Recommended Music Download - The Brand New Heavies

Thank God It’s Monday! This is a regular weekly post of music that got me through the week last week, so I’m hoping to spread the love. This week: Heavy Rhyme Experience: Vol. 1 [Explicit] by The Brand New Heavies. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just stream some samples from anywhere.fm under the playlist TGIM: 9/10/07.

The Brand New Heavies - Heavy Rhyme Experience: Vol. 1

To think I was a junior in high school when this album came out, and I just heard of The Brand New Heavies this year. Where the heck have I been?! Musically, that is. To be honest, what led me to this album was Jump N’ Move playing during the choreographed penguin dance sequence in Happy Feet (see video below). Now all I see when I hear it is a bunch of digital dancing penguins. Anyways, I little perusal of their allmusic.com page turns up they were pioneers of the London acid jazz scene in their early days. This album was their first foray into hip-hop, possibly inspired by their first American tour where Q-Tip and MC Serch jumped on stage with them during a performance in New York. Certainly would have been nice to be there for that. Feat. performances include Black Sheep and The Pharcyde. Great album with a lot of funk grooves. Who wants the funk? We want the funk…




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