FIRST
Recently I have been on an old school hip-hop BINGE. 83-88 mainly...I have decided without a doubt old school rap wax is what I want to collect with ferocity. I have a decent stack already but now I'm ready to go all in deep. I scored this a couple weeks ago. The second the needle dropped I felt that rush of discovery, the connection of dots; I had heard this track before. Lil Wayne freestyled this track (renamed 'I Can't Feel My Face') on his legendary 2007 mixtape Drought 3
Now I could be all cool and act like I knew that was the old Rodney O, but honestly I didn't. I try to listen as much music as possible. But sometimes you miss some tracks. So what a great way to discover the history of this track. Which to me sounds very modern. It was totally plausible to me that 'I Can't Feel My Face' was some modern lo-fi stripped down Miami 808 shit...I love this track. Dark ominous synths with nice scratching, and of course that classic 808 beats and bass. I wish the instrumental was included on the 12" but still very happy to score this old school classic.
SECOND
This dude is heavy. Funk and Disco Spiritual Master. There are more authentic releases to get from him, particularly the stuff on Dakar/Brunswick. However, this German import "Best of" packs all the singles from that era onto one slab. It roars like a dream. And that is what is most important.
THIRD
This is The Brothers Johnson first full length from 1976, produced by Quincy Jones. They're second album is probably more well known, particularly because of the single 'Strawberry Letter 23' but I find the first album just slightly more cohesive and less polished than 'Right On Time.' Tracks like 'Get Tha Funk Outta My Face' demonstrate Louis Johnsons bass chops, pretty much summing up why Q had him playing bass on Off The Wall and Thriller.
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