A few months ago, Editor-In-Chief Andre Torres got a chance to sit with the John King of Chung King Studios for FRANK151′s Leaders issue. John spoke at length about his history, hip-hop, and the future of music while dropping more than a few nuggets along the way.
How this record got into my grandmother’s collection, I will never know.
This brassy squawk would be the voice of Zapp, a 1980s slap-funk outfit from Hamilton, Ohio, plopped conveniently between the R&B hubs of Dayton and Cincinnati.
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Five years ago when Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk went into the studio to begin recording a new album, it wasn’t a traditional move for the duo.
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Shuggie Otis doesn’t care. And I don’t mean “doesn’t care” as in a lack of regard, because Shuggie is one of the most devoted and sincere artists I have ever encountered.
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Mention the word “boogie” around Leroy Burgess and you’re bound to get a response of theatric proportions…
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Meeting Tom Moulton is a bit like meeting Henry Ford. Whether you know it or not, if you’ve driven a car, you owe something to Ford. And if you’ve danced in a club, you owe something to Tom Moulton.
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