IT WOULD TAKE ME LOTS OF TIME TO GIVE THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THIS MUSIC BECAUSE THE ROOTS OF IT WERE BIRTHED DURING THE ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC THAT CAME TO AMERICA WITH THE BEATLES AND THE ROLLING STONES IN THE 50’S, 60’S AND 70’S, AND WITH THAT, IT WAS AMERICAN MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR AMERICAN JAZZ AND SOUL MUSIC, THAT CROSSED OVER TO EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II, SPECIFICALLY DURING THE MID 50’S INTO THE 1960’S. HERE’S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU: AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON BRITISH POPULAR MUSIC, AS I SAID SINCE THE 1960’S AND THE CLEAR GENRE OF WHAT’S CALLED UK SOUL MUSIC REALLY FORMED IN THE 80S, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH ACTS AS LOOSE ENDS, FIVE STAR, SADE, SIMPLY RED, AND LISA STANSFIELD, JUST TO NAME A FEW. SO DURING THE NEXT FEW EPISODES I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THESE ARTISTS WHO OVER THE YEARS HAVE BECOME SOME OF MY FAVES AS WELL. I’LL BE PLAYING MUSIC BY SADE, LOOSE ENDS, IMAGINATION…DELEGATION…HEATWAVE? YEAH, HEATWAVE, WHO DURING THEIR HEYDAY YEARS OF THE MID TO LATE 1970’S HAD A KEYBOARDIST AND SONGWRITER IN THEIR GROUP, A GUY BY THE NAME OF ROD TEMPERTON…YES, THAT’S RIGHT! ROD TEMPERTON. A MAN THAT THE LEGENDARY PRODUCER (I CALL HIM THE GREATEST PRODUCER OF ALL TIME), MR. QUINCY JONES, CALLED ROD TEMPERTON ONE OF, IF NOT, THE GREATEST SONGWRITER IN POP MUSIC HISTORY, AS HE PENNED SUCH CLASSICS AS “ROCK WITH YOU” AND “THRILLER” BY MICHAEL JACKSON, “GIVE ME THE NIGHT” BY GEORGE BENSON, “BABY COME TO ME”, BY PATTI AUSTIN & JAMES INGRAM, JUST TO NAME A FEW. MUSIC BY FIVE STAR, LISA STANSFIELD, SIMPLY RED, MICA PARIS, INCOGNITO…OMAR…LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE ARTISTS FROM THEN AND EVEN NOW, ALL HAILING FROM THE UK, WHO ARE BELOVED BY MILLIONS FOR THE UNIQUE ‘SOUL’, R&B AND GROOVE LEANINGS, THE FOUNDATIONS OF THEIR MUSIC THAT I CAN SAY WAS BORN IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC. YET, UK SOUL IS VERY UNIQUE, IT IS IT’S VERY, VERY OWN CLASSIC SOUND, AND THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT.

SO SIT BACK, RELAX, BUCKLE UP AND LET’S GET THIS JOURNEY STARTED…ALLL AROUND THE WORLD BABBY! BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - MY SALUTE TO THE SOUND AND VIBES OF UK SOUL MUSIC

LEAVING ME NOWLEVEL 42

HOLDING BACK THE YEARSSIMPLY RED

NO ORDINARY LOVESADE

INSIDE LIFEINCOGNITO

A LITTLE SPICELOOSE ENDS

KEEP ON MOVINSOUL II SOUL

SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTERMICA PARIS

STOP THE RAIN

(BEAT JUNKIES SOUND EDIT)AVERAGE WHITE BAND

DON’T YOU EVER TRY TO CHANGE

MELOOSE ENDS

DON’T MEAN A THINGOMAR

AFFECTIONLISA STANSFIELD

CANT’ GET YOU OUT OF MY

HEAD (LATIN PROJECT REMIX)INCOGNITO

ALL AROUND THE WORLDLISA STANSFIELD

JAZZIE’S GROOVESOUL II SOULS

NIGHTS OF PLEASURELOOSE ENDS

HANGING ON A STRINGLOOSE ENDS

TOO LATEJUNIOR

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EPISODE #35-BLAZE STREET MUSIC PRESENTS - 4TH LOVE OF HOUSE & SOUL_VOL.4

Here I am again with another House music mix for you, hopefully getting you more in the mood for the end of summer and towards the Labor Day holiday season! Yes, I know, I know, life is a little more hectic…the kids are back in school and any last minute vacation plans just get more complicated! The weather is getting more muggy, more hot…so what do you do? Get out a cold one, take a break in the shade, make sure to put your feet up, pull up your favorite music site and drop this mix onto your dome! WE NEED LOVE AND WE NEED MUSIC - LET’S GO!

