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We spoke with
@solangeknowles
about tubas, Screw tapes, Patrice Rushen, and her upcoming Eldorado Ballroom series with
@LAPhil
:
@saintheron
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We are deeply saddened by the news of Amp Fiddler passing. Our hearts go out to his beloved family, dear friends, and the entire music community during this difficult time.
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As we say goodbye to Astrud Gilberto, let us celebrate her remarkable legacy and honor the immense contributions she made to the world of music. Through her iconic song "The Girl from Ipanema" and her lasting contributions to Bossa Nova, her timeless music will forever be enjoyed
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On what would have been his 65th
birthday, we are remembering the life and legacy of the icon Prince today.
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RIP, Jimmy Cobb. End of an era.
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‘To record “What’s Going On,” Gaye worked in a way he never had before, inventing a new vocal style that would define the rest of his career...' Read more online or in print with Vol.2, Issue 01..
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We are happy to announce the release of our highly anticipated Issue 6, Vol. 2. Celebrating 50 years of hip-hop this issue will be dedicated to the genre with a stunning cover taken by renowned photographer B+
@bpleasel
& a cover article written by Michael A.Gonzales
@gonzomike
!
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Back by popular demand, Issue 50 (Prince Issue)!
A special-edition reprint will be up for sale in a couple days!
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Wax Poetics owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Greg Tate. Our publication would likely not exist without his trailblazing writing in the Village Voice. He was the true voice of a generation. Rest in peace.
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DJ Koco brings a classic beat digger’s approach to his impeccable 7-inch selections, but peppers them with new-school DJ tricks. Check our Record People article about him, it includes a mighty video that illustrates his skills.
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RIP Lee “Scratch” Perry. The man behind reggae's most ethereal productions.
Heart of the Congos is playing loudly.
📸 by Adrian Boot and from our article 'City too Hot' by David Katz.
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More tough news this week. Betty Davis has sadly passed away. Ice Cube said it best "Betty was a G for real."
RIP
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A huge congratulations to
@questlove
, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, and David Dinerstein for winning the
#Oscar
for Best Documentary Feature, Summer of Soul. Incredible film.
Here is our piece with Questlove about the film in the bio.
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RIP, Rudy Van Gelder, no doubt one of jazz's most important figures of all times. Listening to 'Empyrean Isles' now.
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"The U.K. jazz-funk scene provided a haven where for the first time in roughly equal numbers, Black and white youth came together in an atmosphere of inclusivity."
Pt. 1 / 3 of our Brit-funk story from
@djgregwilson
ft.
@Incognito_world
&
@gillespeterson
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Rest in peace, Trugoy. Another genius gone way too soon.
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Rest in Peace, Betty Wright.
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Rest in Power, Edwin
RIP 🙏🏾
Edwin Birdsong, legendary keyboardist sampled by De La Soul, Daft Punk, and Kanye West, dead at 77.
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When James Mtume passed on January 9, it took a mapmaker to craft an obit. Wax Poetics spoke with three musicians/composers with whom Mtume played, on their records and his, each with their own funny and frank visions of what their friend, meant to them.
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International Anthem and Wax Poetics present 'Out of the Shadows'. A four part mini-doc series. Episode One is live now.
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Wax Poetics owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Greg Tate. Our publication would likely not exist without his trailblazing writing in the Village Voice. He was the true voice of a generation. Rest in peace.
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Incase you missed it…Lynnée Denise (
@lynneedenise
) wrote a great Re:Discovery piece for us on Queen Latifah’s legendary album ‘All Hail The Queen’.
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'How he put that whole record together, and just knowing the type of dude he was, makes it special. I mean, I love the samples and songs he made out of ’em too. I listen to this all the time.’
Check Large Professor's Record Rundown here
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NO HALF STEPPIN' is the story of the Latin Quarter club—a talent incubator for Golden Era hip-hop. Now in hardcover:
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Win the
@recordstoreday
limited-edition 12-inch of "Say Say Say" remix w/ Michael Jackson vox!
