Funk and soul set with guest Jeff Raffredo

Well, here we are. Hey, loved ones. My name is Johnny Scott Gramercy. I will be your host and selector this evening for Neighborhood Love Radio. Thank you so much for coming past. You have reached us. We have reached you. Well, here we are. Tonight, I got some music for you from Fanny Franklin, L.A.'s own Fanny Franklin. Let me see, Ronnie Hudson, some De La Soul, some T-Connection, some Mayor Hawthorne, D'Angelo, Quantic, and quite a bit more. Loved ones, this is Neighborhood Love Radio, the musical extension of neighborhood-love.com, a website devoted to street culture and music, food, fashion, art, graffiti, etc. I'm going to start you off with a song and star off of Daptone Records. Hot Shot is the name of this tune, and enjoy. Enjoy. So this is what you wanted Just a nice warm place to lay your weary bones And all that fun and fun is here to stay So this is what you wanted So this is what you wanted It's a hole in the jack It's a silly act And as a matter of fact The act is warm Ain't got no stones Just a peacock's trunk And a rooster crow You put a line in the sand Said I'm a big man Yes, I am Cross it if you can But all it took Was a little bit of tenderness A feminine caress You get up You got up And ran You're on the spot You're on the spot Hot shot Now it seems Just what you really got You're on the spot On the spot Hot shot Oh yeah Woo Just a sheep Goin' round in a wood coat Showin' teeth That you never had you Now when I do you might Let you take a bite Or something out of sight You start to quiver In your shoes Why would a teddy bear Grow like a grizzly Why would a storm Come and set the side to fire Why would a boy start Going and wasting my time When you know that I'm Not here recruiting For the choir You're on the spot You're on the spot Hot shot Now it seems Just what you really got You're on the spot On the spot Hot shot So now it's time For a new situation Hey hey I caught your bluff So show me what you got You gotta play boys What you take You gotta play boys What you take You gotta play boys What you take You gotta play boys Oh, yeah, yeah. Come on. You're on the spot. You're on the spot. Can't you see what you see? Can't you see what you really got? You're on the spot. Oh, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on. Come on. This here is a Cincinnati Grout. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Bye. Bye. Bye. Little space funk vibe. Very unique. I think you're going to dig it. Don't envy water just much at day. Don't envy but a night. Sand don't envy the rain forest soil. And an oak tree don't envy cedar trees. Why do we kill each other when we're all the same? When we're all the same. When we're all the same. When we're all the same. When we're all the same. Calabash don't envy water just and a bowl of fruit don't envy calabash. And a rain forest soil don't envy sand. So why do we kill each other when we're all the same? When we're all the same. When we're all the same. Aye aye aye aye aye aye aye. Cause we're all the same. By who ye lay that vy Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sorry, just ain't gonna work out Just ain't gonna work out, girl Indeed. Indeed. We started off that set with Son and Star off of the Daptone label. Sondra Williams and Star Lowe, they're backup singers, pretty well known as backup singers for Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, but they got their own chops, they got their own legs, right? They are both out of the South Bronx, and Hot Shot was the name of that tune. We followed that up with the Cincinnati Growl from Morrie Ayer's Ubiquity. And like I said, that was on the B-side to the 1977 Runnin' Away single out on the Polydora label. After that, we heard Georgia Ann Muldrow, kind of an Afro-funk space jam. I like that one a lot. She's got her own thing going on. That's from the 2012 release, Seeds, and Calabash was in that tune on the Some Other Ship Connect record label. Some Other Ship Connect, yeah. Connect Gang, Connect Gang. Yes, sir. And we followed that up and wrapped up the set with good old Mayor Hawthorne. Just dang good. It's gonna work out. Mayor Hawthorne's an interesting dude, man, because he was like a producer. Oh, by the way, Jeff Raffredo's here. What's up, Jeff? I made it. Better late than never. My motto. He comes sliding in. Mayor Hawthorne sort of started, he's a producer guy, and he sort of just started out as a goof, right? And just kind of mimicking some old, like, lowrider R&B songs, and I guess all his other musical friends were like, you gotta, like... Put that out. Yeah. Put it out. And the next thing you know, it's like three or four LPs later, and many, many tours at this point. Yeah. I didn't know that's how he started. So it worked out. The name of that tune