Fank Frost

A My Back Scratcher

B Harp And Soul

Vernon Garrett

A Shine It On

B Things Are Looking Better

#1 Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

A Soulville

B Evil Gal Blues

VA Cold Cuts

2009 Compiled By Doctor Okeh

1 Sunshine - Roy Ayers

2 Celestial Blues - Gary Bartz Ntu Troop & Andy Bey

3 Life's No Fun In The Ghetto - Willie Hutch

4 Shorty The Pimp - Don Julian & The Larks

5 Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye

6 The World Is A Ghetto - War

7 Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughn

8 Billy Jack - Curtis Mayfield

9 Break It Down - Curtis Mayfield

10 90% Of Me Is You - Gwen McCrae

11 I Cry - Millie Jackson

12 Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang

13 Everybody Loves The Sunshine - Ramp

holla...

whats goin on in the world today!?!?!?

Don't answer, it's really no use...

I was on my way home tonight after switching to my new (old) shift, traded one of my weekdays off for Saturday (to help with the business). Had several problematic customers which was like a continuous rollover from my day before (Friday) where I left work a little early to attend a local venue where one of my favs was performing ) "Atmosphere" , we had purchased tickets in advance and ended up selling them (at cost) , just before the show began , I wasn't too happy about that and I won't say why we sold them , mostly cause' I'm not sure...

Anyways, had dinner at my friends new restaurant "The Matchstick" and got into it with my girl on the way home as well as a few

BAD DRIVERS....which leads me to why I began to rant in the first place...

Anybody seen the movie Idiocracy?

I won't go out on a line and try to tell you that it's some kinda of good film , tho pretty funny at times.

In actuality , it's sad really. the things that I see people do where I work (I manage a laundromat in a lower income community) would leave any normal thinking human in disbelief, and leads me to see the sad truth of that film...

I've been at a loss lately people, that may have a little to do with my lack of blogging or blog surfing... the scams, the viruses, the haters, cats who ask and say dumb shit...THE MAN...

where do you start, where does it end???

They're adding more chemicals in the smokes...No time for my art , I haven't recorded in almost 5 years, living check to check slaving my ass off for someone else , just to give it all away before I see a dime.

You know what I consider shopping?, now is getting the gas just to get back and forth to work and deal with all the non-driving arseholes on the road who forgot why they even left the damn house to begin with , all out shopping and shit and getting in my way... A/C don't wanna act right so I'm sweating like a stuck pig, realizing all I've got left to do today is my own damn laundry, oh smack I done went gone off the deep end.... meanwhile everyone of my homies have been getting kicked out of their homes by their girlfriends , and these fools just worried bout "kickin it" WTF?

I think This "Red_Stripe" is working...yaknowimean?

sorry to carry on I just had to spew some B.S. out....

to those of you who have stayed true you know I know who u r!

thx for stickin by,,,,all the other blog bros keepin it real even through the tough times I got mad love and respect for...

I must admit I haven't touched any records 'cept for that R.P. jernt which y'all gota know isa classic , and I was kinda surprised to not have seen more comments on it (it was d/l'd almost 300 times by the second day it was up),but that ain't why I do this shit.

those of y'all who may know a lil bit about me already know that I do this cos I just love to share music and where I'm from folks just don't seem to have any appreciation for good stuff...

But I'll be honest I can't keep up with the other blogs out there, of course I could bomb thousands of albums on y'all on a regular basis tons that I've already shared and tons I've never even touched but I think it's time to retire.

I don't want y'all to keep checkin in, only to see I haven't done anything in weeks...

shits in chaos right now, and this is something that just has to be put on a far back-burner...

I hope that I haven't let anyone down in the time that I've been doin this and y'all continue to enjoy good music no matter where you are ....

Keep On Keepin On!

Sincerely ....

Doctor Okehdius Deft.

I'mma try n roll out with some grooves....

Got A Thing For You Baby -- Mr. Percolator

Let_Me_Ride_--_Bloodstone

Get_Together_--_Earl_Brown

Red_Cross_Store_--_Mississippi Fred McDowell

Coffee_Cold_--__Galt MacDermot

Ooooh_Baby_--_Pamoja

Oh_Daddy_--_Natalie_Cole

Random_Violence_--_Jak_Progresso

Revenge_--_Doctor_Okeh 2002

It's_No_Mistake_--_Darrow_Fletcher IMO one of the coldest cuts EVER!

I_Still_Love_You_--_Unknown anutha super bad ass burner , don't sleep!

