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  1. as.if.records @[email protected] ·

    three from this week. all ran in soul.crates before 7am, all came back as rap hits.

    the delfonics - "ready or not here i come" (1968). thom bell producing. the fugees' hook in '96.

    leon haywood - "i want'a do something freaky to you" (1975). dre and snoop built "nuthin' but a 'g' thang" on it.

    mtume - "juicy fruit" (1983). biggie's "juicy", 11 years on.

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    cover: mtume, juicy fruit, 1983

    #SoulMusic #HipHop #AsIfRadio

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  2. as.if.records @[email protected] ·

    ebo taylor - "heaven" (1977). ghana, for tonight's jukebox. ran in coffee.first at 7:15 this morning.

    in 1962 taylor took his highlife band to london and fell in with fela kuti. back home: house guitarist and arranger at essiebons. highlife guitar, horns with afrobeat weight.

    usher and ludacris sampled it in 2010. he died in february, at 90.

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    cover: ebo taylor, essiebons 1977

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