@ConcordRecords
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'How Teddy Pendergrass—a man with a troubled, impoverished past who sang in church and played the drums before coming to Melvin’s Blue Notes in 1970—carried a melody and made a mood in every note is what thrilled John Morales.' Read Close to The Edit here
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R.I.P., Malik B., original member of the Roots. Such a great MC.
Heartbroken to hear of the passing of Malik B, one of the greatest MC's to ever come from this city. He had his troubles for sure, but dude inspired a whole generation of us to touch the mic. Myself included. May he rest peacefully.
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Fuzzy Haskins continues his cosmic journey in the next realm. He left his mark on this one.
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Sad news today. RIP Lamont Dozier. A titan of 20th century music and a natural born hitmaker. We have a piece by Travis Atria live on our site now. Link in bio.
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It's
@summerofsoul
week at Wax Poetics, feat. interviews with producer Joseph Patel (
@jazzbeezy
) and director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (
@questlove
), plus stories on S.o.S. performers Stevie Wonder and Sly & the Family Stone.
More at
#SummerOfSoulMovie
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Man..... Not seeing multiple credible sources yet, but it appears we've lost the incredible Tony Allen. Celebrate the music.
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RIP
#williamhart
"As front man of the beloved Delfonics, William Hart brought an unmistakable falsetto and uncanny songwriting about love and heartbreak." From our piece on The Delfonics, originally published in Issue 53.
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"Arthur Verocai doesn’t have any time to waste. Not because his life’s masterpiece was released more than thirty five years ago and only recently got any kind of recognition, but because he knows that what matters..."
Read 'Man Out of Time' here
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Dropping in March. Members only. Sign-up at and use the code MARVIN20 to get a 20% discount and secure yours.
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On the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Marvin Gaye’s sociopolitical epic What’s Going On, we speak to Motown engineer Bob Olhsson about the finer details of recording the singer's masterpiece.
Words by Chris Williams
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“Moment of Truth is probably our most important album,” says DJ Premier, “but Hard to Earn is my favorite Gang Starr album.”
Read more on Gang Starr in Vol 2, Issue 2.
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That's right! We are now over 100% funded which means Wax Poetics is officially returning! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us so far. For the rest of you, we still have 10 days to go on Kickstarter before prices go up!
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As our first post of 2021, we wanted to reference the sad news we all received at the end of 2020 about the passing of MF DOOM.
For us, he is the rappers rapper and a true original.
This cover run down is him on the cover of WP issue 31.
RIP
@MFDOOM
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Soul jazz organist Reuben Wiʪon passed on last Friday at 87. His distinguished career, marked by multi-album st㏌ts on Blue Note, Cadet, and Groove Merchant, never flagged,especially after his soulful play㏌g was rediscovered by the rare groove & sample-hunt㏌g scenes of the '90s
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Wizards of Oz.
Hiatus Kaiyote by Marisa Aveling.
Discover the full article online now. Sign up for a 7 day free trial to get uninterrupted access.
📷: by David Kellett
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'The Blue Yusef Lateef, released in 1968, would produce some strange and startling shades of blue indeed. With the help of a bamboo flute, a shannie (a double-reed folk oboe), a tamboura, and a Taiwanese koto..'
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More sad news. Another lost great.
RIP Ramsey Lewis.
Our article from Issue 47 is live now online
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Today is the 40th anniversary of Prince’s For You. Read about it in Issue 67, now on sale:
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Patrice Rushen—our front cover for Issue 3. An accomplished jazz keyboardist who found her singing voice and embraced her love of R&B.
Only a limited number of copies available. Subscribe to secure yours. Link in bio.
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LIVE NOW!
Brooklyn band B.T. Express bridged the gap between funk and disco, going from rough-edged ensemble to a synth-based sound. Their story is told here in depth for the first time by author and musician Jay “J-Zone” Mumford.
@jzonedontig
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Betty Wright said music chose her.
Our Wax Poetics piece from 2012 (Issue 52):
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Former Yura Yura Teikoku front man, Shintaro Sakamoto, explores life and death, happiness and despair, on solo release How to Live with a Phantom. Read more at link in bio...