Almeta Latimore - These Memories

Indian_Thick_Jawns_--_Diplo_ftPEACE

I'll_Be_OK_---_Aesop_Rock_ftSlug

(I'll just be adding to this list till I get too drunk to stay up)

PEAS.........(currently down to 2 smokes and a stripe & a half)

Richard Pryor - ...Is It Something I Said?

Label: Reprise Records Released: 1975
Tracklisting:

A1 Eulogy

A2 Shortage Of White People

A3 New Niggers

A4 Cocaine

A5 Just Us

A6 Mudbone - Intro

B1 Mudbone - Little Feets

B2 When Your Woman Leaves You

B3 The Goodnight Kiss

B4 Women Are Beautiful

B5 Our Text For Today

Horace Andy Meets Naggo Morris & Wayne Jarrett - Mini Showcase

1. You And I

2. You And I Dubwise Version

3. Live It Up

4. Praise Jah Jah

5. Truly

6. Truly Dubwise

7. Live And Love

8. Live And Love Dubwise Version

9. Prophesy

10. Prophesy Dubwise

11. My Heart Is Gone

12. My Heart Is Gone Dubwise

13. Come On And Tell Me

14. Come On And Tell Me Dubwise

15. You Rest On My Mind

16. You Rest On My Mind Dubwise

Various - Philadelphia Roots

Tracklisting:

1 People's Choice I Likes To Do It (3:00)

2 Cliff Nobles & Co The Horse (2:44)

3 Fantastic Johnny C., The Waitin' For The Rain (3:39)

4 Brothers Of Hope I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (2:45)

5 Brenda & The Tabulations California Soul (2:32)

6 Corner Boys And Friends Take It Easy Soul Brother (2:16)

7 People's Choice Let Me Do My Things (2:38)

8 Brenda & The Tabulations Hey Boy (1:52)

9 Bunny Sigler Great Big Liar (2:36)

10 Alfreda Brockington Your Love Has Got Me Chained And Bound (2:34)

11 Panic Buttons O Wow (2:30)

12 John Ellison Lost The Will To Live (3:01)

13 Philly Sound, The Waitin' For The Rain (3:32)

14 Bunny And Cindy Sure Didn't Take Long (2:20)

15 People's Choice Big Ladies Man (2:33)

16 Soul Brothers Six You Gotta Come A Little Closer (2:44)

17 Music Makers United (2:30)

Various - Tags Of The Times 3
Tracklisting:

1It's Crackin' (Intro) Producer - Omid

2 Dreamweavers They Say Producer - Elusive Rap [Featuring], Written-by - Grouch, The Written-By - L*Roneous

3 Megabusive Love@Aol.com Recorded By, Mixed By - Deeskee Written-By, Producer - Megabusive

4 Sach L.I.F.E. Gives Mixed By - Hive Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By - Omid Written-By, Mixed By - Sach

5 Spoon (of Iodine) Anti-Christ Producer - Omid Recorded By, Mixed By - Cesar (7) Written-By, Human Beatbox - Spoon*

5 Scarub Freak What You Feel Producer - Belief Written-By - Scarub Written-By, Vocals - Tiombe Lockheart*

7 Atmosphere Between The Lines Producer - ANT* Written-By - Slug

8 P.E.A.C.E. Rhyme Crime Stoppers Producer - Fat Jack Written-By - P.E.A.C.E.

9 Mikah Nine* First Things Last Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By - Daddy Kev Written-By - Mikah Nine*

10 Up-Right Strut (Interlude) Producer - Omid

11 Aesop Rock Wise Up Written-By, Producer - Aesop Rock

12 Buck 65 Pack Animal Producer [Additional] - Charles Austin , Ian McGettigan Written-By, Producer - Buck 65

D1 DJ Quietstorm Beer Producer - DJ Quietstorm

13 Self Jupiter It Was On This Night Mixed By - Nobody Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By - Omid Recorded By - Mum's The Word Written-By - Self Jupiter

14 Who's Listening? (Skit) Producer - Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician* Scratches - Mr. Dibbs

15 Aceyalone Future Rockers Producer - Elusive Written-By - Aceyalone

16 Murs + 2Mex Introducing The Brain Busters Producer - Mum's The Word Written-By - 2Mex , Murs

17 Everyone (Interlude) Producer - Omid

18 Company Flow , Mr. Lif , BMS , 3MG* Low Key Recorded By, Mixed By - Ryota Hayashida Scratches - DJ Mr. Len* Written-By - BMS , EL-P , Mr. Lif , Murs , Scarub Written-By, Producer - Eligh

