Phat Phil Cooper's NuNorthern Soul Selections

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Phat Phil Cooper’s NuNorthern Soul Gems – End of April start of May



Irfane “Just a Little Lovin” (Newborn Records Inc.)
Jacked up jazzy broken beat vocal stormer.



Goodshine “Tribute to Horace Silver” (Easy Breesy Records)
Uptempo funk loaded jazz workout with afro tinges – Party!!!



Destiny’s Child “Bootylicious” (Swing Session)
Dope assed bass driven freestyle jazz version – nice.



Allen Hoist “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” (Soulmotion)
Check the “Back to the Roots” version – emotional shit!!!



Jazzanova “Let Your Heart Be Free” (Sonar Kollektiv)
Electronic soul – reminds me of a Larry Heard production, sweet, stunning vocal.



Kenny Dope “La Malanga” (Blue Note)
Kenny Dope beats up Bobby Hutcherson – Top!!!



Boca45 – “In the City feat. Mc Kay” (Highnoon Music)
7” of joy on this summer lazy beat groover – one for my summer sessions.



Ohmega Watts “Request” (Ubiquity)
Righteous party vibed rhymes, jazzy dope beat hip hop.



Porn Theatre Ushers “Me & Him” (Buscuit Head Records)
Quirky jerky beats and filthy fun stuff lyrics – reissue from 1999 – sleazy hip hop.



The Fort Knox Five “Blowing Up The Barrio” (Fort Knox)
Modern funk breaks number – plenty of life, plenty of soul!!!



DJ Genesis “Tribute To Betty” (Subgroundz)
Betty Wright gets re-worked for this house tempo deep vocal belter.



Willis – “Word Up” (679 Recordings)
Acoustic folky vibed version of Cameo’s classic…



Freeform 5 “Easy” (Ultimate Dilemma)
More 7” vibes, 2 tracks of beached out Balearic acoustic vibes…
 
Some nice tracks to add to ur list:

john beltran - kissed by the sun (buscemis afrosoul mix)

john beltran - your colours (yoruba soul mix)

john arnold - inside (mr. scruff remix)

Hipp-E - blacker than (jimpster remix)

Allen hoist - inner city blues (4 hero mix)

Mostly lo-fi/brokenbeat stuff there but if u havent heard em i would check em out. Btw i like the 'NuNorthern' term, not heard that before! :D
 
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