Sunday, 14 August 2022

The Dirty Dozen - The Best Of 2022... Part 32 (Aug 2022 Wk 32) Spotify Playlist

SoulStrutter selections of the best releases this week 
(Aug 2022 Wk 32)
In no particular order other than tempo. 

Another scant week for depth of good quality releases, in fact there were far fewer releases in general this week.

A few extras have been included as a couple of albums deserved more than one track included i.e. Sharon Rae North "Silhouette" (one track is also featured in The Covers Dirty Dozen) and Candace Woodson "Perfect". 

So to the thorny issue of choosing this week's SoulStrutter Selection of the Week. I was tempted to go for Candace Woodson's album as there are several worthy tracks and a lot of variety on the album. However, as one of the criterion for choosing the selection is to try to highlight material that may otherwise get overlooked, and Candace Woodson's album has been heavily promoted and is receiving plenty of airplay already, I decided to go with something else. 

Those considered include: Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers Feat. Beyonce "Make Me Say It Again, Girl", Boney James Feat. Lalah Hathaway "Coastin'", Michael Dunston "So Sensitive", Mike De'cole "When We Fell" and Sharon Rae North "You Make Me Wanna".

Usually during the week when tracks are found the SSSotW chooses itself but, whilst all the selections above are good, none really stands out in particular above the rest. One that I do keep returning to though is a release that hasn't received much, if any love, the new single from Birmingham's Indigo Marshall "Summer Nights" (which is in The Neo Soul Dirty Dozen). So for a change, as neo soul doesn't often get much of a look in for SSSotW, I'm selecting that one.
2022
,Pt 10, Pt 09, Pt 08, Pt 07, Pt 06, Pt 05, Pt 04, Pt 03, Pt 02, Pt 01  

2021

Playlist:
Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers Feat. Beyonce - Make Me Say It Again, Girl [12 Aug]
Sharon Rae North - Falling in Love (again) [12 Aug]
Boney James Feat. Lalah Hathaway - Coastin' [5 Aug]
Soul Basement Feat. Lana Gordon - Trying Hard [1 Aug]
Michael Dunston - So Sensitive [15 Jul]
Sharon Rae North - You Make Me Wanna [12 Aug]
Guordan Banks - Tears Never Cried [12 Aug]
Mike De'cole - When We Fell [12 Aug]
Raja-Nee' - Take My Breath [11 Aug]
Candace Woodson - Better Days [8 Aug]
Soul Basement - Take Me Back [1 Aug]
Candace Woodson - Step To This Love Song [8 Aug]
Eddie Chacon - Holy Hell [11 Aug]
Candace Woodson - Midas Touch (Tom Moulton Mix) [8 Aug]
Jeremy Turgeon Feat. Nichelle J. Mungo & Gabe Childs - Just Feels Right
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The Neo Dirty Dozen - The Best Of 2022... Part 22 Aug 2022 Wk 32 Spotify Playlist

The SoulStrutter selection of the best Neo Soul releases
for: Aug 2022 Wk 32 in no particular order.

Playlist:
Nadine El Roubi - Honey Butter [12 Aug]
Jade Novah - Trip [12 Aug]
Indigo Marshall - Summer Nights [10 Aug]
Sham the Baddest - The Zone [5 Aug]
Ari Lennox - Hoodie [12 Aug]
Athina's Moon - Moonwashed [12 Aug]
ZxK - Get It On [5 Aug]
Ida Divine - Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) [7 Aug]
Jenevieve - Love Quotes [12 Aug]
Savannah Dumetz - Breathe [11 Aug]
Shaolinn - Free Range [12 Aug]
Akemi Fox - So Fine [12 Aug]
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The Dirty Dozen - The Best Of 2022... Covers, Reissues, Remixes & Samples Part 21 (Aug 2022 Wk 32)

SoulStrutter selections for Aug 2022 Wk 32 of the best non-original songs i.e. cover versions, remixes, reissues, previously unreleased and new songs using samples or new releases with a retro feel. (In no particular order).

It was a bit of a tall order trying to choose a full dozen this week with so few reissues until I remembered the Numero Shiptown compilation which padded the selections out to twelve by choosing five prime cuts from it.

Reissues: Raja-Ne, Shirley Nanette, Wilson Williams, The Positive Sounds x2, Barbara Stant, Dream Team x2 all from Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label

Covers: Sharon Rae North (Brenda Russell)

Samples: Garnett Boldin (Kansa City Express), Azuro (Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway)


2022
2021

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Shirley Nanette [2022] - All Of Your Life [Big Crown Records]


Big Crown Records is reissuing a 1972 album "Never Coming Back" originally released in 1972 by Portland, OR, jazz singer Shirley Nanette  on Satara. Apart from the album, the label only made one other release, a single consisting of two sides from the album.

The album is due on 16 Sep 2022, but in the meantime they've put out the track "All Of Your Life" which was reissued by Truth & Soul in 2012 with "People Are Thinking" on the B side.

I noticed from the album credits that it features Billy Larkin on organ which isn't too surprising when you also note that Hank Swarn wrote all tracks, as he was also a member of Billy Larkin & The Delegates (of Pymgy fame).

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Soul Jazz
Format: Single / Album Track
Media: Digital
Label: Big Crown Records
Cat No: None
Date: 25/07/2022
Key/BPM: 6A/105
Price: £1
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Ari Lennox [2022] - Hoodie [Dreamville/Interscope Records]


The second track to be pre-released from Ari Lennox's forthcoming album "age/sex/location" due on 9 Sep 2020 is "Hoodie" released on Friday (12 Aug 2022). "Pressure" was also released on Friday but, of course, was a single last September.

Ari should need little introduction but she is Courtney Shanade Salter from Washington D.C. and officially debuted in 2016 with an EP "Pho", although she self-released some material beforehand. Her debut, and only album prior to the one due next month, "Shea Butter Baby" was released in 2019.

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Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single / Album Track
Media: Digital
Label: Dreamville/Interscope Records
Cat No: None
Date: 12/08/2022
Key/BPM: 4A/70
Price: £1
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Tony Lindsay [2022] - True Love [Self Released]


If you cast your mind back to last October you may recall an excellent album "Soul Soldier" by ex Santana lead vocalist Tony Lindsay. One of the highlighted killer cuts' (and there were many) was "True Love". 

The album version clocked it at just over six minutes, so in order to garner radio play a radio edit single, which chops a full two minutes off the album version, registering exactly four minutes, was released on the same day as the album to help promote it.
At the same a radio edit for the funky "I Believe In You" was released which may have conflicted with each other. 

Therefore, "True Love" is now being re-promoted in the UK, so expect to hear this all over the airwaves in the forthcoming weeks.

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Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 22/10/2021 /12/08/2022
Key/BPM: 9B/52
Price: £1
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Eric Roberson Feat. Kenny Greene & Intro [2022] - All I Want (Live Daniel Crawford Remix) [VIDEO]


On his YouTube channel on Thursday, Eric Roberson posted a Live Daniel Crawford Remix video of "All I Want" which was a track released as a single with Intro back in March before the release of his "Lessons" album which also included the song.

The remix also features Kenny Greene.

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Video
Media: Digital
Label: B.L.U.E. ERRO SOUL
Cat No: None
Date: 11/08/2022
Key/BPM: N/A
Price: N/A
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