For those of you who made it to Old Street on Saturday, my funk, soul & hip-hop set-list from Shuffle is below. Hopefully I’ll be back there soon….
- Donny Hathaway – What’s Goin’ On? (cover of Marvin Gaye classic, sampled by Grand Puba)
- Shirley Bassey – Light My Fire (cover of Doors rock classic and sampled by 50 Cent)
- Minnie Ripperton – Les Fleurs (covered by 4hero)
- Nuyorican Soul – I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (4hero remix) (drum & bass mix of cover of Rotary Connection tune)
- Gil Scott-Heron – The Bottle (sampled by De La Soul & Jungle Brothers)
- The Blackbyrds – Rock Creek Park (sampled by Massive Attack & Eric B and Rakim)
- Rebirth – Evil Vibrations (cover of Ryeders song sampled by De La Soul)
- Average White Band – Pick Up The Pieces (sampled by Cash Money and Marvelous)
- Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (sampled by Kanye West – Touch The Sky)
- Ben Westbeech – So Good Today (hot new tune from Gilles Peterson’s label)
- Marlena Shaw – California Soul (sampled by DJ Shadow & GangStarr)
- Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic (check it out in Portishead Essential Mix by DJ Andy Smith)
- Marva Whitney – Unwind Yourself (as sampled by DJ Kool amongst others)
- James Brown – Cold Sweat (sampled by Public Enemy)
- Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (as used by Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul)
- House Of Pain – Jump Around (uses sample from Harlem Shuffle by Bob and Earl)
- Mark Ronson – Ooh Wee (also produced great cover version of Radiohead – Just)
- Public Enemy – Fight The Power (also samples Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul)
- Amerie – 1 Thing (uses sample from Oh Calcutta! by The Meters)
And the Hoxton kids seemed to like it!I’ve put as much of this set-list into an iMix as iTunes would allow, and you can see my Shuffle Set List iMix here.