Words by
@the_ambassador77
📸 Courtesy of Other Music
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A lifelong Harlemite, Patrick Adams—producer, songwriter, musician—landed monster songs and helped launch the careers of artists including Leroy Burgess, Jocelyn Brown and Eric B. & Rakim. RIP to a gentleman genius.
📸 by Terry Adams and featured in Issue 31
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'Welcome to the world of Daniel Dumile, whose youthful nickname of “DOOM,” a phonetic abbreviation of his last name, has come to describe one of the most mysterious, misunderstood, and masterful rap artists of the last twenty years.' 🕊️
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Live now: Keep On
Equipped with determination, a Fender Rhodes, and a mental-health message of personal reflection, self-taught East London composer
@alfamist
creates profound space jazz.
Words by Andy Thomas
📸 Johny Pitts
Full article here:
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RIP Manu Dibango
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This week we’ve made Issue 65: A Tribe Called Quest Special Edition available to read online (for a limited time only!)
To get it sent straight to your inbox, sign up here
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“Lookout” by Homeboy Sandman ft. Quelle Chris and Your Old Droog
@HomeboySandman
@QuelleChris
@YourOldDroog
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My new sounds: A Tribe Called Quest 'Low End Theory' 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read on
#SoundCloud
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A classic Record Rundown with
@rhettmatic
From all the way back in Issue 22
Some serious DJ knowledge
Live now
Words by Ronnie Reese
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Wax Poetics Presents
SOUL CITY | EPISODE ONE: CHICAGO
with
@todd_mayfield
(
#curtismayfield
) and
@DJRONTRENT
hosted by
@ronniewrites
directed by
@bouncehandler
now playing:
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Wax Poetics Books presents 'No Half Steppin,' an oral and pictorial history of the Latin Quarter club:
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We sat down with producer
@jazzbeezy
—a veteran with stints at MTV, Vice, and the Fader who has deep roots in the hip-hop underground scene—to discuss the film and the resonance of a summer in Harlem.
@summerofsoulmovie
@questlove
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‘DJ Screw, a.k.a. Robert Earl Davis Jr., changed rap and hip-hop forever. In the 1990s, in a spare room of his Houston home, he developed a revolutionary mixing technique known as chopped and screwed.' Get a copy here of DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution
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RIP Pedro Bell. Truly One of a Kind.
We lost the Master Mind behind the Graphic's & Artwork of Funkadelic. Mr. Pedro Bell is an American artist and illustrator best known for his elaborate cover designs and other artwork for numerous Funkadelic and George Clinton solo albums. Thxs for yr service our brother.😲🙏
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Zhané’s debut album, ‘Pronounced Jah-Nay,’ celebrates its 25th anniversary today. We're giving away the limited-edition 2LP reissue from
@UrbanXLegends
.
To enter to win:
1. Follow
@waxpoetics
and
@UrbanXLegends
on Twitter
2. Tweet us your first memories hearing "Hey Mr. D.J."
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Another master has passed. RIP.
João Gilberto was one of the architects of the classic Brazillian bossa nova sound.
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Superfly at 50.
The inside story of Curtis Mayfield’s masterpiece. Excerpted from Traveling Soul: The Life of Curtis Mayfield, by Todd Mayfield with Travis Atria.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the Queen of Rock 'n Roll, Tina Turner, at the age of 83. She was a legendary singer-songwriter, actor, and author who inspired a generation with her powerful vocals and incredible performances. Our hearts go out to her loved ones.
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Heatwave, Cymande, Average White Band, J.A.L.N. Band, Hi-Tension, Light of the World, Atmosfear, Linx, Chris Hill, Freeez, Incognito and more!
Greg Wilson's incredible Brit-funk story continues... 'Wake Up The City, Part 2' is now live.
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Another bomb from the vaults. Street Time presents the unsung rhythmic soul behind Miles's improvisational funk.
Essential reading. Live now.
Words by Tom Terrell
📸 Michael Henderson and Miles at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1973.
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The film 'Babylon' looks at London’s early ’80s sound-system scene:
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In celebration of Hip Hop's 50th year, we've teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Check them out here
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We are doing some research and would love your insights .... ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The film 'Babylon' looks at London’s early ’80s sound-system scene:
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