funky house sceptics, let me draw your attention to this

The Bassboy/Marcus Nasty tunes are uniformly excellent!

the fuzzy logik remix of "lush" is so good.

that set was pretty good though i could've done with a lot less majestic tbh.

i do like majestic but there are times when he tries to do over tongue twisty type rhymes and it just sounds a bit ropey.

i would love to hear gods gift on some funky, if only for one set.

god knows it would be better than that awful attempt at a commercial hit he made a few months back.

I think Majestic is great, the perfect tone for a funky MC in my opinion.

Tim is there a tracklisting for the Dubplate Wonder set? I like it, btw, but the sound quality is awful which kinda hampers it for me... it possibly feels a bit early in the day for there to be a 2ManyDJs of UK funky although I'm enjoying the recontextualisation of The Whistler as the ur-funky track.

There was at least one track on there that was stupidly awesome and I had never heard before.

Not that I'm aware of Matt. The only tracks I can really ID are his remixes of other people's tracks.

btw No More (Ill Blu Remix) by Suncycle ft. Mavado is a free download on 7digital

This is very good but spectacularly emo.

mavados always emo

sounds like hes just moaning/self pitying on so many tracks lol

He totally changes the complexion of those xylophones and piano chords that would be pretty uplifting in another context.

9. TOUCH ME – J LABELS FT NAUGHTY NATZ

This is an amazing, hypnotic, evocative slow-burner of a vocal track, I reckon. A worthy successor to Seb Chu ft. Xara's "You Got Me".

"Watch me get dirty / as I go down low!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdNafBAOa1s&feature=PlayList&p=030D542CD692AF98&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=24

He totally changes the complexion of those xylophones and piano chords that would be pretty uplifting in another context.

Love how much Ill Blu have tarted up "Dragon Pop" for the arrangement on this (explanation: if you removed Mavado, the xylophone, the synths and the piano and left just the bass and drums you'd have their prior track "Dragon Pop") - totally changes the vibe of the music from vaguely grim to celebratory, while not sounding like add-ons at all.

i like the backing on that movado remix but hes really whiny. it does have a celebratory vibe, but it also has a euro-trancey vibe, which i find a bit much, though i strangely also like the combination of his emo euro trancehall with ill blu's grimey funky.

but it also has a euro-trancey vibe, which i find a bit much

You may enjoy the funkstep astringency of "Dragon Pop" then.

well the euro trancey thing comes more from movado really.

admittedly true.

Wish "trancehall" was a real genre.

where is this marcus and majestic set from? it doesnt sound like the normal rinse radio rip. majestic sounds higher up in the mix too.

i DLd that heatwave dancehall 2009 round up on rinse but still not heard it. but im sure theres quite a bit of trancehall about in dancehall these days (dont pay enough attention to really say).

Not really. Only in the way that you might call "Love In The Club" trance&b - i.e. not that much.

Hotsteppa looks like a dufus but I love this track so much - derelict the anti-skank nazis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REakJi3b1oQ

Admittedly some of those dudes may wish to invest in better tag-raps.

Also I don't think we've ever discussed THIS BANGER in this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWbCiqBU1oA&feature=related

"not that much"

but enough. more than enough in fact.

my new roomie wants me to burn a cd of funky for him!

I commend any and all instances of funky proselytisation.

I just came across this page (real good read)

Saw the posts and comments from tim thanks alot for the kind words dude!

I thought the Godsgift comparison was really interesting because it must be a real subconcious thing.....as when i was younger his cd he spat on for DEUCE magazine (solid city) mix cd was a big inspiration for me! Gift is a bad man simple!

Out to titchy i take note of what you were saying (some rhymes were literally hot off the tounge when i layed them) so big up for the constructive criticism!

If you guys fancy a different listen, check out ma mixtape www.majesticonline.co.uk

Thanks guys :)

I love it when things like this happen.

<3

The cd I gave my roomie came out something like:

Bongo Jam
African Warrior
MA1 - Waterfalls <-- real slept on imo
Emotions
Do You Mind
In the Morning
Pull It
Gabryelle Refix
As I
Self Religion
Your Eye Too Fast
Head Shoulders Knees Etc.
Inflation

Good comp rev.

Should we caucus with respect to funky votes on the ILM 2009 poll? There's enough nominations that I can imagine some real vote splitting going on.

I suspect there'll be some consensus around "In The Morning" and "Pull It"...? I can't not vote for "Inflation" as my number 1 pick but otherwise I'm open to suggestions w/r/t what we should rally around.

i've voted already! did trax unranked, voted for "inflation", "pull it", "your eye too fast", "we nuh run" and "between us" - it hurt so much leaving "in the morning", "don't let go", "i pray", "love dub", "hey hey" and "bad gyal" out

Okay well I can definitely get behind "Between Us", and love the others too obv.

Fitting that I referenced Martyn in my strawman upthread - his new Fabric 30 mix is excellent um funkstep-not-funkstep, esp. the section that goes "Rass Out" --> Zomby --> Uncle Bakongo (Roska side-project) --> Zomby.

Pretty sure that Inflation, Bad Gyal, Pull It, In The Morning, Your Eye Too Fast and perhaps Heads, Shoulders... will all make my ballot.

"In the Morning" top 5 for me, and "Time to Get Nasty" and "Inflation" probably on there somewhere.

can't believe majestic posted here!

i hope dude stays around, would love to hear his opinions on the stylus decade

voted for "Inflation", "Head Shoulders Etc." "Between Us", "In the Morning", "Your Eye Too Fast"

wish I could have squeezed in "Love Dub"

'i got my beads on' is still one of my favorites.

Yes, love it! Is it a nominee?

Deej do you like "We Rollin"? I think of it as a straight cross of "I Got My Beads On" with "Stick Up".

I notice that Tom Lea mentioned upthread that "Stick Up" was produced by Ill Blu, which I didn't know but makes sense actually. Tom also suggested it was crap - WRONG.

'stick up' is also awesome. i need to listen to 'we rollin' again

http://rs752.rapidshare.com/files/255527399/KIG_ft_Wiley_-_Were_Rollin.mp3

yessss

Big up dogs! yer im sticking about mate! have a listen to ma mixtape www.majesticonline.co.uk respectamundo!

if marcus nasty posted in this thread, i would be very happy.

just noticed cc' inflation is on that steppas delight 2 comp btw (bought it yesterday), bit strange, but hey.

Short Scratcha DVA mix and interview up at Urb.Com. The introduction is more of the post-XLR8R party line (thank god for funkstep's "intrigue, depth, and necessary weight"), but the interview is nice (dude loves The Foreign Exchange apparently) and I'm looking forward to hearing the mix.

http://www.urb.com/2010/01/13/urb-presents-dva-makin-it-funky-for-the-yanks

Ha, I've totally thought to myself that there needs to be a house remix of "Daykeeper". That syncopated keyboard motif is totally a gimme.

it all came from Cooly G, actually. I was at her house playing her a couple things and she heard somthing she liked. She was like “Lemme play dis?” I said no cause it wasn’t finished. It was just the beats to a song I was working on. She was like “Gimme dat! I’m playin it! And you should call it “Natty.’” So, she actually named it as well.

heh cooly g is such a diva