BLOSSOM BREAKS

04.01.07

As the cherry blossoms make their annual appearance, I offer a decidedly mixed bag of audio treats, but all are of the high-quality you've come to expect...

1.  Timbaland - Give It To Me [Interscope] New dancefloor grind hottness from Timbaland featuring his two favorite meal tickets: Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake.

2.  Quantic - Sabor [Tru Thoughts] My boy Quantic never sleeps! New funky latin dancefloor joint continues his satisfying fascination with the 'Rican sounds.

3.  The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself [Stax] My love for the Staple Singers continues with this four-track reissue EP. Now to find that Slippery People 12

4.  Armando Peraza - Red Onions [BBE] Classic latin heat off the ridiculously high-quality Latin Spectrum collection.

5.  Trouble Funk - Drop the Bomb [Fourth & Broadway] Classic DC go-go from 1985.

6.  Boca 45 - Diego's Theme [Unique] Breaks-heavy number with a great latin call-out hook. Off Boca's Vertigo Sounds LP.

7.  unknown - We Love the Jungle Brothers [white label] Very deep and funky reworkings of Jungle Brothers classics on this uncredited white label EP.

8.  Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada - Tamarindio [ESL Music] Unusual for ESL, this is a nice break-heavy instrumental. Thievery Corporation get heavier and smoother on their remix. And what's this, a Quantic remix on the flip?!

9.  Lady Sovereign - A Little Bit of Shhh RMX [Chocolate Industries] Ad Rock makes way for the SOV on this killer dancefloor banger.

10.  Coke Escovedo - No One to Depend On [Mercury] Deep, slow and funky jam from the 1975 Coke LP.