R&B

Single of the Week: Altered Tapes “Heart of the Groove”

Altered Tapes and King Most revisit a pair of b-boy classics from 1990. Highlight Deee-Lite’s Groove is in the Heart gets a thumping update.

Recorded live from the crypts of Eaton Workshop, DJ Neville C. mixes up choice Halloween-inspired cuts.

Categories: Blog, DJ mixes, funk, garage rock, jazz-funk, R&B, reggae, Rocksteady, soundtrack, spooky Tags: DJ mixes, Halloween

Our premiere Single of the Week is the ray of soulful summer sunshine “We Rollin’ For You,” by DC-based Tall Black Guy.

Deniece Williams‘ “Silly” is an evocative and expansive soul ballad that sounded both old and new even when it was first released.

Categories: Blog, music, R&B, Song of the Day, soul Tags: Deniece Williams, music, R&B, song of the day, soul

George Faith‘s read of the O’Jays R&B classic, “I’ve Got The Groove” totally transforms the song into a dubby classic.

“The Bud” is an all-time Go-Go classic from the Huck-A-Bucks. This is locally grown music at its most mesmeric.

Categories: Blog, go-go, music, R&B, Song of the Day Tags: go-go, hip-hop, Huck-a-bucks, music, R&B, song of the day

When producer Rich Harrison was killing the game in the early aughts, he made a banger for Usher that slipped through the cracks.

Categories: Blog, music, R&B, Song of the Day Tags: R&B, Rich Harrison, song of the day, Usher

The p-funk influenced Zapp Band‘s “More Bounce to the Ounce” makes clear why the group is one of the most widely sampled acts.

Categories: Blog, funk, hip-hop, music, R&B Tags: Bootsy Collins, funk, hip-hop, music, R&B, Roger Troutman, song of the day, zapp

The almost gospel-tinged “Wild Ambitions” is one of the most brilliantly evocative pop songs that Yellow Magic Orchestra ever wrote.

Here’s a live DJ D-Mac set from JoJo and Dave’s wonderful late-July wedding at the Hay Adams Hotel.

Categories: Blog, boogie, disco, EDM, funk, hip-hop, indiepop, music, Nu Disco, pop, R&B, soul, weddings