Free mixtape from a producer/mc Black Milk! This is pure fire, the quality is kept high throughout with the 100% Black Milk production ranging from bass-heavy thudders to more soulful tracks, there's a definite J Dilla vibe to his work. A must have!
Great mixtape from Wale.. Back to the Feature is by far the best of his tapes ;) Beats: 9th Wonder! I dont really need to say anything else about the beats because when 9th Wonders name is attached you know it is going to be dope :) Also produced by: Mikey Mike, Cool & Dre, Warren G etc, etc..
Caldera's second album, Sky Islands, found the fusion band working with a vocalist for the first time. Singer Dianne Reeves, who had yet to record a solo album and was little known in 1977, is featured on Eduardo del Barrio's haunting "Ancient Source" and provides wordless background vocals on the Earth, Wind & Fire-minded title song (which Reeves would cover for Blue Note ten years later).
Popular disco/R&B group of the late '70s and early '80s, A Taste Of Honey was formed in Los Angeles, California, USA in 1972 when an earlier band featuring Janice Marie Johnson (vocals/guitar/bass) and Perry Kimble (keyboards) disbanded. After numerous personnel changes the group solidified as a quartet featuring Johnson, Kimble, Hazel Payne (guitar/vocals) and Donald Johnson (drums). The group was signed to Capitol Records and in 1978 recorded the US number 1 and UK number 3 dance single, Boogie Oogie Oogie. The self-titled album from which the single was drawn reached the US Top 10 and was certified platinum. They became the first black group to win a Best New Artist Grammy at the 1979 awards. In 1980 they were reduced to a duo of Johnson and Payne. A remake of the 1963 Kyu Sakamoto hit Sukiyaki, with new English words completely unrelated to the original Japanese lyric, became their only other major US chart hit, reaching number 3 in 1981.
