Posts Tagged ‘The Pharcyde’

Word: Sony Music Attempts to Shut Down Indie Project Bizarre Tribe

Posted: June 6, 2013 in Alternative, Hip Hop, Jazz, Underground, Word
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“Industry rule #4080: record company people are shady.”  Q-Tip hipped folks to this many moons ago and we’re still witnessing the greed and misappropriation of our (hip hop) culture from huge record labels.  I’m a fan of Gummy Soul and Amerigo Gazaway.  They’ve proven themselves as innovators and risk takers.  They recently released Gazaway’s mash-up Bizarre Tribe, a conceptual meeting of A Tribe Called Quest and The Pharcyde hits.  An incredibly familiar but original idea, Bizarre Tribe is a classic hip hop head’s wet dream.  Apparently, Sony has caught wind and wants some of the pie.  Sony sent a cease and desist letter to the producers to stop distributing the free project.  WTF??  Read Gummy Soul’s informative, hell-yeah worthy retort below. (more…)

Download: Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde x Amerigo Gazaway of Gummy Soul

Posted: September 13, 2012 in Alternative, Hip Hop, Jazz, Mixtape, Soul
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It’s here!  It’s here!:  The perfect union of a few of hip hop’s greatest and proudest moments.  Gummy Soul’s Amerigo Gazaway returns with a thoughtful and innovative mashup of the jazzy goodness of A Tribe Called Quest and the eclectic lyricism of The Pharcyde with Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde.  Questlove calls the mashup, “brilliant”; Okayplayer raves, “Two great flavors that tastes great together”; NPR sends its praises, “Gummy Soul producer Amerigo Gazaway makes his ingredients sound as if they were born to be together”; Audio Gumbo rhapsodized, “Amerigo Gazaway lives up to the high expectations that the creation of Fela Soul put in place.  He does mashups very well.”  Under the cut, you can download and listen to put in your two cents.

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Hear This: Runnin’ – Bizarre Tribe x Amerigo Gazaway

Posted: August 23, 2012 in Alternative, Hear This, Hip Hop, Jazz, New Joint, Soul
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Last year, a very dope mashup of Fela Kuti and De La Soul hits, Fela Soul, was brought to us by the extremely creative mind of Amerigo Gazaway of Gummy Soul.  This year, Gazaway has harnested that same intense energy to produce a mashup of The Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest, Bizarre Tribe: A Quest to The Pharcyde.  Set to drop on the anniversary of the release of Fela Soul, September 13, there’s no doubt that something spectacular is on the horizon.  Enjoy a little sample of what’s to come.