So, first things first: Alexander O’Neal is a G. He’s made some massive tunes that smash up dancefloors which you should really know about already. He did a few duets with Cherrelle in the 80s that were some serious lovers’ tunes and this was one of them. Big man riddim…
I wish there was a night in London where I could go and hear classic 90s hip hop on a regular basis. There were so many awesome tunes back then, the Lords of the Underground producing a few of my favs. Wicked track right here, that I’m sure you’ll all know…
Nice soulful beats from Kay Suzuki with vocals from Fatima who seems to be on a million and one tunes at the moment. Wandering bassline and funky beats make this a wicked summer tune.
I’ve been getting back into Garage recently after buying a mate’s collection. We used to go out to loads of Garage clubs back in the late 90s when I was just a young lad and it’s wicked to now be able to put names to some of these tunes.
The bad thing is that I’m now addicted to this stuff and eBay and Discogs are doing some very bad things to my bank balance, even if loads of these tunes can be picked up for almost nothing.
Anyway, something here from Grant Nelson, a man responsible for so much good music it’s ridiculous. He started out making hardcore as Wishdokta and made manyclassictunes in the Happy Hardcore genre before it went way too four to the floor and cheesy. He is probably most well known for his Garage and House output, running several huge Garage labels like Nice ‘N’ Ripe and all of its sub-labels that churned out the tunes in the 90s.
Meleka’s back after the Crazy Cousinz remixed track “Go” from 2009 with this catchy little Funky number. Have been hearing this loads in all the usual place, nice little track…