1. YOU TAKE ME HIGH (EXTENDED MIX)

T. Williams, Tendai

2. NOTHING BUT THE MUSIC (HOTEVILLA REMIX)

Platinum City

3. LOVE IS WHAT WE NEED (MOUSSE T’S LOVE DUB)

Ann Nesby, Mousse T

4. FLUFFY CLOUDS (TSWEX MALABOLA DEEPER MIX)

Oscar P, DJ Stingray

5. ALWAYS (NU DISCO MIX)

B&S Concept

6. GET UP SUNSHINE (DJ SPEN REMIX)

Papfay, DJ Spen

7. LOVE TRACK 24 (B&S CONCEPT REMIX)

Soul Jawa, Oscar P, B&S Concepts

8. ALWAYS (DEEP MIX)

B&S Concepts

9. SOUL II SOUL (DAVIDE FERRARIO REMIX)

Marcus Raute, Ron Boss, Davide Ferrario

10. PEACE (EXTENDED REMIX)

T. Williams, Sio

11. THE POWER (feat. ANELISA LAMOLA)

Wh0, Anelisa Lamola

12. SAVE ME

Kings of Tomorrow, Lorenzo Mancillas, Amber Leikhus

13. TONIGHT (LOUIE VEGA REMIX BROOKLYN SOLO DUB)

Musclecars, Louie Vega

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The year is 1991. I’m stationed in Skaggs Island, California…and skkkrrrrtttt…hold up, let me tell you the full story. Okay. In 1989, I left Fort Meade Md. and got orders to NSGA Skaggs Island, Ca. a US Navy site located about 30 minutes north of San Francisco, and 15 minutes west of Vallejo, California. I had made it California and I was verrryy happy. See, back in 1980, I had gone to boot camp in San Diego, and being in California during those short nine weeks left an very strong impression on my life and all since that time, I’d always wanted to get back. Just so happened, in 1989 I was able to secure orders to get back to Cali. I get the orders, and oh my God, I ended living in Marin County CA in a place called Novato. And let me tell you - I loved it. Fast forward to 1991 - It’s 1991. I’ve been selected to attend a special Navy program where I attend college full time for two years to get my degree and let say to you that life is great. It’s during this time that hip-hop is becoming something that I’m getting obsessed about.

• A Tribe Called Quest.
  • Formed in 1985; from Queens, NY; debuted in 1990 with the release of ‘People’s Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm’
  • Just selected recently as 2024 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Members: Jarobi, Phife Dawg (tragically passed away in 2016), Q Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Within four years, the group released four albums that are now considered some of the best music not only in hip-hop, but in all of American music.

FOR ME, HEARING A LOW END THEORY IN 1991 WAS A WATERSHED EVENT. EARLIER THAT YEAR I HAD JUST BEGUN A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM WHILE SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NAVY, A SPECIAL DUTY THAT ALLOWED ME TO ATTEND COLLEGE FULL TIME FOR TWO YEARS UNTIL I GOT MY ASSOCIATES DEGREE. THERE I WAS ON THE CAMPUS OF THE COLLEGE OF MARIN …AKA MARIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GOING TO SCHOOL AND LITTLE DID I KNOW WAS HOW A TRIBE CALLED QUEST….THE X CLAN…PUBLIC ENEMY…LL COOL J…NWA, POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS AND SO MANY MORE HIP-HOP ACTS WERE GOING TO AFFECT NOT ONLY THAT TIME OF MY LIFE, BUT THE REST OF MY LIFE. IN THIS SETT IM GOING TO BE PLAYING SOME OF MY FAVE HIP-HOP FROM THAT TIME OF MY LIFE. EACH SONG RINGS WITH A SPECIAL MEANING FOR ME, CAUSE THAT TOUR IN THE NAVY WAS FILLED WITH SOME INTERESTING MEMORIES….OPERATION DESERT STORM…THE LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE…THE RODNEY KING POLICE BEATING AND THEN AFTER THE ACQUITTAL, THE RIOTS…THE CHICAGO BULLS DEFEATING THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS FOR THE THEIR FIRST OF 6 NBA TITLES (NOW DONT FORGET, IM ORIGINALLY FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND MJ IS MY MAIN MAN!.....I WAS IN CALIFORNIA DURING ALL OF THESE EVENTS. SO SIT BACK, GET YOUR FAVORITE SIP, OR ROLL UP A SPLIFF…LET’S GO BACK TO NO DOUBT, PROBABLY DURING THE BEGINNING OF ONE OF THE GOLDEN AGES OF HIP-HOP WITH ME!

“Verses From The Abstract” ATCQ

“Butter” ATCQ

“Ring The Alarm (Main)”Fu-Schnikens

“Vibes and Stuff”ATCQ

“Jazz”ATCQ

“Easy Star”Poor Righteous Teachers

“Excursions”ATCQ

“Buggin Out”ATCQ

“Check the Rhime”ATCQ

“Scenario”ATCQ

“How I could just kill a Man”Cypress Hill

“The Choice is Yours”Black Sheep

“Ring Ring Ring”De La Soul

“Tonite”DJ Quik

“Looking at the Front Door”The Main Source

“Is it Good to You?”Heavy D and the Boyz ft. Tammi Lucas

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