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Digital Underground - Same Song (video)

Free Downloads @ Shock G.com

Forget Snoop, forget about D.R.E. The real G-Funk started with Shock G & Humpty Hump! Digital Underground were riding high in early 1991, off the back of their successful debut lp "Sex Packets". Tracks like Doowutchyalike and The Humpty Dance broke new ground in 1989/90 combining a traditional P-Funk sound along with a new skool hip hop identity.

DU wanted to capitalise on this high profile, and dropped the imaginitively titled "The Is An EP Release" at the turn of the year. The lead track "Same Song" was used to promote the Chevy Chase film "Nothing But Trouble", in which Digital Underground also made a small cameo. More importantly the track was responsible for launching the career of a relatively unknown emcee at that time called Tupac. The rest as they say is history; Tupac became 2Pac later that year. He released his debut lp "2Pacalypse Now" and got the lead role in the hit flick "Juice".

Digital followed up the EP in the same year with their sophomore album "Sons Of The P". The lp was recorded with the help of George Clinton, as opposed to just sampling more of his hits. A bit of a coup at that time, it predated Ice Cube's collaboration with the godfather of P-Funk by nearly two years.

DU members Money B & DJ Fuze also launched a project of their own under the name of Raw Fusion in '91. "Live From The Styleetron" was the name of the lp and "Throw Your Hands In The Air" became yet another hit song from the DU stable.

You will also be pleased to learn that Shock G has made a nice selection of downloads available on his website. You can download live performances of Digital Underground as well as an entire album entitled "The Lost Files" for FREE!

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I Heard You Got The Fever For The Flavor?

Black Sheep - Flavour Of The Month (video)

Black Sheep - Try Counting Sheep (Caveman Funky Organ Extended Mix)

Well I'm officially back from my trip stateside, and slowly get back into the blog-groove. A quick update on this occasion, keep checking back for an every growing selection of juicy material from 1991.

We raise a glass of Samuel Adams to the early work of Black Sheep, who were one of the major breakthrough acts in 9-1.

Flavor of the month is a simple yet really effective video, we also feature Try Counting Sheep on mp3 - this was remixed by The Principle of the UK crew Caveman, and it was only released in the UK.