Big Ups with Adrian Younge
Black Dynamite OST composer Adrian Younge talks 45’s, Curtis,making ladies faint and more! Continue Reading
Category Archives: Crate Digging
Les McCann and Eddie Harris – Compared To What
In light of the passing of the great Gene McDaniels, writer of this song, I figured I’d visit a record that helped to jump started me in the Jazz category, […]
R.I.P. Gene McDaniels
If you ask many crate diggers or DJ’s, Eugene McDaniels Headless Heroes of the Apacolypse is the holy grail of grails as far as records go. Sampled by a plethora […]
Small Professor – Elderly Jawns
Dilla became the king of the short beat tape. No longer was it necessary to loop 5 minutes of “Impeach the President” or the Touissant version of “Get Out My […]
DJ Sigma presents 79: A mix of Hip-Hop tracks released in 1979
In the sea of mixes out there, rarely (besides The History of Hip Hop by year mixes done very well by The Rub) do we get a mix that is […]
Give Up the Nappy Dugout, George Clinton is 70!
Original Photo by Jamie Kingham It’s hard to believe that it’s been over four years since I have written about George Clinton. Really though, what’s to say that hasn’t been […]
Big Ups with House Shoes
House Shoes talks digging at Val Shiveley’s, Beat Junkies, J-Rocc and more Continue Reading
Donald Byrd – Lasanna’s Priestess
Donald Byrd: WORD! While researching the Fonce Mizell piece from the other day, I pulled out a record that I loved. Not only do I love this artist, but it […]
RIP Fonce Mizell/ Johnny Hammond – Call On Me
Not everything is always good news here at Flea Market Funk. We lost another music great today, this time one half of the genius production team the Mizell Brothers, Fonce […]
Ghostfunk
Artwork by Joe Dichiara Over the years there have been some interesting blends of artist acapella and back beat concept records. Dangermouse's The Grey Album, which combined the vocals of […]
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