A 10-track playlist dedicated to one of the best beat makers in the world, Pete Rock!
Yeah, Pete Rock is the guy behind alot of the classics, and still doing it with class today.
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Funk Valley Spotify Mix #5 (Sept 2009)
14 Sep
2009
2009
Funk Valley Spotify Mix #4 (August 2009)
9 Aug
2009
2009
This month’s playlist is dedicated to Redman and his Soopaman Luva tracks.
- Redman – Sooper Luver Interview
- Redman – A Day of Sooperman Lover
- Redman – Sooperman Luva II
- Redman – Soopaman Luva 3 Interview (skit)
- Redman – Soopaman Luva 3
- Redman – Soopaman Lova IV feat. Dave Hollister
- Redman – Soopaman Luva 5 (Part I) feat. DMX
- Redman – Soopaman Luva 5 (Part II)
- Redman – No Mo Soopaman Luva (Skit)
- Redman – Soopaman Luva 6 feat. Melanie Rutherford, Huricane G, E3
- Redman – Soopman Luva 6 1/2 feat. Melanie Rutherford, Huricane G, E3
Funk Valley Spotify Mix #3 (July 2009)
6 Jul
2009
2009
Funk Valley mix, Dollar Edition.
For everyone that knows the sweet taste of MONEY.
- Royal Flush – I Been Gettin’ So Much $
- Big L – No Endz, No Skinz
- Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.
- Twista – Sunshine (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
- People Under The Stairs – The Grind
- Madvillain – Money Folder
- Brother Reade – Gimme the Cash
- Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full
- The Evil Genius DJ Green Lantern – Where’s My Money
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Gimme the Loot
- AZ – Mo Money, Mo Murder (Homicide) (feat. Nas) / Born Alone, Die Alone
- A Tribe Called Quest – If The Papes Come
- Nas – Queens Get the Money
- Dilated Peoples – Trade Money
Funk Valley Spotify Mix #2 (June 2009)
1 Jun
2009
2009
Funk Valley mix, old school edition.
A sweet mix with some of the freshest MC’s of the 80’s.
- Afrika Bambaataa Nation Cosmic Force – Zulu Nation Throwdown (Cosmic Force)
- Queen Latifah – Wrath Of My Madness - LP Version
- Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock Dis Funky Joint
- Young MC – Bust a Move
- Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin’
- Dana Dane – Cinderfella Dana Dane
- Special Ed – I Got It Made
- N.W.A. – Express Yourself
- The Sugarhill Gang - That’s The Joint - LP Version
- Slick Rick – Teenage Love
- Biz Markie – Just A Friend - Single Version
- MC Lyte – Lyte As A Rock - LP Version
Sun Ra makes alot of weird music. Strange jazz with cool keyboard sounds.
Maybe it’s not so strange since he’s not from Earth (at least he claims he’s from Saturn). His real name is Herman Poole Blount but he changed is name to Le Sony’r Ra and denied any connection to his birthname. Ra is the ancient egyptian god of the sun, hence the name.
Sun Ra released Nuclear War on the album with the same name in 1982.
Originally Ra was so sure the funky dance track was a hit, he immediately took it to Columbia Records, where they immediately rejected it. Why he thought a song with the repeating chant “Nuclear War, they’re talking about Nuclear War/It’s a motherf***er, don’t you know/if they push that button, your ass gotta go/and whatcha gonna do without your ass” would be a hit is another puzzle in the Sun Ra myth.
~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide
20 years later Goran Kajfes makes a tribute to Sun Ra and his song Nuclear War on his album Headspin, with Timbuktu and Chords on the vocals.
Funk Valley Spotify Mix #1 (May 2009)
1 May
2009
2009
The first edition of the monthly Funk Valley Spotify Mix is here! This month’s we’re giving you a Hip Hop mix with a happy and relaxed vibe all the way through it.
If you’re as old fashioned as we are then you will just record it on a tape, put on your slickest shades and walk straight to the park, with a few beers in your bag.
- Kool G Rap – Money on My Brain (feat. Grimm & B-1)
- Speech Defect – Get Biz
- Das EFX – Microphone Master (feat. Mobb Deep)
- LL Cool J – Funkadelic Relic
- Slick Rick – Unify (feat. Snoop Doggy Dog & Kid Capri)
- MF Doom – Vomitspit
- Will Smith – So Fresh (feat. Biz Markie & Slick Rick)
- Snoop Dogg – Crazy
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Mo Money Mo Problems
- Warren G – Super Soul Sis
- The Brand New Heavies – Soul Flower (feat. The Pharcyde)
- Just D – Cuervo especial
- G. Love & Special Sauce – This Ain’t Living
- Common – The Light
- UGK – Real Women (feat. Talib Kweli and Raheem DeVaughn)
- Ronny Jordan – Season For Change (feat. Guru)
Much Love!
/ FUNK VALLEY RECORDS
Spotify: Marcelo D2
29 Apr
2009
2009
I got a tip from my brazilian friend about a brazilian rapper named Marcelo D2. His album A Arte Do Barulho from 2008 features alot of nice songs, with alot of bossa style beats. Medaphor(MED) is also guest starring one of the tracks.
There’s alos a video Desabafo / Deixa Eu Dizer for Check it out on Marcelo D2’s Site/Blog.
Spotify: Shape of Broad Minds - Changes
7 Apr
2009
2009
Just found this album. The best music i’ve heard in a long while and it features artist like
MF DOOM, Stacy Epps and Count Bass D. So check this track and the rest of the album!
About Funk Valley Records
Our aim is to share and spread new and old, largely unknown or different music for everyone with a interest in rhythms and beats.
Located in what we like to call the Funk Valley in Stockholm, visitors from distant places as Algeria, Peru and South Korea are now already enjoying our site with a growing catalog of artists and music blog. We hope you like our collection of fun, experimental and talented artists as much as we do. Everything is free to stream, download, remix and consume in any way you like. And we would of course love to hear your music as well!
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