The Bongo Hop mi Olla

In 1957, the bop was a "Hot teen-age dance". Ray Conniff had been making waves with his new style of music for a couple of years. It's too bad that "DANCE TO THE BOP" didn't make it big when it was first released by COLUMBIA RECORDS, but this re-issue is better than I remember. This swingin' collection is still very danceable and it's obvious that Conniff got his inspiration from Country, Rock'n Roll and Rhythm and blues of the era. Ray's trombone is heard throughout the arrangements and he can be heard (on a couple of cuts) singing with his own playing. This effect produced a new and fascinating tonal color for the era that is still very vivid today. This CD also included Conniff "En Espanol". This album was recorded in Mexico in 1966. It's fun to hear "Days Of Wine And Roses" in Spanish. What sells this CD are the first 12 cuts. I recommend this CD highly to anyone that loved the early Conniff sound.
- By Ken Rogers-

Ministry of Sound’s gonna take 'em back! And, if you can kick it, we've got the ultimate hazy-lazy summer day soundtrack to give you that laid back, Venice Beach, car-cruising feeling with this brand new 2CD compilation of the very best Chilled Hip Hop. Get ready to feed the mind & soul with a curated, laidback selection of the Hip-Hop classics that you know and love. Featuring 40 of the biggest rhymers in rap, enjoy pure escapism as we kick it with the O.Gs of the scene Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, and Eric B & Rakim - followed up by the next generation of urban legends including Jay Z, Outkast, LL Cool J and Ludacris. And not to be missed, the current cool kids of hip hop are covered with Childish Gambino, Joey Bada$$ & The Weeknd all reppin’ a downtempo beat. So… Throw your hands in the air, if you’s a true playa… With Chilled Hip Hop, from Ministry of Sound..

Credit To The Nation - Take Dis
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 319 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: One Little Indian # 828 525-2 | Country/Year: UK 1994
Genre: Pop, RnB | Style: Rap

…Credit To The Nation, Take Dis this album is heritage. Each track flows within children's songs, the monarchy, history and is overshadowed by a relentless voice that carries the ghosts of stories. Sowing the seeds will leave your head immersed within an area seldom traversed and carries a weight invaluable for today's society. A true hip-hop album that broke the pop market. A MUST LISTEN. Why this album has ceased production is shameful… find Credit for the Nation.

Written over the course of 2016 and 2017 and recorded in the summer of the latter year by Frances Quinlan (songwriter/vocalist/rhythm guitar), Tyler Long (bass), Joe Reinhart (guitar), and Mark Quinlan (drums), Bark Your Head Off, Dog addresses disappointment, particularly in mans misuse of power, and relates accounts from the periphery – ones attempts to retreat from the lengthening shadows of tyrants, both historical and everyday. It considers what its like to cast off longheld and misguided perceptions, yet without the assurance of knowing what new ones will replace them. Much like on Hop Alongs first and second records, Get Disowned and Painted Shut, Quinlan seeks in real time to work through these issues.