Ay[r]e[s], there's The Rub

(FUNK'N'GROOVES)

Welcome to the first day of the second month of the tenth year of the twenty-first century as time is recorded in the Western World.

Now, I note the day, because that time of the year in Calgary is generally pretty damn cold, whether or not we happen to have a lovely chinook rolling through right now, and this mix is clearly made for some warm summer cruising. The firstborn in the clan that Meta and I sprung from put me on to this mix from DJ Ayres, who holds it down for The Rub in New York, which is also represented by such prestigious names as Cosmo Baker and DJ Eleven (the lad from New York, not the lass from Calgary).

It's a mix that's chalk-full of some funky-ass soul music, sprinkled with a dash of hip hop, and topped off with some fat breaks, ultimately ending up as the mix that I'm officially dubbing as my first feel-good soundtrack of the new decade.

Download, listen, love...

http://fullyfitted.blogspot.com/2010/01/live-at-home-pt-26-dj-ayres.html
(Inside this link, go down to where it says 'DOWNLOAD HERE,' right click and hit 'save as')


Tracklisting:

Chubby Checker - The Rub
Kool & The Gang - Ike's Mood / Loving Feeling (intro)
Charles Wright - Express Yourself
Detroit Emeralds - You're Gettting A Little Too Smart
The Trinikas - Remember Me
Pamoja - Oooh, Love
Average White Band & Ben E King - A Star In The Ghetto
Bobby Franklin's Insanity - Bring It On Down
Lord Finesse - Return of the Funky Man
Kid N Play - Gittin Funky
Sly And The Family Stone - Trip To Your Heart
Ingram - DJ's Delight
Waajeed - Funkin for Jamaica
Funky Four +1 - Do You Want To Rock
People's Choice - Do It Any Way You Wanna
Ray J - Right Place, Wrong Time
The Skatalites - Herb Man Dub
The Nite-Liters - K-Jee
Florence Miller - The Groove I'm In
Chaka Khan - Clouds
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
Sinnamon - I Need You Now
Exodus - Together Forever
Moodyman - Tribute! (To The Soul We Lost)
Hermanez - Marrakech (Martinez remix)
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes f. Sharon Paige - Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
Dazz Band / Whitfield Brothers - Let It Whip (B.Cause Prowlin' rework)