Dear Orgers, thank u so much for posting your Heros here! This is very much appreciated.

My main intention with this thread is to push your focus on some of those multi-talented, but sadly overlooked, independant artists. Their are doing a great job apart from that overpolished, commercialized output of the Majors. And often their doing this just for the record, releasing their

art for free or just a few dollars .... I am very thankfull to them, because they keep my funk alive througout the year and it reminds me of what music should be really about: HAVING FUN AND SHARING YOUR FEELINGS WITH OTHERS! Not counting money .... Sadly THE WEIRD ONE has totally lost this vibe ... But maybe one day he will come back to us Downloading-Earthlings, hopefully not

before the digital age has totally disappeared, remembering that there is sth else but Dollars.

Independent Artist of the day:

JDAVEY - MISS JACK DAVEY

Very new soulful & funky Album - get it!

MrSoulpower said:

Released in the first week of January. I have yet to hear an album that beats this one.

Charles Bradley was on Jay Leno last night, in case anyone watched.

enfantdumilieu said:

Dear Orgers, thank u so much for posting your Heros here! This is very much appreciated.

My main intention with this thread is to push your focus on some of those multi-talented, but sadly overlooked, independant artists. Their are doing a great job apart from that overpolished, commercialized output of the Majors. And often their doing this just for the record, releasing their

art for free or just a few dollars .... I am very thankfull to them, because they keep my funk alive througout the year and it reminds me of what music should be really about: HAVING FUN AND SHARING YOUR FEELINGS WITH OTHERS! Not counting money .... Sadly THE WEIRD ONE has totally lost this vibe ... But maybe one day he will come back to us Downloading-Earthlings, hopefully not

before the digital age has totally disappeared, remembering that there is sth else but Dollars.

Independent Artist of the day:

JDAVEY - MISS JACK DAVEY

Very new soulful & funky Album - get it!

No prob. THIS should be a sticky.

enfantdumilieu said:

2011 has brought some fine music output so far. - I really do wonder what your favs are?

My Top 10 Albums:

1. JAGOFF - It Took A Major Label To Hold Us Back

2. BSLADE - Diesel

3. WES STYLES - The Betamax Collection

4. CHRIS ROUSE - AROuSAL(i)TheARRIVAL

5. DEONIS - The Breaking Point

6. AMALIA - Art Slave

7. POP LEVI - Levitation Vol. 1

8. NAZZ - Gloria Euphoria

9. STEYE - Lovedrum

10. FUNKYSOULBROTHA - I Dont Know About U ...

This is a wonderful post. I've been listening to some of these albums, absolutely brilliant. Would never have heard most of these (and all other suggestions) without this post. Thank you thank you thank you!!

enfantdumilieu said:

2011 has brought some fine music output so far. - I really do wonder what your favs are?

My Top 10 Albums:

1. JAGOFF - It Took A Major Label To Hold Us Back

2. BSLADE - Diesel

3. WES STYLES - The Betamax Collection

4. CHRIS ROUSE - AROuSAL(i)TheARRIVAL

5. DEONIS - The Breaking Point

6. AMALIA - Art Slave

7. POP LEVI - Levitation Vol. 1

8. NAZZ - Gloria Euphoria

9. STEYE - Lovedrum

10. FUNKYSOULBROTHA - I Dont Know About U ...

Pardon me JAGOFF but I have to reschedule my personal TOP TEN. The winner is BSLADE / DIESEL! I listened to that album the whole weekend and it really got me. WALLFLOWER, FREAK U GOOD, PAPI FIGURE, START, I.R.S., the titel song .....There is not one weak moment on this album. This man is sooooooooo talented! Please go out and support him!

enfantdumilieu said:

Pardon me JAGOFF but I have to reschedule my personal TOP TEN. The winner is BSLADE / DIESEL! I listened to that album the whole weekend and it really got me. WALLFLOWER, FREAK U GOOD, PAPI FIGURE, START, I.R.S., the titel song .....There is not one weak moment on this album. This man is sooooooooo talented! Please go out and support him!

The vocals on IRS are outrageous.

Graycap23 said:

enfantdumilieu said:

Pardon me JAGOFF but I have to reschedule my personal TOP TEN. The winner is BSLADE / DIESEL! I listened to that album the whole weekend and it really got me. WALLFLOWER, FREAK U GOOD, PAPI FIGURE, START, I.R.S., the titel song .....There is not one weak moment on this album. This man is sooooooooo talented! Please go out and support him!

The vocals on IRS are outrageous.

Adisa said:

MrSoulpower said:

Released in the first week of January. I have yet to hear an album that beats this one.