19 Dose One , Shing02 , Doc Maxwell , Kirby Dominant Confessions (Of Three Men) Mixed By - J. Patterson Orchestrated By - Vector Omega, The* Scratches - DJ Hero81 , DJ Icewater Vocals [Additional] - G.Rina Written-By - Dose One , Kirby Dominant , Shing02 Written-By, Producer - Doc Maxwell

20 What Was It? (Outro) Producer - Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician* Scratches - Mr. Dibbs

Various - The Smoocher - 12 Finely Matured Soul Tracks

Label: Big Cheese Records

1994

Tracklisting:

1 Kellee Patterson I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More (4:56)

2 Willie Hutch I Can Sho' Give You Love (5:08)

3 Greg Perry Come On Down (3:32)

4 Al Johnson I've Got My Second Wind (4:54)

5 Notations* Take It Slow (4:08)

6 Father's Children Hollywood Dreaming (4:33)

7 Carolyn Franklin Sunshine Holiday (2:05)

8 Bobby Patterson I Get My Groove From You (3:27)

9 Betty Wright Value Your Love (2:54)

10 Solomon Burke Over And Over (Hugging And Loving) (4:30)

11 Shuggie Otis Inspiration, Information (4:07)

12 Donny Hathaway Lord Help Me (3:58)

Various - The Smoocher is Back - 12 Class X Soul Tracks

Label: Big Cheese Records

1997

Tracklisting:

1 Gloria Scott Every Time You're Near Me

2 Sass I Only Wanted To Love You

3 Mystique Fill You Up

4 Ace Spectrum Pick Up

5 Isley Brothers, The My Love Is Your Love (Forever)

6 Checkmates LTD., The Got To See You Soon

7 Margie Joseph Let's Stay Together

8 Valentine Brothers, The This Kind Of Love

9 Vitamin E Sharing 10 Erma Franklin Open Up Your Soul

11 Sandpeebles, The I Just Didn't Hear Me The First Time

12 Norman Connors Sing A Love Song

Kurtis Blow - Deuce Label: Mercury 1981

Tracklisting:

A1 The Deuce (5:31)

A2 It's Getting Hot (5:38)

A3 Getaway (6:58)

B1 Starlife (5:20)

B2 Take It To The Bridge (4:10)

B3 Do The Do (3:03)

B4 Rockin' (4:09)

Various - The Meltdown! - 8 Finely Matured Jazz-Funk Tracks

Released: 1994 Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Tracklisting:

1 Frank Strazzeri Cloudburst (8:09) Written-By - F. Strazzeri*

2 Dave Pike Secret Mistery Of Hench (8:49) Written-By - D. Pike* , A. Kriegel*

3 Shawn Phillips We Came To Say Goodbye (Part 1 & 2) (11:43) Featuring - Headhunters, The Written-By - S. Phillips*

4 Larry Ridley Well You Needn't (8:15) Written-By - T. Monk*

5 Gene Russell Get Down (3:47) Written-By - G. Russell*

6 Jeremy Steig Goose Bumps (3:57) Written-By - J. Steig*

7 Clifford Coulter VJC (8:14) Written-By - C. Coulter*

8 Charles Williams Booger Bear (4:50) Written-By - C. Williams*

WC And The Maad Circle - Ain't A Damn Thang Changed
1991

Tracklisting:

1 Intro (1:07)

2 Ain't A Damn Thang Changed (3:32)

3 The Break Up (Skit) (0:27) Vocals - Cassanova Jeff , Crazy Toones

4 Behind Closed Doors (4:47) Vocals - Dawn Silva , Jackie Simley , M.L. Davis

5 Out On A Furlough (5:18) Vocals - Cassanova Jeff , Chilly Chill , Jazzy D , Mike

6 A Crazy Break (0:56) Vocals - J-Dee

7 Caught N A Fad (3:57)

8 Fuck My Daddy (3:58) Vocals - Foe Doe Taylor , Lil' Dee

9 Back On The Scene (1:06)

10 Get Up On That Funk (3:50) Vocals - Chilly Chill , Jazzy D

11 Gettin' Looped / Dress Code (4:01)

12 Smokers La La Bye (1:16) Vocals - Kaeco

13 You Don't Work, U Don't Eat (4:27) Featuring - J-Dee , MC Eiht Producer - Chilly Chill Vocals - Ice Cube

14 Grandma Locked Out (Skit) (0:37) Vocals - Crazy Toones

15 Ghetto Serenade (4:04)

16 Back To The Underground (3:41)

17 A Soldiers Story (2:45) Vocals - Dawn Silva , Jackie Simley , M.L. Davis

Santana - Santana
Year: 1969

Waiting

Evil Ways

Shades Of Time

Savor Jingo

Persuasion

Treat You

Just Don't Care

Soul Sacrifice

Dave Brubeck Quartet, The - Time Out
1959
Tracklisting:

