OL’ DIRTY BASTARD: Got Your Money (RHYTHM SCHOLAR Deep Down And Dirty remixes) (2015) Free download

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NICK PRIDE & THE PIMPTONES: Shimmy/ Honey 7″ (2013) + video

Not for the first time, Geordie jazz-funkers Nick Pride & The Pimptones provide live organic alternative instrumentation for the great and good of hip-hop and rnb. In this case ODB’s Shimmy Shimmy Ya acapella gets the full jazz-funk – er – shimmy treatment and then on the flip the band provide some sweet late night jazz-club nectar for …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

MF REX: Shimmy Shimmy Samba (2013) Free download

Hot on the heels of last week’s disco-fied K.I.D./ Mos Def booty, Mos Definitely Summertime, Automatic Reaction’s MF Rex drops this ODB/ Ugly Duckling hybrid. I suppose you might think of it as Ugly Bastard. Actually there’s a bit of I Believe In Miracles from funk legends the Jackson Sisters in …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE ONE & NINES: Tell Me/ Make It Easy (2011)

THE ONE & NINES: Tell Me/ Make It Easy (2011)
Here’s a sweet original rnb-styled 45 from New Jersey band The One & Nines that might be of interest to anyone who caught The Excitements self-titled release earlier in the year. And if you like G Love & Special Sauce too you’ll shit when you hear the A side. Guitarist Jeff Marino’s G-style vocals aside, the uptempo Tell Me also features some nifty James Burton style fretwork and a horn section. Nuff said. …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

OL’ DIRTY BASTARD: Return To The 36 Chambers (Deluxe Version) (2011)

OL’ DIRTY BASTARD: Return To The 36 Chambers (Deluxe Version) (2011)
ODB’s magnum opus Return To The 36 Chambers gets a re-release on the self-proclaimed ‘world’s finest online music boutique’ label Get On Down Records in deluxe, collectable, free-gift ago-go format along the lines of this imprint’s previous Arthur Russell/ Dinosaur L drop. Where the latter was all about the limited edition screen prints, among the extras on offer here are a billfold wallet, for when you ‘got your money’, and authentic copy of Dirt McGirt’s very own food stamp card, for when you ain’t.…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM