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Butcher Brown Brings ‘#KingButch’ Back To The Bay At Black Cat SF [B.Getz on L4LM]

April 8, 2022April 12, 2022 B.Getz #kingbutch, acid jazz, Andrew Randazzo, butcher brown, Corey Fonville, DJ harrison, funk, funk band, hip hop, Keith Askey, Marcus Tenney, Tennishu

Butcher Brown slid into the cozy confines of Black Cat SF for two sets on a Sunday night in early April. Two teeming audiences learned just how—and why—the RVA bullies have become such a buzzed-about band.

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DOWN BY LAW: In Memoriam – Rest In Beats, Leonardo Del Hubrio. Longtime Bassist of The Roots [Leonard ‘Hub’ Hubbard 1959-2021]

December 16, 2021December 18, 2021 B.Getz ahmir "questlove" thompson, bassist, Black Thought, hip hop, hub, Hub The Roots, Illadelph, legendary roots crew, leonard "hub" hubbard, leonard hubbard, live hip-hop, okayplayer, Questlove, RIP Hub The ROots, tarik trotter, the roots

Just wanted to take a few minutes to pay tribute to Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, of the Legendary Roots Crew, who passed away yesterday at 62 years young;

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Bring Back The Love: Lettuce Slays Sold-Out Shows in Lake Tahoe & San Francisco [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 14, 2021December 16, 2021 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, bring back the love, Eric Benny Bloom, funk, hip hop, jamband, jazz funk, jesus coomes, lake tahoe, lettuce, lettuce funk, lettuce live, lettucefunk, live lettuce, Nigel hall, Ryan Zoidis, san francisco

Surfing a wave of sold-out shows in the last month of this dizzying year, future-funk sorcerers Lettuce barreled into the the final frontier on the white-hot West Coast leg of their Bring Back the Love Tour 2021.

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PREMIERE: Listen to SEEDS? Inspired New Single “Love Will Lead the Way”

November 11, 2021November 17, 2021 B.Getz 808s, AL, bass music, EDM, electro-bass, electro-funk, electronic dance music, funk, funk jams, hip hop, Huntsville, jam, Love Will Lead the Way, new release, new single, old-school hip-hop, Seeds?, southern rap, trap, trunk funk

Alabama’s intergalactic funk-hop squad SEEDS? are back in action with an inspiring new single “Love Will Lead the Way”, released November 11th, 2021.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.049: MOVIE CLUB (psych-rock duo) / SHINEHEAD (reggae legend) / RIP Michael K. Williams

September 30, 2021 B.Getz dancehall, hip hop, Michael K. Williams, movie club, movie club the band, music podcast, musician interview, Omar LIttle, reggae, Shinehead, The Wire

A fresh look towards the future & blast from the past with this pair of insightful conversations. Welcome Venice Beach-based psych-rock duo MOVIE CLUB, and world-renowned reggae/dancehall/hip-hop/soul legend SHINEHEAD to *The Upful LIFE Podcast* Episode 049.

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Jackson Whalan Enlists Hip-Hop Icon KRS-One For Blues-Hop Anthem “From The Woods (Remix)” [B.Getz on L4LM]

April 23, 2021July 9, 2021 B.Getz Boogie Down Productions, East Coast Hip-Hop, from the woods, From the Woods Remix, hip hop, Independent hip-hop, jackson whalan, KRS-ONE, underground hip hop

On Friday, April 23, 2021, Berkshire, Massachusetts-based emcee/producer Jackson Whalan delivers the bangin’, bluesy “From the Woods (Remix)” featuring KRS-One, the hip-hop icon and co-founder of Boogie Down Productions.

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Episode 042 : JACKSON WHALAN (emcee/producer) + Welcome Back Lettuce & D’Angelo

March 8, 2021March 10, 2021 B.Getz DJ, from the woods, hip hop, independent artist, jackson whalan, rap, rap music, underground hip hop

Episode 042 welcomes JACKSON WHALAN, emcee/producer based in the Berkshire mountains of Mass. We met in NorCal about 5 years ago, and he released his latest full-length LP From the Woods in Jan 2021

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YANCEY TAUGHT ME: Examining the Life, Legacy, & Genius of J. DILLA [B.Getz on L4LM]

February 10, 2021February 7, 2024 B.Getz a tribe called quest, common, de la soul, dilla, donuts, Erykah Badu, hip hop, hip-hop producer, j dilla, jay dee, mos def, MPC, q-tip, Questlove, rap, slum village, soulquarians, the pharcyde, the roots, the soulquarians

When discussing the life and times of the late J Dilla, it’s difficult to avoid dipping into hagiography. But the producer born James Dewett Yancey was truly a king among men.

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Madlib Taps Four Tet To Unlock The Secrets Of ‘Sound Ancestors’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 29, 2021February 7, 2021 B.Getz breakbeats, electronic music, four tet, hip hop, madlib, madlib invazion, sampling, sound ancestors, stones throw

For roughly two years beginning in 2018, Four Tet quietly collected hundreds of Madlib’s beats and snippets, creative sparks of themes and ideas that Jackson had privately shared with him.

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Upful Life’s 20 Favorite Records of 2020: Quarantine Deep Dive 365 [Reviews/Playlist]

December 23, 2020January 2, 2021 B.Getz afrobeat, bass music, best albums of 2020, best records of 2020, downtempo, dub reggae, electronic music, favorite albums, favorite albums of 2020, favorite records of 2020, favorite songs of 2020, favorite spotify albums 2020, funk, hip hop, jamband, jazz, jazz funk, live album, live music, psychedelic, psychedelics, R&B, rap, soul jazz, soul-funk, trip-hop, year-end best-of

20 favorite records reviewed, 20 more album recs, plus a smattering of singles and live sh*t. A collection of works that resonated with me most, during this complex, confounding revolution around the sun.