Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Release: 1957
Label: Capitol Records
Genre: cool jazz, jazz

TRACKLIST
01 Move
02 Jeru
03 Moon Dreams
04 Venus De Milo
05 Budo
06 Deception
07 Godchild
08 Boplicity
09 Rocker
10 Israel
11 Rouge
12 Darn That Dream

*side note: miles davis is Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s. He played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jazz records(no pun intended. this is one of davis' widely recognized works..in my opinion i think its definately one of the best.chk it out...

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V.A - Saudade# Compiled by Pandiero

Saudade#
Release: 2007
Label: Signal Records
Genre: jazzy hip hop

TRACKLIST

01 Radiant / Nomak
02 Can't Live Without / Melodee
03 We Will All B Free / Dela
04 Notice / Smith
05 Nelly / Feet
06 Heaven's Shore / Shin-Ski Of Martiangang
07 When Sunny Gets Blue / Jason Skills For Sound Providers
08 Club Scene / Kero One
09 Heads Up / La Melodia
10 Sun Fran To Tokyo / King Most
11 Psychological Counterpoint / Nujabes

a great fusion of hip hop and jazz. this album can be a true definition of what jazz rap/ jazzy hip hop means..

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La Melodia - Vibing High

La Melodia - Vibing High
Release: 2006
Label: Handcuts Records
Genre: hip hop

TRACKLIST
01 Time Feat.Chance
02 Keep It On
03 Worldwide Connect Feat.Roc C
04 Choice U Make Feat.Gia Mellish
05 Unity
06 Dough
07 Sugar For Me
08 A Part Of Me
09 Vibing High
10 Desire
11 Fell In Love
12 My Word...Get Ready For This
13 South, The
14 Share
15 Outro
16 Keep It On-Fat Jon Remix-
17 Desire -Braille Remix-

*side note - la melodia is a duo made up of Melodee and I.N.T. , you may recgonize Melodee from some albums like Nomaks Calm, and some others. lol just had to get that out...

with that said

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James Brown - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits

James Brown - 20 All Time Greatest Hits
Release: 1991
Label: Polydor
Genre: Funk, Soul, R&B

TRACKLIST
01 I Got You (I Feel Good)
02 Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1
03 I Got the Feelin'
04 Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1
05 Give It up or Turnit a Loose
06 Make It Funky, Pt. 1
07 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
08 Think
09 It's a Man's Man's Man's World
10 Try Me
11 Night Train
12 Cold Sweat, Pt. 1
13 Get on the Good Foot
14 Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
15 The Payback
16 Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud), Pt. 1
17 Super Bad, Pts. 1-2
18 Hot Pants, Pt. 1
19 Get up Offa That Thing
20 Please, Please, Please

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V.A - Lost and Found

V.A - Lost and Found
Release: 2006
Label: N/A
Genre: hip hop, jazz hop

TRACKLIST
01 Artifacts - It's Getting Hot (K-DEF REMIX)
02 Constant Deviants - Can't Stop
03 Cound Bass D - 7 Years
04 Ak Skillz - East ta West
05 Aboriginal - Keep it Hot
06 Da Grass Roots - Drama
07 I.N.I. - Grownman Spot
08 Grooveman Spot A.K.A. DJ Kou-G - One World Is...
09 Rob O Ft. Pete Rock - So Many Rappers
10 Erule - Listen Up
11 Dred Scott - Check the Vibe
12 Zion I - Flow (Remix)
13 K-Otix - Fallin Behind II
14 Major Stress - More and More
15 Shadez of Brooklyn - Change
16 Sound Providers - The Fiend
17 Group Home -East NY Theory
18 Diamond - Hiatus (Remix)

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Pat D & Lady Paradox - Kind of Peace

Pat D & Lady Paradox - Kind Of Peace
Release: 2007
Label: A Bride Too Far Recordings
Genre: hip hop, jazz hop

TRACKLIST
01 intro
02 perspectives
03 step off -feat.lauren jade
04 dreams
05 tick of time -feat.sam sure
06 train stations & playstations
07 saw you last week -feat.lauren jade
08 nightmares
09 when the weather fades
10 hip hop quotables -feat.logan
11 escapism -feat.karizma & selone
12 train of thought
13 summertime
14 outro

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Substantial - Sacrifice

Substantial - Sacrifice
Release : 2007
Label : QN5 Records

Genre : hip hop

TRACKLIST

01 Sacrifice (Intro)
02 Let It Go
03 That Damn Good

04 Chain Reaction
05 Resurrection Of The House Party
06 U Can Get It
07 My Favorite Things (feat. Steph)
08 4DozDatDonKno
09 It's You (I Think)

10 Spaticus
11 A.P.G. Boy
12 Q.T. (Quality Time)

13 Wake Up Call
14 Labor Pains
15 Sign Language (feat. Extended Famm)
16 Hood Hope (feat. Steph / RnB)

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