Ok y’all, here’s part two of our barn burning convo with soul singer Lee Fields and his talented arranger/composer Leon Michels.
“I’m in the idle mode but my energy’s kinetic
So smooth and debonair, especially for the ear
Gotta keep my thing in gear cuz it’s evident and clear“
And with those lyrics uttered by the Abstract Poetic we continue with another in our series of introducing to you some of the finest vinyl upstarts, rap scallywags and scratch ruffians ever to bumrush tha show. This motley bunch makes up the ShoMerde posse.
This time around its the G from the west who keeps the platters blessed with that out of control sweet soul: EMDEE making the music with his mind. My man’s on the come up, so check his production work here, or look for his beats on up-coming releases T-dot MC Black as well as a live instrumental collab with the bearded wonder, Danny J, and some next solo ish…
SM: Define ’sweet soul (give 5 example’s).
EmDee: The crystalline like resonance left over in the soul after listening to a sugarbeat!
1. L.J.Reynolds and Chocolate Syrup
2. The 5 stairsteps and cubie
3. Curtis Mayfield
4 the persuaders
5. Mz Tanika Chawls
SM: You’re something of an Egyptologist tell me what you think of the connection between…the cat mummies and the soul serenade?
EmDee: Quite a rare and fascinating connection! The soulful mewh…Breathtaking!
SM: Tell me about the one that got away...
EmDizzle: What do you mean?…you saw one of em get out!…No ones escaped yet!
SM: why is it that they call u ‘can’t stop wont stop’ behind
yr back?
EmDee: Gotta b cause I stay hungry…Slim cat with the appetite of a giant
SM: Your top 3 conspiracy theories…
EmDee:
1. Washington, the FDA and Aspartame
2. If UFOs don’t exist then why do I see them?
3. Free Mumia!!!
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Part Two:
Standard Podcast [34:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Standard Podcast [33:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIf you grew up in the seventies or early eighties it is entirely probable that you were conceived to some part of their collective discographies. And if you grew up in the nineties then you heard their voices in everything from country to hip hop. ShoMerde salutes two masters of the soul music idiom:
Theodore Pendergras (1951-2010)
Once a month my man Blaz has got that sweet soul potion brewing… his lab, Watusi, a newish Bar and Resto on the hip(ster) strip of downtown Toronto… He’s had a regular who’s who of the ShoMerde.com posse, and now it’s my turn to turn it out… So, join us this Wednesday (110 Ossington Ave.) at 10pm as Blaz and I flip the script on the boom bip with some tales of hard knock love done up the O.G. way (no Auto-Tune here); for those that need that empircal nonsense, deal with the Vancouvers - Fading Away (featuring the one and only Tommy Chong on back-up vocals)…
