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Vinile nero Disponibile in 4/5 gg lavorativi

Con grandissimo piacere abbiamo potuto sbirciare negli archivi di David Nerattini aka Little Tony Negri; musicista, produttore (fra gli altri per Frankie Hi-NRG, Colle Der Fomento, Ghemon) dj, conduttore radiofonico (Planet Rock, Rai Radio2) e critico musicale (AL, Superfly), nonché componente della prog-funk band La Batteria. Escono fuori i due brani inediti che formano questo primo volume di “Rome Hip Hop Classics”, un 7 pollici che rende finalmente disponibili su vinile due piccoli classici del hip hop romano della fine degli anni 90 prodotti dallo stesso LTN: “Armageddon 2000” dei Cor Veleno e “Fuoco Sulla Folla” del supergruppo Non Plus Ultra, ovvero Danno, Masito, Amir e Supremo73, con scratch di DJ Baro. Registrati nel 1999 per la colonna sonora del film “Semiautomatic Roma Metal Jacket” di A.J. Sykabonyi, pellicola cult del hip hop italiano degli anni 90, i brani sono rimasti inediti a livello ufficiale ed erano comparsi solo su un paio di mixtape ormai introvabili.

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Disponibile dal 27/3/2020 With the original UK 7” of this release now as rare as hen’s teeth, and with the group having recently ‘reformed’ for one last album together, the Mr Bongo replica re-release of this 1990 masterpiece by Gang Starr couldn’t be more timely. The now-legendary duo of DJ Premier and Guru dropped this at the height of hip-hop’s sampling of jazz, which had led to a creative leap forward for the genre. Yet while others plundered in the dark, this instant classic wore its influences on its sleeve and paid verbal homage to the musicians they were sampling. The “melodious funk” of “Thelonious Monk” gets namechecked, while the track samples two of his records, including 1958’s Bop gem ‘Light Blue’. While both versions presented here have common elements, the ‘Movie Mix’ – so-named for the song’s appearance on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s mythic jazz biopic ‘Mo’ Better Blues’ – goes in a few different directions to the ‘Video Mix’. Rather than just drop in an instrumental for the B-side, DJ Premier instead shows his versatility by switching up the base track (Kool & The Gang’s 1971 ‘Dujii’) and layering in other samples. In more ways than one, his virtuosity here echoes the improvisation of a jazz musician, akin to Denzel Washington’s Bleak in the movie. Of course, he’s not the only show in town. The late Guru’s voice is as mellifluous as an instrument itself here, his potted history of the genre and the artists of jazz delivered with his own unmistakable cadence. Without this record, would he have gone on to make his ‘Jazzmatazz’ projects

Disponibili entro 5/6 gg

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