Top Artists this Week (see more)

17 Feb 2008 – 24 Feb 2008

1		Rhymefest
2		Janet Jackson
3		Michael Jackson
4		Justice
5		Common
6		M.I.A.
6		wale
8		MF DOOM
9		Jaylib
9		Maxïmo Park

Last week's purchases/pickups: slow children playing and ...

The Feeling Is Mutual

The Manhattens

The fourth volume in our Eccentric Soul series examines the oil stained underside of the Motor City sound. There are no gold records, million dollar buyouts, or quaint museums at the end of the story, just a handful of four figure 45s, a box of photographs, and a condemned building. If Detroit was once an ocean of soul, the Big Mack label was certainly an island.

- The Numero Group

Last.fm recommended: Five Deez and...

Habit Pt. 1 (feat. Kay)

Butti 49

Song of the Week that wasn't from the Rhymefest Mixtape (seriously that's all I listened to it seems but this track is still, in my opinion, one of the sexiest songs of creation. Baby making music if you will):

Any Time, Any Place

Janet Jackson

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Top Artists this Week (see more)

3 Feb 2008 – 10 Feb 2008

1		Jay-Z
2		Little Dragon
3		Burial
4		wale
4		Waldeck
6		Björk
7		Diplo
7		M.I.A.
7		Death Cab for Cutie
10		J Dilla

Last week's purchases: Waldeck's Ballroom Stories, Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up, and...

Forever

Little Dragon

Straight out of Sweden come Little Dragon with their self-titled debut album. Featuring the vocal talents of Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin on percussion, Hakan Wirenstrand on keys and Frerick Kallgren on bass, these guys are definitely ones to keep an eye out for. Nagano has kicked around the Swedish nu-jazz scene for years, previously working with Koop and featured in the stunning Keep You Kimi from Nordic wunderkind Hird. Nagano and Bodin have also been touring with stable mate Jose Gonzalez of late and alongside Wirstrand all appear on his recent album In Our Nature.

- In The Mix

Last.fm recommended: Kid Sister, Guster, The Loose Salute, and...

Pioneers

Mystery Jets

Song of the Week:

Pack Up Remix (feat. Evidence & KRS One)

Lyrics Born

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The Magic Of Your Love

The Majestic Arrows

Eccentric Soul: The Bandit Label takes a look at the underside of Chicago soul through twenty tracks of blistering R&B, sweet soul, and discofied funk. Hundreds of hours were spent researching, interviewing, re-mastering, and compiling the history of Bandit and the life of Arrow Brown. Unearthed in the process were two cassette tapes worth of acappella rehearsals that we\'ve done our best to preserve in their lo-fi, in-the-red state. Numero 003 might be the deepest we\'ll ever dig. No map, no shovel, just a stack of 45\'s and a city of three million people.

- Numero Group

This space, in which I usually talk about my week, my head, my heart, my future, intentionally left blank. This week, this is my private life.

Now, on with the show.

The Show

Talib Kweli & Madlib

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