BLACKBEARD REWORKS/TALIB KWELI - GET BY (2004)

I bought this record from Germany about four years ago. I dont know why I bought it and i actally didn't like it when I got it so I put it aside and forgot it, as you do when you get a bunch of records and one record is'nt as good as the others at the moment.

About one month ago I found it again and put it on when I was mixing! It sounds great! Some jazz and some sleezy keyboard, very cool actually! I dont know anything about this "blackbeard", but he have a myspace with some fresh funk on. Check it out!

/ JayWalk

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http://www.myspace.com/blackbeardsoul

THE DONUTS - ALL SAMPLES CLEARED EP (2007)

Ouch! This is so hot. Imagine Dilla the last months of his life, lyin down in his hospital bed sampling theese real classics that y'all recognize from "Donuts". That's deep man, that's deep.

Of course the right way to do it is to dig yourself each record appearing on this EP but because of my lazyness, my fetisch for whitelabels and my opinion that every fresh vinyl record from the pressing plant is a good record. And the fact that this record contains the ground to what (with some help from Dilla) was one of the best records 2006 makes it a worthy pick-up next time you buy records.

My personal favourite is of course every song on the record, Dilla's got the taste, but "Undisputed truth - walk on by" and "Jerry Butler - Just because I really love you", is the most played around here at the time.

The record is released on "Nuts", A japaneese lable that's not known for anything yet.

/ JayWalk



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THE 49ERS - BREATH OF FRESH AIR (2007)

Yes! An (almost) new 12"/EP released on japaneese label Goon Trax. Goon trax logo is always a good quality assurance for a good hiphop record containing that extra jazzy sound. About the group, I dont know anything about them that's not on their myspace. They are a group from Delaware, USA, but they seem to have their fame in japan.

They have recently released a CD for the japaneese market and this 12" ,japan only of course, contains three tracks from the full length.

I won't lie if I say that the song "Music" is one of the best i've heard this year, the beat is genius, and the song is about loving music, cute! You just have to check out this group in some way, they seems kind of slept on outside Japan. Sad!

/ JayWalk

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http://www.myspace.com/the49ers

http://www.myspace.com/goontrax

TRAINSPOTTERS - FEEL THE VIBE 12" (2007)

Representing Sweden for the first time in this blog. The group is Trainspotters and they're from the very northern parts of our country. Umeå to be more precise. And while they tumble around in the snow with icebears they come up with a warm sound with influences of jazz and soul, and thats what i like! This 12" is released on the japaneese label Chataudisc and contains a remix of original song named "Jetbeat Jazzy mix". Highly Recomended!

Trainspotters is George Kaplan and Rewindable, they're members of the "Random Bastards Crew" containing Snowboarders, Skaters and some other random bastards.

Another faourite with Trainspotters is "Growing up", you can hear it and download it on their myspace.

Peace / JayWalk

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http://www.myspace.com/trainspotters

http://www.myspace.com/chateaudisc

HIP HOP JAZZ 90'S VOL 2 (2008)

Hip hop, Jazz and 90's, to me i'ts the perfect combination, golden age, beats with a great dynamic sound, soulful loops and concius lyrics. I was way to young in the 90's though so my vinyl addiction had not started to disturb my peaceful life yet. Lucky for me, kind people from France is releasing an update in what was happening back then. This is volume 2 (of 2) but I hope for a third volume soon! I've missed to pick up the first one but it sounds real cool too...

This makes me wanna dig in some dusty crates for some hiphop gold, not so common with crates like thatm in Sweden though..

My favourite songs on the Vol 2 is "Blaque Spurm - Days & Days" and "BSB - How I Live" (remember this was before Back street boys).

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/ JayWalk