from the kings of reggae mash-up/ remix-land which, like its predecessor (and hopefully any future successors) run tings in both clubland and pretty much anywhere else you care to play it. Once again the main contributors are J Star and Nice Up label boss DJ Shepdog - though on Cut Ups…2 they’re also joined by Jeff Li (the fashion designer? Surely not?) and Brighton's Black Grass.
…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

NICE UP & J STAR: Cut Ups, Bruck Ups and Muck Ups Vol. 1 – 2009 – Album review

NICE UP & J STAR: Cut Ups, Bruck Ups and Muck Ups Vol. 1 – 2009 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: Pretty much all of it
SOUNDBITE: “”
RATING: 5/5
Ah the mashup – refuge of the lazy DJ/ Producer or inspirational genius? It all depends on whose doing it and what the outcome is like. In the case of J Star and Nice Up DJs Shepdog and (on one track) Moodie, it’s the latter. Those who keep their eyes glued to the relevant new release pages of their favourite online record stores may well recognise the greater portion of the cuts on offer here from successive 7 and 12” releases over the last few years and will probably have a lot of them. They’ll also be familiar with the recipe. Take one classic vocal stem (usually off a hip-hop track but possibly off a dancehall or decent pop track) and graft onto the instrumental of another (usually a rocksteady or reggae track but sometimes a hip-hop track) always obeying the rule that the one does not come from the same genre as the other.

Thus we have Skankin’ In The Way of Control with >…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM