My Mama – Rick James

Posted By Soultaker

 

First, I just want to wish all the Mothers out there a Happy Mothers day.

 

For your special day, here is a rare Rick James song dedicated to the very subject of the day. 

 

This was release on A&M records in 1974, four years before he would hit it big with You and I on Motown.  Produced and written by Rick James, this would song would show hints of what will come later on.

 

My Mama

 

 

Soultaker’s Treasure Chest – In Remembrance Of Keith Elem aka Guru 1961-2010

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Something a little different this time around. This will be a post about not a soul music artist, but of someone well respected in the Hip Hop world who passed away on April 19, 2010. So to answer the obvious question, why a post about a MC on a soul music website?

The reason is that from about 1980 when I was 6 and my Mom brought my first Hip Hop 12″( “That’s The Joint” by the Funky Four + 1) to about the mid 90′s, I listen to and was a part of the Hip Hop culture no stop. I had a few favorites, but at the top of the list would be Gangstarr. A group that included DJ Premier and the late great MC known as Guru( Gifted, Unlimited, Rhymes, Universal ).

In addition to Gangstarr, Guru also spearheaded a project known as Jazzmatazz that had him working alongside with such legends as Donald Byrd, Roy Ayers, Ramesy Lewis, Freddie Hubbard, Chaka Khan and Issac Hayes.

While I’m not going to be playing any Gangstarr stuff here, I do have a little set I made that focus on the soul music that inspired some of material Gangstarr would put out though the years.

ENJOY

1. Bring It Up – James Brown – King

2. Changin’ – Brass Construction – United Artists

3. Four Play – Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns – Atlantic

4. California Soul – Marlena Shaw – Cadet

5. Give It Up – Kool & The Gang – De-Lite

6. It’s A New Day – Skull Snaps – GSF

7. Young, Gifted And Black – Aretha Franklin – Atlantic

8. I Got Some Pt. 1 – Billy Garner – BGP reissue

9. It’s Time To Break Down – The Supremes – Motown

10. Deliver The Word – War – United Artists

For more information about Gangstarr and Guru, you can check out these sites.
http://www.gurutributes.com/
http://www.djpremierblog.com/

***One a side note, don’t forget that this Saturday, April 21st, 2012 is the 5th Annual Record Store Day. So go out and support your local record shop.
http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home

Attention Vinyl Collectors

Hey all,

I just wanted make you all aware of a upcoming project focusing on a hobby that allot of us hold dear to our hearts. 

DJ Prestige of Flea Market Funk dot com and Eilon Paz of Dust & Grooves are teaming up for a photo road trip documenting vinyl collectors and other projects focusing on the hobby. 

They would like to create some awareness for this project and you can check out their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/dustandgrooves.

I am looking forward to what these two are cooking up for us.

Soultaker’s Treasure Chest 03-31-2012

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After a few months away, I’m back with another serving of some soul and funk from the chest. I want to give a quick shout out to Larry Grogan over at Funky 16 Corners  for putting me onto “Gotta Find You Girl” by Bobby Rush. Just a banging 45 and I will be playing the flipside of it in a future post.

So here you go and hopefully I will be back again sooner with some more treats.

Enjoy

1. Time And Place – Lee Moses – Front Page
2. Everybody Needs Somebody – King Floyd – Chimneyville Records
3. Funky Street – Arthur Conley – Atco
4. I Can’t Stand It – The G-Clefs – Loma
5. She’s Just Another Woman – The 8th Day – Invictus
6. Uhh – Dyke And The Blazers – Original Sound
7. Gotta Find You Girl – Bobby Rush – On Top Records
8. Work On It – The T.S.U. Toronados – Ovide/Funky Delicacies
9. You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart – Judy Clay – Stax

Soultaker’s Treasure Chest 12-13-11

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On the day before I celebrate my 38th birthday, I feel like digging through the chest to see what I can pull out.  As I type this, I’m pouring my lady another glass of wine as we finish off another one of her dinner masterpieces that featured some mouth watering cod.  I feel relaxed as I took the week off of work.  It gives me time to play with my records finally, so I cooked up this little set to finish off the year with.  Just want to take time to thank everyone who checked out my little sets since I started posting them.  I hope you all enjoyed what I have dug up from my collection.  It’s one of the things I like to do to help relax and to deal with this everyday thing we call life.  I also want to thank Raggedy for inviting me to post on her lovely site.  I’m very glad I can call you a friend.

So here’s the treats, hope you enjoy.

ENJOY

1. Get In The Groove – Mighty Hanibal – Loma
2. Keep On Doin’ It – The Memphis Horns – RCA
3. Bring It On Down To Me – Bobby Franklin’s Insanity – Thomas
4. Smiling, Styling & Profiling – Bar-Kays – Volt
5. Honeybee  – The New Birth – RCA
6. Why Can’t People Be Colors Too? – Whatnauts – Stang
7. We Must Be In Love – The Impressions – Curtom
8. How Can I Put Out The Flame – Candi Staton – Fame

LIMELINX