Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession – Special Edition
As if the dope book by Joe Mansfield, Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession wasn’t enough on its own, the good people from Get on Down in Boston have sweetened […]
Category Archives: Crate Digging
Wendell Stuart and the Downbeaters – My World Is Empty Without You
This weekend I did a small dig in Brooklyn. I have a spot that isn’t secret, but always comes through every time I go there. I was a bit concerned […]
Big Ups With Brian Poust aka Agent 45
Here in Big Ups, it’s a celebration of people doing big things in their own right. I feel that it’s a disservice to not let our community know about these […]
Big Ups With Tarik Thornton
I first came across Tarik Thornton during one of my many mixes I have contributed to Larry Grogan’s Funky 16 Corners. Fellow digger and AP 45 session alum Larry has […]
Your Holy Grail Hiding In Your Neighborhood
Everyone has their local spot in their neighborhood that we hit on the regular. Maybe it’s a Thrift Store, Charity Shop, Salvation Army, Goodwill, consignment shop or otherwise, and it’s […]
DJ Chicken George Live at Funky Sole
As far as dance parties go on the West Coast, Funky Sole is one of the tops. Holding down one of the rawest and funkiest Funk and Soul parties for […]
Dope Gems – It’s Your Love
Here’s another deep cut from Franck and the gang over at Heavenly Sweetness Records in Paris, France. This new effort from Dope Gems is some hot wax. The band formed […]
Remembering the White Label Record
In the late 90’s and early 00’s, I had a few residencies a week both here in NYC and in NJ. This was pre-Serato, so when you had a shift […]
Prince Jazzbo: Rest In Peace
Today, unfortunately we lost another of the greats. Prince Jazzbo lost his battle with cancer yesterday. Starting out with Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One in the early 70’s, Linval Roy Carter […]
The Poets of Rhythm – Anthology 1992-2003
For those of you not familiar with The Poets of Rhythm, let me catch you up to speed. In the early 90’s, while all of Germany was into New Wave […]
Flea Market Funk 