is Just Ain't Gonna Work Out, but it sure did work out for him, right? Yeah. So what you're saying is he was making fun of that music. In a way. Oh. Yeah, but I mean, you know, it's a little bit cheesy from time to time. I mean, that's the fun part. Yeah. Right? Start working! Loved ones, tomorrow night I'll be, by the way, if you're listening to the live show, on Thursday night, what's today, the 24th? Uh, sure. It's the 24th-ish, whatever Thursday is. Yes. Tomorrow night, the 25th, I'll be up in Bakersfield doing a guest DJ spot on the radio station KSVG Savage Radio. You can find them online. They're pretty easy. KSVG. And so if you're in the Kern County area, check me out at 10 p.m. Pacific time. All the way up till 12, I'll be playing the kind of stuff that I play on the show here at KSVG. And you can stream them online, too. But good news up there. It's a good station. It's a good operation. And I always have a good time whenever I go up there. And I'm looking forward to it. Nice. KSVG's tomorrow night, Friday night, the 25th, at 10 p.m. to 12. That's right, yeah. We're good. Got the dates in order. If you follow, go ahead. But back to present time, right? Right. I see it. The Gregorian calendar. All right. Let me see what I got queued up here. D'Angelo with his version of Feel Like Making Love. The Roberta... I think Roberta Flack was the original on that. Hmm. Not 100% positive. A foreigner? Yeah. Foreigner? Oh, you're thinking of Bad Company. Was that Bad Company? That's a different tune. Oh, okay. Same title, different tune. In America. That's funny that you know all this crazy, obscure Latin shit, but... you don't know any, uh... this... the, uh... cl... uh... classic rock standards. Anyway, after... After that, we're gonna hear, uh, The Crusaders, featuring Miss Randy Crawford. Uh, the 12-inch version of Street Life. I'm gonna follow it up with, uh, some De La Soul. Woo! Featuring Biz Marquis. Ooh, that's gotta be good. Mm-hmm. I think you're gonna dig it. Loved ones, I think you'll dig it. This is Neighborhood Love Radio. Thank you so much for coming by. Check it out. Let me join you guys in some of that Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Walking in the dark Watching lovers do their thing Last time I feel like making love Last time I feel like making dreams Come true Oh baby When you talk to me When you're more than sweet and low When you touch me And my feelings Start to show Show Last time I feel like making love To you Last time I feel like making dreams Come true Oh Last time I feel like making love Only you is on my mind. Yeah. Last time. I feel like I'm in love with you. Last time. Last time. I feel like I'm in love with you. Last time. Last time. I feel like I'm in love with you. I feel like I'm in love with you. Last time. I feel like I'm in love with you. Oh, baby. I feel like I'm in love with you. I feel like I'm in love with you. I feel like making dreams come true. I want to make me feel like I still hang around Neither lost No found Hear the lonely sound Of music in the night Nights are always right That's all that's left for me Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah and parts to play Street life Until you play your life away You let the people see Just who you wanna be And every night you shine Just like a superstar That's how the life is played A dancing masquerade You dress to walk your talk You're who you think you are Street life You can run away from time Street life For a nickel or a dime Street life But you better not get old Street life Or you're gonna feel the cold There's always love for sale A grown-up fairy tale Prince Charming always smiled Behind a silver spoon And if you keep it young The sun is always long Your love will pay your way Believe me So go on Street life Street life Street life Oh, street life Oh Yeah! I'll play the street life Because there's no place I can go Street life It's the only life I know Street life And there's a thousand parts to play Street life Until you play your life away You let the people see Just who you wanna be And every night you shine Just like a superstar Let's have a life as plain A ten-thin masquerade You dress, you walk, you talk You're who you think you are Street life You can run away from time Street life For a nickel or a dime Street life But you better not get old Street life For you're gonna feel the cold There's always love for sale A grown-up fairy tale A grown-up fairy tale Prince Charming always smiles Behind a silver spoon And if you keep it young Your song is always sung Your love will fade away Beneath the silver moon Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Street life Mr. Andrew Crawford and the Crusaders, Street Life. Next up, De La Soul featuring Biz Markie. Famous. Stone Age is the name of this tune. Off