Disco Juice, Vol. 2

Disco Juice, Vol. 2

Disco Juice, Vol. 2

Track Listings
 
1. Magic Carpet - The High Fidelity
2. Groove I'm In
3. 25 Hours
4. New York Moving - Ahzz
5. Death Rap
6. Roller Rink Funk - Shift
7. Willie Rap
8. Super-Jay Love Theme
9. I Did It Again - Jesse Henderson
10. Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us
11. Game of Life - Lavaba,
12. Dust to Dust - Cloud One

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
After the huge success of ‘Disco Juice: The Funky Disco Sound of Harlem's P & P Records' in the Spring of 2000, which won plaudits from a host of press, radio and club DJ's worldwide (including the likes of Harvey, Crispin Glover, Norman Jay, Ross Allen and Kenny Dope).

Counterpoint Records have once again enlisted infamous 12" vinyl dealer and dj Nick the Record, to dig deep into the basement of New York's most sought after disco label to unearth yet more lost masterpieces from P & P vast back catalogue. Whereas the first volume had its feet firmly set in the Disco and Jazz-Funk era, volume 2 takes a broader look at the label's diverse take on Black music, such as Florence Miller's northern soul gem,'The Groove I'm In', and Jesse Henderson's awesome modern soul rare groover, ‘I Did It Again', to the early days of Rap, when P & P was competing with Sugarhill and Enjoy for a slice of the Apple. Party joints from the likes of Willie Wood's ‘Woody's Rap' (the rap version to ‘Johnson's Jumpin' from vol.1) and Lavaba & E Mallison's message rap, ‘Game Of Life' to Margo's Kool Out Crew's ultra rare ‘Death Rap'. All bona-fide hip hop classics at block parties all over the 5 boroughs of NYC! The genius of P & P's in-house producer Patrick Adams (who has been hailed as the ‘Phil Spector of Disco') shows his midas touch once again on Cloud One's sublime jazzy 2-step track, ‘Dust To Dust' and the Margo Williams voiced ode to NYC's now defunct community police, ‘The Guardian Angel is Watching Over Us', featuring his trademark moog sounds in full effect. As with ‘volume 1', ‘Disco Juice 2' makes the point that much of this music was very much a street level thing, and was geared primarily towards a marginalised audiance of the urban ghettos. A resolutely funky sound that has lost none of it's urgency, attitude and the classic virtues of the best black music.

Disco Juice, Vol. 2,Various Artists,Counterpoint [Stu],Club/Dance,Dance,Disco,Disco Collections,Old School Rap,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop
Disco Juice, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Second volume of P&P cult classics
Disco Juice, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Counterpoint [Stu]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

DiscoDisco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
Old SchoolOld School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
Pop RapPop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000065V5E
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

  1. Magic Carpet - The High Fidelity
  2. Groove I'm In - Florence Miller
  3. 25 Hours
  4. New York Moving - Ahzz
  5. Death Rap
  6. Roller Rink Funk - Shift
  7. Willie Rap
  8. Super-Jay Love Theme
  9. I Did It Again - Jesse Henderson
  10. Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us - Margo Williams
  11. Game of Life - Lavaba,
  12. Dust to Dust - Cloud One

Album Description

After the huge success of `Disco Juice: The Funky Disco Sound of Harlem's P & P Records' in the Spring of 2000, which won plaudits from a host of press, radio and club DJ's worldwide (including the likes of Harvey, Crispin Glover, Norman Jay, Ross Allen and Kenny Dope).

Counterpoint Records have once again enlisted infamous 12" vinyl dealer and dj Nick the Record, to dig deep into the basement of New York's most sought after disco label to unearth yet more lost masterpieces from P & P vast back catalogue. Whereas the first volume had its feet firmly set in the Disco and Jazz-Funk era, volume 2 takes a broader look at the label's diverse take on Black music, such as Florence Miller's northern soul gem,'The Groove I'm In', and Jesse Henderson's awesome modern soul rare groover, `I Did It Again', to the early days of Rap, when P & P was competing with Sugarhill and Enjoy for a slice of the Apple. Party joints from the likes of Willie Wood's `Woody's Rap' (the rap version to `Johnson's Jumpin' from vol.1) and Lavaba & E Mallison's message rap, `Game Of Life' to Margo's Kool Out Crew's ultra rare `Death Rap'. All bona-fide hip hop classics at block parties all over the 5 boroughs of NYC! The genius of P & P's in-house producer Patrick Adams (who has been hailed as the `Phil Spector of Disco') shows his midas touch once again on Cloud One's sublime jazzy 2-step track, `Dust To Dust' and the Margo Williams voiced ode to NYC's now defunct community police, `The Guardian Angel is Watching Over Us', featuring his trademark moog sounds in full effect. As with `volume 1', `Disco Juice 2' makes the point that much of this music was very much a street level thing, and was geared primarily towards a marginalised audiance of the urban ghettos. A resolutely funky sound that has lost none of it's urgency, attitude and the classic virtues of the best black music.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Second volume of P&P cult classics.......2002-06-23

Wonderful stuff -- the second collection of work from the legendary P&P family of record labels -- with even a better selection of tracks than the first set! The range of styles here moves past the famous disco tunes that have always been the better known titles in the P&P catalog -- and the set includes some fantastic tunes that run from mellow soul to old school hip hop to post punk funk -- all marked with a revolutionary approach to a groove, and an experimentalism that's quite unusual for the time! Titles include "The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us" by Golden Flamingo Orchestra, "Game On" by Lavaba & E Mallison, "The Groove I'm In" by Florence Miller, "Dust To Dust" by Cloud One, "Roller Rink Funk" by Shift, "Magic Carpet" by High Fidelity, "New York Moving" by Ahzz, "Death Rap" by Margo's Kool Out Crew, "I Did It Again" by Jesse Henderson, and "Willie Rap" by Willie Wood & Willie Wood Crew.

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  4. Every Dog Has Its Day [Import]
  5. Everything But An Answer
  6. Falling Into Komëit
  7. Familiar Feeling [Enhanced] [Import] [CD-single]
  8. Fighter Pilot
  9. Flowers Made of Snow [Import]
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