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Ed, I don't quite think my little typo on Orange (and) Lemon (s) actually quite equates with your mis IDing one of the biggest house records of all time. :) Also, I don't understand your point with regards to Little Louie Vega. Are you saying that he wasn't known as a freestyle producer...

A few points With regards to the latin feel in some of the Detroit stuff particularly Derrick May's stuff. I think it's no deeper than the fact it just works off variations of the classic latin clave rhythm in the same way that some Kraftwerk stuff did and loads of the electro that followed did...

In terms of Diplo helping her make a name for herself. She made a name for herself when she put out Galang which was and still is an amazing record. Everything came off the back of that and the boyfriend wasn't even in the picture then. Also, she's made great records with other people - Diplo...

The only way you'll get the radio you want is by getting off your arses and doing it yourself. 1Xtra was always going to be a sort of Blue Peter nicey nicey thing. The internet's there use it.

I find the whole cult of Diplo very weird. I listen to the guy's records, mixes, remixes etc, and I just don't get it. They're really not very good. The M.I.A stuff is the only thing he's done that's any good. Am I missing something?

Hi Great thread. Bought lots of this stuff when it came out and used to play it on the radio. There's were very few people into it in london but Black Market used to stock it. My friend and I became obsessed by it and we ran a short lived latin hip hop club in the autumn of 88. I later...

That documentary was an absolute travesty. It missed out numerous important British soul artists to shoe horn in a bunch of white rock musicians instead. It was sick. The thinking no doubt being that focussing on black music without a few friendly white faces thrown in will somehow alienate...

"The Clash showing just how middle class they were and into the bargain ridiculing the working class they so wanted to be by thinking speaking in a caricature "thick prole" way equated with being "street" . Talk about making you cringe." Damon Albarn was obviously taking notes

One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't go to see Prince when he did the Parade tour in 1986. I could have bought tickets but spent my money elsewhere instead: you know how its is when you're young. Then he missed the UK with Sign of The Times and didn't come back to play until 1988 with...

I think you have to be very careful about over identifying music with the commercial context in which it comes to you, or, for which its used. I think for most people the important thing is whether they like the music. Lots of great jazz, country and blues music from the 30s, 40s and 50s only...

No one seems to have picked up on the fact that Prince - these days being something of a religious man with a message to get across - will not have looked at this purely from a business angle (even though its a very smart move). He's very happy to have a couple of million people listen to his...