THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS: Be Yourself (Vinyl LP + 45) Re-release

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SOUL FLIP EDITS: Soul Flip Edits LP

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BRONX SLANG: Bronx Slang LP

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WOXOW: Chaos Remixes

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TOM CARUANA presents: Black Gold (WU-TANG vs JIMI HENDRIX) Ltd. black and gold vinyl LP

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THE ALLERGIES: Push On (Album)(2017)

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BEI BEI & SHAWN LEE: Year Of The Funky LP (2017)

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DJ FORMAT & ABDOMINAL: Still Hungry LP (2017)

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RUN-D.M.C: Run-D.M.C. (2016)

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EMPRESARIOS: The Vibes Remixed LP (2016)

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JAZZ SPASTIKS & JUNCLASSIC: ‘Mode 7′ LP vinyl release (2016)

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FORT KNOX FIVE: Pressurize The Cabin LP (2015) + Title track free download

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SKINSHAPE: Skinshape (2014)

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AJ & THE JIGGAWATTS: AJ And The Jiggawatts LP (2014) + ‘Get Wild’ free download

Ooh yeah – that’s the funk right there. AJ & The Jiggawatts self-titled LP is the second of two to come out of the Tennessee-based GED Soul label’s Kickstarter campaign from last summer and is no less dope than the first – i.e. the excellent DeRobert & The Half Truths LP I’m Tryin’ which dropped in January. And while, like the DeRobert LP, this one consists entirely of that sort of sweet funky soul which harks back to the late sixties/ early seventies golden era, this is a …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BIZ MARKIE: 'The Biz Never Sleeps' Special edition (2012)

BIZ MARKIE: The Biz Never Sleeps (2012)
The Biz never sleeps, nobody beats the biz, and – as he once rapped, “You all know me as the B-I-Z/ I rock a microphone most definite-ly.” Yes, it’s a re-release of the Biz Markie the ‘clown prince’ of hip-hop’s second album – the 1989 classic The Biz Never Sleeps which went gold the first time around when it was released on Marley Marl’s Cold Chillin label. It’s the one with…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE EXCITEMENTS: The Excitements 'album' – 2011

THE EXCITEMENTS: The Excitements – 2011
RATING: 5/5
This LP'll be this year’s first full-length antidote to the slew of noodly-jazzy-white-boys-playing-funk-masquerading-as-‘deep funk and soul,’ and not a minute too soon. But – hang on – these songs aren’t original – they’re old soul/ rnb numbers by the likes of Little Richard and Barbara Stephens – aren’t The Excitements just a covers band? Fuck off! They ain’t just anything.
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