A TRIBUTE TO CURTIS

Michael's passing has all of us kinda toe up. A testament to tha King of Pop's massive musical shadow is his ability to make us remember, appreciate, and fall in love with music all over again.

I am particularly fond of paying tribute to musical greats, as you may know, and have done two Curtis Mayfield tributes at my weekly party, Pacific Standard Time. Curtis was and remains a towering figure in modern music, a man who nimbly transcends tha 50s doo wop era, tha 60s vocal soul sound and tha explosion of funk and consciousness-raising music in tha 1970s. He remained a trailblazer until his untimely passing in tha early 90s.

Here is a piece of a live Curtis Mayfield tribute set from a couple months ago. Track listing at bottom. Enjoy!

DJ Sake1, "A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield, Part One" (Live)

TRACKLISTING
Curtis Mayfield "Give Me Your Love"
Curtis Mayfield "Trippin' Out"
Curtis Mayfield, "Freddy's Dead"
The Notations,"Superpeople"
Curtis Mayfield, "Right on for the Darkness"
Leroy Hutson, "Lucky Fellow" (Sake1 Edit)
Curtis Mayfield, "So Good to Me" (Sake1 Edit)
The Impressions "We Must be in Love"
The Impressions, "We're a Winner"
Curtis Mayfield, "Doo Doo Wap is Strong in Here"
Curtis Mayfield, "Readings in Astrology" (Demo Version)
Curtis Mayfield, "Make me Believe in You"
Curtis Mayfield, "Future Shock"
Curtis Mayfield, "Little Child Runnin' Wild"
Curtis Mayfield, "Ghetto Child" (Demo)
Curtis Mayfield, "Kung Fu"
Curtis Mayfield, "Get Down"
Curtis Mayfield, "Power to the People"
Curtis Mayfield, "If There's a Hell Below (We're All Going to Go)"
Curtis Mayfield, "Beautiful Brother of Mine"
Curtis Mayfield, "Move on Up" (Sake1 Edit)

¡¡FANIA AGAIN!!

SUNDAY, JULY 12 | NEW YORK CITY


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Jazmine Sullivan On Oil

Jazmine Sullivan, "Bust Your Windows" (Sake1 Bay Refix)

COME BIEN x JOY LIU x SAKE1 COLLABO: DONALD BYRD

I was approached by tha homies at COME BIEN Books to collaborate on a piece about Donald Byrd. I'm a HUGE Donald Byrd fan, equally enamored with Byrd's longtime production team tha Mizell Brothers, and I have a soft spot for trumpet players (from my older brother to Miles Davis); additionally, I love what Come Bien does and tha idea of cross-disciplinary collabos is something I have love for...so it was a no-brainer.

For this joint, I was given tha role of writer -- not a common role for me, but one I enjoy. There were (of course) space and form limits -- but hopefully this can spark something bigger. Robert Trujillo murked tha Byrd illustration, and tha magnificent Joy Liu did tha graphic layout. This is what all education material should look like!!! Get yo learn on....

NOTE: This is laid out in book format (which it will be, at some point) and as such tha text is quite small -- simply click on each page to enlarge it as you read =)

(couple MP3s of Donald Byrd edits I made posted "after tha jump" as tha internets say)...






JOINTS =>

Donald Byrd, "Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle) (Sake1 Re-Edit) *produced by Larry & Fonce Mizell*

=> Donald Byrd & 125th Street, "Love Has Come Around" (Sake1 Leftism Edit) *produced by Isaac Hayes*

New Hi-Tek & Kweli

Earlier joint leaked out was a little blah but this joint kinda slaps:

DJ Hi-Tek & Talib Kweli, "Back Again"

WE HELLA WANNA KICK IT | WILLIE MAZE NEW THURSDAY POPOFF

If you know me, you know WILLIE MAZE he's one of my all-time favorite people, a great dude, an amazing community organizer, and a walkin' talkin' Bay Area hip-hop legend! And yet he's still hella humble. Go figure.....

Illy Willy (not to be confused with THIS dude) is one of tha more creative DJs you will ever hear, and one thing i hella appreciate is he STAYS pushin' tha music envelope and lacing new sounds into tha mix. He finally has time to get his OWN night poppin, at tha ever-bubblin' Kittys in Emeryville (where Sir William of Oaklandshire and none other than Matthew Africa can be found beating crowds into a bloody pulp on Fridays and Saturdays), and he's been so cute as to invite ME down to rock wit him tonite. So, ahem....LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HELLA WANNA KICK IT ::: EVERY THURSDAY NITE @ KITTY'S BAR IN EMERYVILLE | RESIDENT DJ WILLIE MAZE (LOCAL 1200) | GUEST DJ SAKE ONE (APR 16)

MAKE SURE TO PEEP WILLIE MAZE'S DOPE BLOG: www.nvrovr.blogspot.com

WE LOVE AND MISS YOU MARVIN....

Mourners at Marvin Gaye's funeral, April 1984
Disciple of Saint Marvin that I am, I can't let tha 70th anniversary of his birth (and 25th anniversary of his passing) drift by without a post paying homage to arguably tha greatest male vocalist of tha last 50 years. I won't bore you with my opinions here but I think his track record speaks for itself. Please continue to listen to, play, remix, and sing Marvin's music...tha world will be better for it.

Marvin Gaye, "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" (J-Star Reggae Refix)

Marvin Gaye, "Inner City Blues" (Sake1 Retweak)

Marvin Gaye, "Sparrow" (?uestlove & James Poyser Edit)

Marvin Gaye, "Want U 2" (Waajeed and Maestro Remix)