JURASSIC 5: Customer Service (2016) Ltd. pay-what-you-want download

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JURASSIC 5: Tour dates (2015) + DJ NU-MARK free downloads

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JURASSIC 5: Quality Control 7″ (2015)

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RECORD STORE DAY: Wu-Tang Clan, Jurassic 5, Cypress Hill deluxe re-issues (2015)

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JURASSIC 5: The Way We Do It (Zemerald remix) + original + video (2014) Free download

New Jurassic 5 track The Way We Do It doesn’t quite knock hard enough for you? Try Zemerald‘s re-edit of the California crew’s first ‘new’ material since their reunion where he does bleepy things over the first of the bizarre soul-jazz dropouts that producer Heavy D stuck in near the end. Plus some extra crazy drum fill antics and synth siren sounds throughout to keep the kids happy. Compare and contrast with every ghetto …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DJ NU-MARK feat. QUANTIC: Tropicalifornia (‘Broken Sunlight’ Series 4) (2012) video + free download

Dj Nu-Mark continues the innovative release schedule for his Broken Sunlight album (every track released on a single!) with the fourth in the series – Tropicalifornia and there’s no sign of let-up in the quality, or the variety, yet. Series 1-3 yielded hip-hop, disco breaks and funk – this one is a chilled splice of organic latin breaks and hip-hop stylings (there’s a bit of scratching) complete with that late-afternoon/ early evening barrio sound. Also, did I mention that this release is a collaboration with the man they call ‘the ...READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

TOM DRUMMOND: Rock The Rhythm EP (BBP045) (2012)

TOM DRUMMOND: Rock The Rhythm EP (2012)
Oz beat fiend Tom Drummond’s latest is the Rock The Rhythm EP on which he delivers four cuts that buck current ghetto funk trends by daring to venture into the sub-120 bpm arena. Below 120 bpm? Good god – you might as well be sat down for that right? If your answer’s ‘yes’ then think again as TD turns Tags’ obscure psych-funk version of Get Out My Life Woman into a 105 bpm funky breaks bump and unites it with a dash of Jurassic 5’s…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

FEATURECAST: Ghetto Funk presents Featurecast EP (2011)

FEATURECAST: Ghetto Funk presents Featurecast EP (2011)
RATING: 5/5
Nowadays I normally wouldn’t bother bigging up a Ghetto Funk label release as it’s difficult to blow your trumpet louder than they blow their own. For starters, there’s the whole name thing. ‘Ghetto funk’ was their idea and it wasn’t the first applied to the artists working in the genre but now it’s the most widely used. Then there’s the fact that in the space of a year, they’ve acquired most of the major players in the genre as part of their ‘crew.’ There’s also the fact that
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SOUP & MARK 7 are PORTABLE PAYBACK!

SOUP & MARK 7 are PORTABLE PAYBACK!
If life’s had no meaning for you since Jurassic 5 imploded back in 2007 (and even if it has) you might want to check out Portable Payback, the new project by former J5 members Marc 7 and Soup. Apparently inspired by their collaboration as a duo on the track High Fidelity from the J5 LP Power In Numbers, the two decided to work together and have an LP in the offing. Check the link below for their myspace page – there are currently three tracks up on it and it’s fair to say the vibe is a little different generally (and at times particularly) but there’s enough of a similarity that you’ll feel the J5 connection. Plus, if I’m not much mistaken, Soup now rocks a nice line in Pringle sweaters. Could be the return of the funky fly golf wear…
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