Beathearts top selections 2013: #3. Dâm-Funk & Snoopzilla - 7 days

3. Dâm-Funk & Snoopzilla - 7 days (StonesThrow)

This year Stones Throw dropped the long awaited and inevitable collaboration between L.A.'s finest Damon Riddick/Dâm-Funk (Pasadena) and Calvin Broadus/Snoopzilla/Snoop Dogg/Snoop Lion (Long Beach). The album has conceptually been talked about for years but finally saw the light of day on December 10th. It's the logical next step in the development of the funk - what we like to call funk 7.0.

Funk 1.0: James Brown
P-Funk 2.0: Parliament/Funkadelic
M-Funk 3.0: Minneapolis/Prince/The Time
E-Funk 4.0: Electronic Funk, Mtume/Kashif/Juan Atkins/Mantronix
G-Funk 5.0: Snoop & Dr Dre
Nu-Funk 6.0: Dâm-Funk
H-Funk 7.0: Pasadena meets Long Beach to create H-funk - Harmonic Funk

"Funk is the dirty cousin of rock, soul, jazz, classical, house and electronic music. [---]The next phase is beautiful chords and harmonies on top of a hard beat. Imagine the song structure of Prefab Sprout or Thom Bell song (The Delfonics/The Spinners) were put on a funk beat with claps, kicks and basslines. That's the next phase - at least that's where I'm trying to go."
(Dâm-Funk 2013 - sr.se p3.soul)

When we chose what releases to write about we try to pick pieces that takes us places. "7 days of funk" is that kind of record. Now I have yet to pay L.A. a visit but during the last 30 minutes of funk the urge to jump the next flight to LAX has never been stronger.


Takeaway track: "I'll be there for you"
Read more: Funk 7.0 - The story behind 7 days of funk
Listen on Stones Throw Records

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Julian Malone - Enemy (StonesThrow)

Looking for the weekend soundtrack? Check this dope mixtape from Stones Throw's latest signing Julian Malone. The Chicago based producer/MC is currently working on his first release on the label called Diff.rnt due for release soon.

In the meantime check his superb collection of songs. It's not very often you get the combination of original dope beats and thoughtful lyrics - but this one really sticks out. Stand-out tracks: Goodbye to dreaming & The vibes 3 (which brilliantly uses The Cardigans Erase/rewind).

Download: Julian Malone -Enemy: The Times and Loves of Julian Malone

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Karriem Riggins - Alone together

One of our first features, the mighty Karriem Riggins, is about to drop new material. Alone together is a 34 track instrumental album signed to Stones Throw of course. The full release is due for release October 23rd but will be dropped in two parts (Alone & Together) over the summer via Stones Throws digital subscriptions service. We've been chasing Riggins joints for years and this is without a doubt be one of the most anticipated releases of the year.

As that wasn't enough if you buy the album via StonesThrow.com there's a complimentary 45 single with the Riggins classic 12's in 8!

Tracklist:

01.Intro 00:25
02.Round The Outside 01:31
03.From Detroit/Belle Isle 00:47
04.Moogy Foog It 01:37
05.OOOOOOOOOAAAAAAA 00:46
06.Stadium Rock 02:44
07.Alto Flute 02:24
08.Orbitz 00:39
09.Up 01:49
10.Forward Motion 00:14
11.Esperanza 01:24
12.Africa 02:06
13.Harpsichord Session 02:03
14.Water 01:32
15.Double Trouble 01:57
16.A7 Mix 01:16
17.Ding Dong Bells 03:24
18.Belle Isle Reprise 00:20
19.daOOOOOH!! 01:40
20.Tom Toms 01:39
21.Because 01:57
22.Ford Jingle 01:37
23.Boy Is Doin It Right 01:36
24.Summer Maddness S.A. 02:05
25.Back In Brazil 01:00
26.Live At Bert's 02:53
27.No Way 01:15
28.6-4 00:32
29.I Need Love 01:19
30.K Riffins 01:51
31.Voyager/5000 01:44
32.Bring That Beat Back (next time) 02:34
33.Matador 01:25
34.J Dilla The Greatest 01:42

To make the wait a bit easier here's are a few first tasters as free downloads:

Download: Karriem Riggins - Moogy foog it
Download: Karriem Riggins - Summer maddness S.A. 
Download: Karriem Riggins - Matador (New!)

As a bonus here's the latest Stones Throw podcast featuring the man himself:

"Karriem Riggins, hip-hop producer. The list of artists he's produced for and collaborated with read like a who's who of our favorite hip-hop artists over the last decade.  We're releasing a hip-hop album of Karriem's this fall called Alone Together, but before we get to that we're looking back at some of his best productions and collaborations with others. "Karriem Riggins Produced That" mixed by Karriem Riggins."

Download: Stones Throw Podcast #74 - Karriem Riggins produced that

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