Charles Bradley was on Jay Leno last night, in case anyone watched.

Thanks, dude! Not from Leno, but I like his performance!

Damn, a real soul record in 2011! Thanks for posting this!

Graycap23 said:

enfantdumilieu said:

Pardon me JAGOFF but I have to reschedule my personal TOP TEN. The winner is BSLADE / DIESEL! I listened to that album the whole weekend and it really got me. WALLFLOWER, FREAK U GOOD, PAPI FIGURE, START, I.R.S., the titel song .....There is not one weak moment on this album. This man is sooooooooo talented! Please go out and support him!

The vocals on IRS are outrageous.

The vocals on 17th Moon are outrageous. Tonex is a bad brotha.

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BlaqueKnight said:

Graycap23 said:

The vocals on IRS are outrageous.

Tonex is a bad brotha.

[Edited 7/25/11 11:18am]

Has been 4 a LONG time.

BlaqueKnight said:

Graycap23 said:

The vocals on IRS are outrageous.

The vocals on 17th Moon are outrageous. Tonex is a bad brotha.

[Edited 7/25/11 11:18am]

paisleypark4 said:

BlaqueKnight said:

The vocals on 17th Moon are outrageous. Tonex is a bad brotha.

[Edited 7/25/11 11:18am]

Man that track is OUT of this world

Literally.............Mork & Mindy (na-new na-new)

Dude has those layered vocals down pat.

enfantdumilieu said:

2. BSLADE - Diesel

Is this available on CD? I'm looking for it, but only see it as a MP3 download on Amazon.

PDogz said:

enfantdumilieu said:

2. BSLADE - Diesel

Is this available on CD? I'm looking for it, but only see it as a MP3 download on Amazon.

CD? No..cd quality? Yes.

Bandcamp.com

Graycap23 said:

PDogz said:

Is this available on CD? I'm looking for it, but only see it as a MP3 download on Amazon.

CD? No..cd quality? Yes.

Bandcamp.com

Thanks for the reference. But before I sign-up, is the CD quality you're speaking of Lossless files in FLAC, WAV, WMA, or APE, or some other format?

PDogz said:

Graycap23 said:

CD? No..cd quality? Yes.

Bandcamp.com

Thanks for the reference. But before I sign-up, is the CD quality you're speaking of Lossless files in FLAC, WAV, WMA, or APE, or some other format?

U choose the format.

Graycap23 said:

PDogz said:

Thanks for the reference. But before I sign-up, is the CD quality you're speaking of Lossless files in FLAC, WAV, WMA, or APE, or some other format?

U choose the format.

thanks.

Graycap23 said:

enfantdumilieu said:

Pardon me JAGOFF but I have to reschedule my personal TOP TEN. The winner is BSLADE / DIESEL! I listened to that album the whole weekend and it really got me. WALLFLOWER, FREAK U GOOD, PAPI FIGURE, START, I.R.S., the titel song .....There is not one weak moment on this album. This man is sooooooooo talented! Please go out and support him!

The vocals on IRS are outrageous.

Everytime I hear IRS & DIESEL (the titel track) I start to shiver, these vocal arrangements are

breathtaking, brilliant, outrages ... havent heard such powerfull vocals/choruses in a long time!

And I cant stop jumping to FREEK U GOOD ....

Graycap23 said:

paisleypark4 said:

Man that track is OUT of this world

Literally.............Mork & Mindy (na-new na-new)

Dude has those layered vocals down pat.

Vocally, dude is in a league of his own. This album is growing on me.

abigail05 said:

Adisa said:

Thanks, dude! Not from Leno, but I like his performance!

Damn, a real soul record in 2011! Thanks for posting this!

It's one of the latest scoops by the Daptone family, the house label behind Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. Tommy Brenneck, lead guitarist with the Dap-Kings, started his own band a few years ago, called the Menahan Street Band. He also launched his own label called Dunham Records, which is a subsidiary of Daptone. Charles Bradley was discovered by Daptone five or six years ago and cut a few sides with the Dap-Kings before starting to work with the Menahan Street Band (which consists of many members of the Dap-Kings.) The album was recorded at Tommy's home studio in Brooklyn.

Last week, Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones played the Hollywood Bowl with Stevie Wonder .. Both Sharon and Charles are high in demand these days and are bringing real Soul music back .. not like the 99% fake BS that's out there these days ..

paisleypark4 said:

MrSoulpower said:

Released in the first week of January. I have yet to hear an album that beats this one.

Charles Bradley was on Jay Leno last night, in case anyone watched.

