one of the more niche things that stones throw ever did was the soul cal label, which was reissues of disco obscutities from southern california. i paid attention to the first couple releases, but it eventually got lost in the shuffle. revisiting now; highly recommend across the board. a more disco-fied eccentric soul kind of vibe. really hitting the spot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i631TXkD3Yk
luther davis - "you can be a star" (1982)
made a playlist of everything from the series that's on spotify.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 00:54 (one year ago) link
trying really hard to channel this energy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0tr5BUgcDQViola Wills - Dare To Dream
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 01:01 (one year ago) link
1986. dreamy. very cool.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 01:24 (one year ago) link
^ love that
― calstars, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
yeah beautiful
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 25 November 2022 15:01 (one year ago) link
not sure how official this is, but sounding great rn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnAXHm42MNk
anne peebles - "i can't stand the rain (stripped)" (mid 70s)
― kiss me while the world decays (Austin), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
Stevie's Jungle Fever! I love this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEXNwm3QAU
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
who is this legend?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7NcBlY7mUA
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 13 January 2023 11:17 (one year ago) link
I'm givin up the streets, staying home with my baybah
― calstars, Friday, 13 January 2023 14:09 (one year ago) link
someone you'll probably only ever hear about on this thread: Chitlin Circuit Double-entendre-filled Soul 2004 (and onward) Theodis Ealey's "Stand Up In It" is a song of the year
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Friday, 13 January 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
that track is very “Tonight’s The Night” tho (the Betty Wright one obv)
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Friday, 13 January 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
that looks like a dream of a thread, thanks
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 13 January 2023 19:54 (one year ago) link
^
― calstars, Friday, 13 January 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link
oh my.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OijaaN4u1uo
702 - "get it together (bass mix)" (1997)
what an absolute monster. never have i ever heard this before a few minutes ago. third time in a row rn.
GET IT GET IT
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 01:17 (one year ago) link
YEEAAHH BAYBUH
...bring it down
oh this is definitely approved for all audiences.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 01:21 (one year ago) link
Wow!
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 02:58 (one year ago) link
lol if you want a cheap banger my friend
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 03:18 (one year ago) link
jeez, promo only. no wonder nobody heard it!
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 03:22 (one year ago) link
what a tune this is eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWGdW5QxE4Tashan - Chasin' A Dream
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 23:45 (one year ago) link
random old instrumentals u r lovin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMD4ftB452o
P.Diddy - I Need A Girl (Part 1) (Instrumental)
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 24 February 2023 09:20 (one year ago) link
picked up a copy of 100% ginuwine from the record store yesterday, damn this still goes hard
― k3vin k., Thursday, 2 March 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link
Diana King - Shy Guy
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:39 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szjaHbjhauk
a live version from 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSA2u7JOdpU
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:42 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtwBJycUihwDLR - Shy Boy
― calstars, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
I was today years old (actually 15 minutes ago) that I first heard Labelle’s cover of “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Holy crap.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
mmhmm shy guy hit's the spot
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 08:39 (one year ago) link
the sweet inspirations - "i'm blue" (1967)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM25njAXUko
would've easily preferred this over "shoop" on the radio as a kid.
― my beard exists more than i do. (Austin), Saturday, 13 May 2023 15:50 (eleven months ago) link
dave hollister - on the sidehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kixmmQbz_A
― Spottie, Thursday, 25 May 2023 05:28 (eleven months ago) link
Latoiya Williams - Fallen Starhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgOTMNTZTIY
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:06 (eleven months ago) link
that beat is great, reminds me of trans df expresshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zv4VFUGVh4
― Spottie, Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:50 (eleven months ago) link
nice!
i was getting d'angelo vibes
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 26 May 2023 09:56 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZVaAwPinbs
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 July 2023 15:02 (nine months ago) link
this telepopmusik re-edit of a 702 classic is fucking delectable, holy shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW1NRVI0rIg
702 - "get it together (telepopmusik lofi flip)" (1996/2023)
absolutely one of the top jams of the 90s and beyond. they definitely did it justice here. whoo!
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Friday, 6 October 2023 20:23 (six months ago) link
i have zero recollection of this, but holy jam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y2_3CTres4
andrea martin - "hung up" (1998)
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Friday, 3 November 2023 16:42 (five months ago) link
thats great, never heard of her that i know of
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Friday, 3 November 2023 17:22 (five months ago) link
that's the kind of 90s R&B I simp for. smooth af
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 November 2023 17:46 (five months ago) link
is Case still around?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNk_QvGRWM
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 November 2023 17:49 (five months ago) link
spottie-
Real Name: Andrea Monica MartinProfile: Andrea Martin (Born: April 14, 1972 – Died: September 27, 2021) was an American R&B singer-songwriter and producer. Has also written hit songs for other artists including En Vogue, Toni Braxton, SWV and Monica.
Andrea Martin (Born: April 14, 1972 – Died: September 27, 2021) was an American R&B singer-songwriter and producer. Has also written hit songs for other artists including En Vogue, Toni Braxton, SWV and Monica.
neanderthal-lol i hated case back then! he definitely had some jams in retrospect.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Friday, 3 November 2023 18:37 (five months ago) link
yes, was gonna say just that:Andrea Martin was a *serious* songwriter who really never made it as an artist in her own right.just check her Wikipedia.especially this section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Martin_(musician)#In_the_charts_as_a_writershe died in 2021, sadly.
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 3 November 2023 19:01 (five months ago) link
damn! undetermined cause of death...
i love that adina howard track.
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Friday, 3 November 2023 19:13 (five months ago) link
the whole album is good, btw. def recommend.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Friday, 3 November 2023 20:02 (five months ago) link
so tempted to do a loose ends albums poll.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 16:58 (five months ago) link
love that case song so much
― dyl, Thursday, 9 November 2023 01:43 (five months ago) link
i'd like to go back to the classics for a moment—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AxynJ5v_Abohannon — "singing a song for my mother" (1973)
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Sunday, 10 December 2023 02:35 (four months ago) link
mint condition - sometimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3BqGXkZwcmore of rock song but was just listening to definition of a band and was kind of blown away by it.
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 22:19 (two months ago) link
"This was played at Watts Club Mozambique In Detroit , MI male exotic male strip club classic jam r.i.p. watts club Mozambique"
classic internet comment
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 22 February 2024 11:35 (two months ago) link
I wasn’t consciously aware of “Swing My Way” by K.P. & Envyi – tho looks like it was a fairly big hit, I’m sure I heard it at the time. The breakdown section is great…
― let’s get intertwined (morrisp), Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:30 (one month ago) link
I adored that record when it came out…all time classic imo
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:36 (one month ago) link
yeah, that's a certified banger back where i'm from. i consider it just a small tier below other alltimers like "my boo"
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:57 (one month ago) link