Way back when I had the red and black lumberjack with the hat to match. RIP BIG.

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Chilly B from Newcleus passed away this week due to complications from a stroke at the age of 47.

Chilly B’s signature moments were his classic verse from “Jam On It”, his funky bass guitar licks from “Jam On Revenge (The Wikki Wikki Song)”, and his booming deep vocal and sizzling synthesizer solo from “Computer Age (Push The Button)”.

In recent years he was involved in independent production, including working on a new Newcleus album, and touring with Newcleus.

Jam On Productions

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Teddy performing Close the Door live in 1979.
Philly soul singer Teddy Pendergrass has passed away at the age of 59 last night at Bryn Mawr Hospital.
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Dollar Bin Jams has a couple tracks up to download and a great story

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I’ve written and rewritten this post I don’t know how many times since Monday, wanting to post this before I posted anything else.

The picture above eventually came through twitpic that night.  AM was supposed to play at his residency at Rain in the Palms in Las Vegas Friday night.  At Dusk, a club he co-owned in Atlantic City, they closed for the night in honor of his memory.  AM had only recently spun at Dusk on Tuesday the 26th and the previous Saturday.  Sadly, I never had the chance to see him play.  Last time I was close to see him was last December at the Borgata.  Stretch, Jeff and Kid Capri played in one club while AM played at Mur Mur.  The line for Mur Mur was ridiculously long at 10PM.  Meanwhile the other club wasn’t nearly as packed until later.  The only other time I saw him was nearly 3 years ago to the day.  AM was booked to play at McFaddens.  After his set he came over to the, short lived, Social Club where Cosmo Baker and Catchdubs were playing.  Needless to say, he was one of the greatest DJ’s ever.  His skills likely surpassed and definitely impressed your favorite DJ.  Lets just let the skills speak for themselves.  After the jump there are hours of live mixes to download and listen to.

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Brand new video from Slum Village entitled Actin Normal. RIP Baatin.

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Philadelphia International Records has just released this photo of Gamble and Huff signing the Jacksons in their Philadelphia office.

Left to Right: Tito Jackson, Randy Jackson, Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Jackie Jackson. Seated L-R: Joe Jackson, Leon Huff, Kenneth Gamble.

Stop by their office today and sign the giant card laid out in front of their office at Broad and Spruce. Then at 5:30, moonwalk down Broad Street in honor of the King of Pop.

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It’s March 9th. We didn’t forget.  It’s been 12 years since The Notorious BIG passed away.  Check the post we did 2 years ago for the 10 year anniversary.

Biggie is still going and lives on.

• Puffy, Mase and Biggie - Mo Money, Mo Problems (Laidback luke remix)
• Cookin Soul remixes the original samples with DJ Drama hosting on the Notorious BIG Tribute (download)
• Vibe picks 12 videos for reasons they love Big
• AllHipHop meanwhile picks 10 reasons and writes 5000 words.
• The Lox - We’ll Always Love Big Poppa

We miss you Big.

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Aaliyah would have been 30 today. We miss you baby girl!

Back and Forth
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Oh that sweet purring will be missed. So have not been into Christmas music this holiday but this song is always great to listen to.

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RIP Black Moses. Here he is live at Wattstax performing the Shaft theme. This is such a great documentary and live CD, be sure to watch it if you haven’t seen it.

What a disappointing weekend.

NPR Discusses their lasting Contribution

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