U got me to buy that single he had off of itunes..I have yet to hear the album though..that song is AWESOME

I'm sure you like the rest of the album, too ..

enfantdumilieu said:

Graycap23 said:

The vocals on IRS are outrageous.

Everytime I hear IRS & DIESEL (the titel track) I start to shiver, these vocal arrangements are

breathtaking, brilliant, outrages ... havent heard such powerfull vocals/choruses in a long time!

And I cant stop jumping to FREEK U GOOD ....

I agree. FREEK U GOOD is hot as hell! This is what he should've been doing all the time. He was too raw and wild for gospel heads anyway lol

enfantdumilieu said:

2011 has brought some fine music output so far. - I really do wonder what your favs are?

My Top 10 Albums:

1. JAGOFF - It Took A Major Label To Hold Us Back

2. BSLADE - Diesel

3. WES STYLES - The Betamax Collection

4. CHRIS ROUSE - AROuSAL(i)TheARRIVAL

5. DEONIS - The Breaking Point

6. AMALIA - Art Slave

7. POP LEVI - Levitation Vol. 1

8. NAZZ - Gloria Euphoria

9. STEYE - Lovedrum

10. FUNKYSOULBROTHA - I Dont Know About U ...

Just downloaded this...will be listening soon

enfantdumilieu said:

2011 has brought some fine music output so far. - I really do wonder what your favs are?

My Top 10 Albums:

1. JAGOFF - It Took A Major Label To Hold Us Back

2. BSLADE - Diesel

3. WES STYLES - The Betamax Collection

4. CHRIS ROUSE - AROuSAL(i)TheARRIVAL

5. DEONIS - The Breaking Point

6. AMALIA - Art Slave

7. POP LEVI - Levitation Vol. 1

8. NAZZ - Gloria Euphoria

9. STEYE - Lovedrum

10. FUNKYSOULBROTHA - I Dont Know About U ...

I don´t even know ONE of those groups you mentioned above.

Feeling kind of old and out of touch.

Thank you!

KoolEaze said:

enfantdumilieu said:

2011 has brought some fine music output so far. - I really do wonder what your favs are?

My Top 10 Albums:

1. JAGOFF - It Took A Major Label To Hold Us Back

2. BSLADE - Diesel

3. WES STYLES - The Betamax Collection

4. CHRIS ROUSE - AROuSAL(i)TheARRIVAL

5. DEONIS - The Breaking Point

6. AMALIA - Art Slave

7. POP LEVI - Levitation Vol. 1

8. NAZZ - Gloria Euphoria

9. STEYE - Lovedrum

10. FUNKYSOULBROTHA - I Dont Know About U ...

I don´t even know ONE of those groups you mentioned above.

Feeling kind of old and out of touch.

Thank you!

Plus, I'm no fan of iTunes (...nor of YouTube for the purpose of listening to music).

KoolEaze said:

enfantdumilieu said:

I don´t even know ONE of those groups you mentioned above.

Feeling kind of old and out of touch.

Thank you!

Alot of us do not..this is about underground artists that dont have any type of radio play. Im still figuring these out too!

KoolEaze said:

enfantdumilieu said:

2011 has brought some fine music output so far. - I really do wonder what your favs are?

My Top 10 Albums:

1. JAGOFF - It Took A Major Label To Hold Us Back

2. BSLADE - Diesel

3. WES STYLES - The Betamax Collection

4. CHRIS ROUSE - AROuSAL(i)TheARRIVAL

5. DEONIS - The Breaking Point

6. AMALIA - Art Slave

7. POP LEVI - Levitation Vol. 1

8. NAZZ - Gloria Euphoria

9. STEYE - Lovedrum

10. FUNKYSOULBROTHA - I Dont Know About U ...

I don´t even know ONE of those groups you mentioned above.

Feeling kind of old and out of touch.

Thank you!

In THIS case, you got to upgrade.

Graycap23 said:

PDogz said:

Is this available on CD? I'm looking for it, but only see it as a MP3 download on Amazon.

CD? No..cd quality? Yes.

Bandcamp.com

Physical CD release is forthcoming... possibly vinyl as well, along with a "deluxe" uncensored version dropping August 16th with bonus tracks.

I'm digging Deonis. Nice little, um, "tribute" to WDC he has there, too.

fuzion said:

Graycap23 said:

CD? No..cd quality? Yes.

Bandcamp.com

Physical CD release is forthcoming... possibly vinyl as well, along with a "deluxe" uncensored version dropping August 16th with bonus tracks.

THAT's news I can use. Most download only music (IMO) is usually of lousy quality.