of the balloon, Mind State. I think it's their third LP. Watch this. A mic test, one, two. Aw, man, I check a bella. What you mean, Biz Markie? What you mean, Biz Markie? I hit the ride with the mayonnaise. That's what I'm saying. What you mean, Biz Markie? What you mean, Biz Markie? Man, I got beats on my sleeve like it were a police. What you mean, Biz Markie? What you mean, Biz Markie? I was fine. I substitute a bottle. You should let me serve you with a slow, with a plug or two scoop. Mr. Miyag never did dip for the bootleggers. My legs and grin about a hug. Testamates, I'm not by the chance. I rain dance, I rain dance. But step it just a bit, I don't need another shadow. Makes, makes, it's gonna be the new man's motto. Don't increase the bull because my pulley is broken and my belly is full. It's the second I reckon on the bone and the ball making London bridges fall. So check it. I bring a point to the joints that we change and chop. But we can bring it back to the beat box. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. To the beat. I'm Consta Noose plug wonder. Plotter. Serenade her cause I gotta wreck it. When in the womb I was naked. Now I chill with latex cause of how I enter. The black wood without a splinter. Proving I have the chills what helps with moving. Acid. Saw the light cause I got glasses. So we sip the cappuccino slowly. I've been making some big money. I've been making some big money. I've been making some big money. I drive big cars. Serve the bubble like a bar. Tender when in flight like a sender. Lace, sticks, a dynamite on base. Head laced. The shit went till he's dead. Run cause the cop is gonna come. Diss my plugs down so they can kiss my grits. Hold my balls without a mitt. Grab the mouthpiece to talk the gag. Nab it. I keeps going like that rabbit. Ricker. Shay and Damon need a snicker. Satisfy the norm. Hey. I'm in the room until the glass. Night. My glasses caught me see the light. So we sip the cappuccino slowly. If life is what you see it's usually what you get. Won't take a drag without a net. No. To put the bit the bit the boom. Mara. Lay the pipe to please Carol. Lou. I don't know. If it's true. That's a bubble. You'll catch a fever from the jungle. Chocolate. Nubian girls flock to it. Sweets. Can't sample beats. Get the beatbox equipped with the dirt. Biz Mark and Dougie works fine. Makes work the will I tangle rhymes. Hawk. The light is thirsty in the dark. So we. Beatbox. Beatbox. Beatbox. Beatbox. Beatbox. It's like a sword in the river but my M wasn't thick. Super heavy like a Chevy pump. My Macy open. I had some screens in my pockets. And played it kind of hush and did the outs. Gotta check out the avenue. I peeped the Zoa on the Gimme Gimme. Plus we hit the plat. Then the amps was on sams. The villains got fat. The natives went the neighbor then to make it please. It's a hustle for a joint when you settlement cheese. But we still be on the wax because it acts like that. We still be on the moves because it moves like that. So there ain't no reason it don't stop. Because we can bring it back to the beatbox. Beatbox. Beatbox. Watch this. I don't know who was on this mic. This thing smell awful. Shhh. Start off the set with D'Angelo. Feel like making love. Get that from the best of. Not Bad Company. Not Bad Company. And the crusaders after that with street life. Featuring a render Crawford on the vocals. 12 inch version. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. of that tune. And, uh, after that, De La Soul featuring Biz Markie, Stone Age, produced by Prince Paul. And, uh, it's a little bit, a little bit hard to find that record digitally. Um, I know you can find it on vinyl. Really? Mm-hmm. Um, why? I don't know. It's set on Tommy Boy, and just like a lot of their other music, but, uh, I don't know. Ask, ask them. Limited pressings. Yeah, yeah. Um, and that concluded the set. Loved ones, this is Neighborhood Love Radio, the musical extension of neighborhood-love.com. Why don't you check out the website, neighborhood-love.com. Uh, let me see. Els just got back from England. He went on a little painting fest over there, graffiti fest. And so I'm sure there's going to be a ton of photos. And while you're there, don't be shy about checking out the, uh, shop button. Click the button that says shop, and you can check out the different Neighborhood Love t-shirts, skateboard decks, stickers, et cetera. Yes. Loved ones, uh, event coming up. It's a few weeks away, but, uh, El Valorio. That's put on by our friends over at Exodus Events. It's a, uh, multicultural sort of, uh, mixed with Day of the Dead Festival. Um, these folks at Exodus Events, man, they do it, they do it good every time, man. This is a very world-famous event, El Valorio. And they're just now getting all the bands, and