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Original Breaks
Love to the World! There’s really no better way to set it off than with a Wu banger . . .
Seul Face a Lui – RZA & IAM
From RZA’s “The World According to RZA,” this is one of many tracks that saw the Abbott traveling around the world, internationalizing the foundational Wu-Tang sound.
In RZA’s own words:
We flew to seven or eight countries, which involved a lot of planes, trains, and automobiles. I stayed in lots of studios to record this album. It was almost like a tour, but it was a really good experience. I actually recorded the whole record in 36 days. My album was originally calledWar because I’m having a war to break down these barriers people put up against each other. How can you have borders between four countries within a hundred miles, where people are separate and will try to kill each other if you cross this line? All it is about is a small bunch of men in each of these places controlling the masses of the people. It’s like big gangbanging. For real, I don’t really approve of it because we’re all the human family.
Peace to RZA and the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
This next track was sent to via our Facebook page by Simohammed Nebbali Modnéb. Salaam and Shukran!
Budos Rising – The Budos Band
Some background on Budos Band:
“With four horns, bass, drums and turntables, their oddly effective mix of instrumental hip-hop and soul-jazz got the crowd dancing and jumping, while giving listeners plenty to latch on to.”
John L Waters The Guardian
More info on their website. Find Budos Band on Twitter @BudosBand.
Video Selection
This video is seriously DOPE! See the man, the legend, the one and only James Brown, the father of all footwork. Of course, James Brown’s birthday passed earlier this week and if you missed the Bboysounds Weekly tribute to the Godfather, make sure to peep it here!
James Brown Getting Down
BOTY Israel 2012
Next up, דביר רוזן emailed us this flyer for Battle of the Year Israel 2012, along with a YouTube link to this DOPE! video of last year’s event.
Find out more about this event at the Street Festival website.
Also, big shoutout to Yak Films on the video!
Weekly Classics
We were very sad to hear of the death of Brooklyn Legends the Beastie Boys’ MCA (Adam Yauch). Hip-Hop has lost another icon, and our sympathies go out to MCA’s loved ones.
We’ll remember MCA with this classic video for the DOPE! single, “Intergalactic.”
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
Peace to MCA!
And now, one of the fundamental funky joints from the iconic Michael Jackson:
Dancing Machine – Jackson 5
And keeping on with this week’s Tribute to James Brown, here’s another insane video of perhaps the greatest version ever of the soul classic, “Sunny” . . .
Sunny (Live in Paris) – James Brown
Of course, got to acknowledge Boney M’s version of “Sunny” as well, whose intro eventually would father countless Hip-Hop beats.
Radio Breaks Worldwide: Blue
f/ Afrika Bambaataa
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“Radio Breaks Worldwide: Blue” features rare and classic bboy breaks spanning many decades and genres, plus an exclusive interview with the Amen Ra of universal Hip-Hop culture: Afrika Bambaataa!
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