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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Groove's Groove" by Richard "Groove" Holmes

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        Song Of The Day - "Groove's Groove" by Richard "Groove" Holmes Like fellow Jazz organ giants Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and Jimmy McGriff, Holmes released countless organ-drenched Soul Jazz sides during the 1960s paving the way for Acid Jazz and Hip-Hop. Here is the edited 7" version of this song which was the flip side to one of Holmes' … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – "Groove's Groove" by Richard "Groove" Holmes

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Block Rockin’ Beats” by The Chemical Brothers

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Along with Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, Groove Armada, The Propellerheads and The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers introduced the world to an influential dance oriented "Big Beat" music driven by heavy breakbeats in the early 1990s. The duo of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons called themselves "The Dust Brothers" after the influential U.S. producers of early Beastie Boy records. … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Block Rockin’ Beats” by The Chemical Brothers

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “She’s Crafty” by Beastie Boys

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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman - "She’s Crafty" by Beastie Boys From their not-so-humble beginnings as a truly awful Hard Core band who I had the privilege to see as an opening act at Big Audio Dynamite's first U.S. show at a club called “The World” in New York City in 1984...to the juvenile hardy partyers who opened for Madonna on her "Virgin" tour the following year riding … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “She’s Crafty” by Beastie Boys

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Eye Know” by De La Soul

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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Eye Know” by De La Soul With samples from Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" and Steely Dan's "Peg," De La Soul unleashed this bouillabaisse of good times onto a hip-hop public in 1989 with today’s Song Of the Day by Eric Berman. The 3 Feet High And Rising album is one of two stone-cold sample-delic masterpieces that came out … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Eye Know” by De La Soul