the, uh, the, uh, uh, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, sponsors, et cetera, together. It's, it's going to be an event, and it's going to be a good event. That's over at the Plaza de la Raza over there in East L.A. By Lincoln Park. And, uh, the date on that event is Saturday, November 7th, at 6 p.m. This is a 21 and over event, by the way, El Valorio, a Day of the Dead. You can find out more information at, uh, ExodusEvents.org and also you can find them on Facebook, Exodus Events. Yes. Pre-sale tickets are available, by the way. Pre-sale. Yes. By the way, if you ever go to an event over there at the Plaza de la Raza, it's a beautiful place, man, but you got to Uber it or you got to take a ride share or taxi or something, man, because parking sucks over there. Yeah. Parking in this town, I tell you. I don't think it was meant for events that size like Exodus Events does it. They don't go small anymore. Well, it's pretty cheap to get around on those types of services, those Ubers. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I've actually heard that there's been a reduction in drunk driving as a result. I believe it. Yeah. That's positive. It's good for you. Yeah. Thank you, Uber and Lyft. Lyft. There's some more. There's one other one. I forget. There's a smaller one that nobody ever knows about. There's also a Paisa taxi out in the valley. Really? Yeah, sort of an underground. Nice. Like some beat up old station wagon will come pick you up, but if you call them, you got to answer back in Espanol. Otherwise, they'll hang up on you. Huh. A little underground ride sharing thing. Yeah. Anyway. T-Connection, groove city is the name of the tune you're going to hear from 1981. Some hard funk from the Bahamas. Here you go. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And you won't be dreaming. Lock it up, baby. Woo! Yeah! Lock those shoulders. Lock your arms. Now lock that neck. Just raise those fingers in the air. I swear it's getting mighty funky out there. There's a party over here. There's a party over there. Can I get it right on, cuz? Play, boys. That's cool, clean, and mean. Can I get it right on, cuz? So rock, so tough. I'm here, baby. So rock, so tough. I'm here. I'm here. California, no side party. California, no side party. In the city of LA. In the city of Bill and Watts. In the city, city of Compton. Woo! They pop lock. Pop locking in those old Cadillacs. Lincoln and Mercedes-Benz. Pop locking in Howard Johnson's Sheraton. Pop locking at the Holiday Inn. Pop locking in Hollywood. It's understood while listening to the map. Pop locking on the way every day to the preacher's ramp. So rock, so tough. I'm here, baby. So rock, so tough. I'm here. California, no side party. California, no side party. California, no side party.adımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadımadım In the city, city of Compton, woo, they're power rockin'. Dance, dance, disco style, it's all on the west coast. Livin' good and playin' hard, and cruisin' the boulevard. Leanin', leanin', and you won't be dreamin'. That's what it's all about. Woo! Sew up, sew up, out here, baby. Sew up, sew up, out here, baby. Sew up, sew up, out here, baby. Shake your B and Badım, so get up, get up. Shake your B and Badım, so get up, get up. Shake your B and Badım, so get up, get up. Shake your B and Badım, so get up, get up. Shake your B and Badım, so get up, get up. Lock it up, baby. Lock it up. That tune came out in 1982 and hasn't left yet. Anyway, this is Fanny Franklin from L.A., West Side, Soul Queen. Yes, You Do is the name of this tune. Fanny Franklin. Yes, You Do. Yes, You Do. Yes, You Do. Yes, You Do. Yes, You Do. Yes, You Do. Yes, You Do. Yes, You Do. Yes, You Do. Yes, it's you Yes, it's you Yes, it's you Yes, it's you Yes, it's you Yes, it's you Yes, it's you Yes, it's you Thank you. Thank you. Miss Franny Franklin from the west side, Santa Monica, I believe. Before that, we heard Ronnie Hudson with West Coast Pop Lock. Classic tune and started off the set with T-Connection from the Bahamas, Groove City from 1981. Loved ones, that will conclude this evening's Neighborhood Love Radio. It went by pretty fast. Time flies when you're having fun. If you're up in Bakersfield or Kern County area, I will be on the KSVG radio station tomorrow at 10pm to 12pm Pacific Time. Or 12am, sorry. And you can always catch them online at KS... You can just search them. KSVG or Savage Radio from the Kern County. I'm looking forward to that. And I'm also looking forward to next Thursday. Coming back with you, loved ones. Thank you so much for coming by. Thank you, Jeff. Hey man, thanks for having me. Thank you, William, on the board, making us sound pretty. And we will talk to you all next week. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.