What do you get when you put together afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and rap pioneers De La Soul? You get Fela Soul; a musical tapestry created by Amerigo Gazaway. Listen to a playlist of all the original samples below, featuring tracks by Fela Kuti, De La Soul, James Brown, The Bar-Kays, Reflection Eternal & more. […]
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With his latest Soul Mates Records, Amerigo Gazaway imagines a studio session between The High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone, and living legend, Lauryn Hill. Continuing the “collaborations that never were” theme of his previous releases, the producer seamlessly connects the dots between Hip-Hop and the genre’s predecessor, Soul. Back in 2016, I had the pleasure
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BIG thanks to everyone that subscribed to our new $3/monthly Bandcamp subscription service. As a gesture of appreciation, check out Amerigo’s Rick James & Jay-Z rework, “Thank You”. Sampling Rick James’ 1983 Album-Of-The-Year [sung] acceptance speech (broadcast via satellite from James’ home studio), Gazaway reimagines the moment with a fitting guest verse from Jay-Z and repurposed drums courtesy of Questlove
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Transcending space and time, Amerigo Gazaway‘s latest Soul Mates project envisions an extended studio session between living legends Stevie Wonder and Common. A return to the soul meets hip-hop formula of his Marvin Gaye + Yasiin Bey pairing Yasiin Gaye, Gazaway connects the dots between hip-hop and the genre’s predecessor with a musical history lesson told through the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTZeUTeKPaQ Under the Soul Mates Records banner of “collaborations that never were,” Amerigo Gazaway’s latest imagines a recording session between Blues great, BB King, and Texas rap legends, UGK. Aptly titled “BB & The Underground Kingz: The Trill is Gone,” the producer seamlessly bridges the gap between hip-hop and its predecessor, the blues. Download the
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As promised, we’re amped to share B.B. & The Underground Kingz: The Trill is Gone, the latest release from producer Amerigo Gazaway’s Soul Mates series of “collaborations that never were.” Like his previous releases, Yasiin Gaye and Fela Soul, Gazaway latest traces the roots of hip-hop through the music of its forefathers. Re-imaging a recording session
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