1 Blue Rondo A La Turk (6:42)

2 Strange Meadow Lark (7:20)

3 Take Five (5:24) Written-By - P. Desmond*

4 Three To Get Ready (5:21)

5 Kathy's Waltz (4:48)

6 Everybody's Jumpin' (4:22)

7 Pick Up Sticks (4:16)

Natalie Cole - Unpredictable

1977 Genre: Funk / Soul
Tracklisting:

A1 This Heart (4:07)

A2 Still In Love (3:43)

A3 Party Lights (4:09) Co-producer - Gene Barge

A4 I've Got Love On My Mind (4:20)

A5 Unpredictable You (3:40)

B1 Peaceful Living (4:19) Arranged By - Richard Evans

B2 Be Mine Tonight (3:22)

B3 I Can't Breakaway (3:04)

B4 Your Eyes (2:41) Arranged By - Richard Evans

B5 I'm Catching Hell (6:14)

Cal Tjader - Several Shades Of Jade

Label: Verve Records Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1963

Genre: Jazz

Tracklisting:

A1 The Fakir (2:53)

A2 Cherry Blossoms (4:59)

A3 Borneo (3:45)

A4 Tokyo Blues (3:52)

B1 Song Of The Yellow River (3:18)

B2 Sahib (2:29)

B3 China Nights (3:24)

B4 Almond Tree (2:58)

B5 Hot Sake (3:35)

Throwback

Coolio - Too Hot (CD Single)

1995

1. Too Hot

2. Exercise Yo Game ft E-40 Kam & 40 Thevz

Taken from my Nuggets "Cut-n-Paste" mixes made by me over the last couple of years I've simply titled this one The Lovers Mega Mix...

this has always been a fav of mine as well as those who I've shared it with in the past, if you didn't grab it before then here's your chance again, I did have to lower the bitrate to get it on MF but it still should sound just fine...no turntables were hurt during this experiment.

Mood - Doom

Label: Blunt Recordings Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 1997

Genre: Hip Hop Style:

Credits: Mastered By - Duncan Stanbury Producer - Hi-Tek (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 11, 15 to 18) , Jahson (tracks: 1, 5, 7 to 10, 12 to 14)

Notes: The CD version contains 6 tracks more than the LP version.
Tracklisting:

1 Esoteric Manuscripts (4:03)

2 Info For The Streets (3:50)

3 He Is DJ Hi-Tek (0:40)

4 Karma (3:18)

5 The Vision (4:56)

6 Tunnel Bound (4:38)

7 Nuclear Hip-Hop (4:18) Rap [Featuring] - Talib Kweli

8 Another Day (3:11)

9 Sacred - Pt. 1 (4:48) Rap [Featuring] - Talib Kweli

10 Peddlers Of Doom (4:59) Rap [Featuring] - Talib Kweli

11 Millennium (3:44)

12 Babylon The Great (0:28)

13 Peace Infinity (3:50) Rap [Featuring] - Talib Kweli

14 Secrets Of The Sand (3:21) Vocals [Featuring] - Dirty Irby

15 Illuminated Sunlight (5:02) Rap [Featuring] - Sunz Of Man

16 Industry Lies (2:41) Rap [Featuring] - Talib Kweli

17 No Ordinary Brother (0:32)

18 Cincinnati (3:45) Rap [Featuring] - Holmskillet

I'm baaaack!

well, we have finally moved , it's been one helluva journey, but I'm very eager to continue to help spread the great tunes.

I have yet to break open the many crates of vinyl , the room in wich I'm setting up needs to be painted still before I do so, so throw out some re-up request at me and I can get started.

I know that several new readers have found their way here since Ive been out and have found dead links...just let me know what it is IN THIS COMMENT BOX, and I will get'em goin back up...

To all my continued fans/readers MANY THX for standing by and being patient!

(Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back mp3)

LUCY

WE'LL BE BACK SOON!

here's some ear candy to throw on and grow on...

still on the 80's tip here's my second pick of the day taken from Roy Ayers - You Might Be Suprised (1985) (I do have on vinyl, and can rip in full in the near future)

Programmed For Love listen no pw

this being my first new pick of the day , I could find myself being all alone on this one , but I'm willing to take that chance.

by now I'm sure some of you should or may know this group if not, IMO it's a great place to start , this being my favorite track, see if you dig it too , very infectious...

Inside Out listen

and if that's not enuff

dig on the extended 12" version listen

no pw

(I do have several albums of theirs none of which have this song... they're most likely to be on the net already, but I'll look around and may post them later on...)