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The Time | Chocolate (Ae's Dub Edit) The second single from 1990’s Pandemonium, “Chocolate” by The Time, was written and produced by Jamie Starr / Prince. Released on Paisley Park, this fourth album from The Time was a featured musical accompaniment to Prince’s fourth and final film production, Graffiti Bridge. Re_Rubbed + Re_Dubbed Enjoy!

RYEBREAD | DIBS IS OVER (Change Request WNUA Steppers Delight) Dibs - The practice of holding a shoveled-out parking space after a heavy snowfall by putting chairs, laundry baskets, or other items in the street to mark the claimed space. This is a time honored tradition in The City of Chicago for over a century. A practice supported and endorsed by many politicians and a majority of residents alik...

RYEBREAD | DIBS IS OVER (Change Request WNUA Steppers Delight) Dibs - The practice of holding a shoveled-out parking space after a heavy snowfall by putting chairs, laundry baskets, or other items in the street to mark the claimed space. This is a time honored tradition in The City of Chicago for over a century. A practice supported and endorsed by many politicians and a majority of residents alik...

George Benson | Love X Love (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I reworked a top cut from a man that has never done anything musically suspect in his decades-long prolific reign as one of the treasures of Black American Music. “Love X Love” is the second single off of his 18th studio album, 1980’s Give Me The Night. Being recorded and produced during prime time the late 70s and early 80s...

Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly | Joy And Pain (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I chose an iconic song that has had a great influence on me and my artwork throughout my lifetime. Featuring a west coast-style songwriting balladry, their sound was something I immediately connected with from the very first time I heard “Joy And Pain” on the radio as a child. Often referred to as the “Black Gra...

The Cure | In Between Days (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I did one of my all-time favorite tracks from the seminal British ensemble. Written by Robert Smith—Smith solely wrote the entire full length—“In Between Days” was The Cure’s first single from their sixth album, 1985’s The Head on the Door. Inspired by Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Human League, Smith wanted to present an...

Janet Jackson | When I Think Of You (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I recreated my favorite song off of my favorite album of Ms. Jackson’s. Written by Jackson, and her newly adopted two dads: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Already having much success with their recent productions for SOS Band, and a host of the endless talent that Minneapolis was manufacturing at that time—such as Cherrel...

Prince | I Would Die 4 U (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I recreated my favorite from one of the best albums of all time. "I Would Die 4 U" is the fourth single from Prince’s sixth studio album—the second with The Revolution—Purple Rain. With over 25 million copies sold, this Diamond status record is the third best-selling soundtrack album of all time. Touching anything from this musi...

John Legend | Green Light (Change Request ReVision) For this Revision, I pull a tune that I have always loved from this artist, as it was very different sounding for him. A great production, with a nice pop-rock, Hall and Oates type up-tempo feel, but more smoothed out and soulfully synthesized, drawing orchestration inspiration from atmospheric Drum & Bass. I always liked the feel of this song bu...

Jamiroquai | You Give Me Something (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I wanted to take a stab at an artist whose work has been a great source of inspiration for many modern disco and jazz-funk enthusiasts. Formed in 1992, and fronted by singer-songwriter Jay Kay, London-based jazz-funk ensemble Jamiroquai rose to fame with their 1996 song, and most importantly video, “Virtual Insanity”....

Robert Palmer | I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I tuned up one of my favorite tunes from roller skating days. A classic Flyte Tyme production, this song was originally performed by Cherrelle in 1984, during the massive Minneapolis Production Exodus of the early 80s, written by The Minneapolis Masters, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis. Robert Palmer recorded this...

Chaka Khan | What Cha' Gonna Do For Me (Change Request ReVision) The title track of her third solo album, 1981’s What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" was written by Ned Doheny and Hamish Stuart of the Average White Band. They had recorded the song a year earlier and released it on their LP Shine, produced by David Foster, but it was Hyde Park’s Very Own that took this song to another world. Released on Warn...

Change Request | JayDee DeeeLite Written as an homage to one of my favorite creatives, JayDee DeeeLite is tribute the iconic Detroit musical enigma, Mister James Dewitt Yancey aka J Dilla aka Jay Dee. A founding member of Slum Village, J Dilla racked up nearing a thousands of credits in his career crafting beats, originals, remixes, and songs, beginning his prolific journey just out of high school...

Jill Scott | Golden (Change Request ReVision) The first single from her second studio album, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2. This album earned Jill Scott her first Grammy Award with "Cross My Mind" in 2005. This first single, “Golden”, has always stood out to me as a timeless reminder of how precious life is, the passing of time, and that it all starts and ends with self-respect. Featu...

Anita Baker | Been So Long (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I recreated one my mother’s all time favorite artists. She used to have this album on repeat when I was a child and it always stuck with me as the one song on that LP that I would always go back to. Rapture, Anita Baker’s second studio album, released in 1986, this album won her two Grammy Awards, with timeless tunes such as "...

The Weeknd | Secrets (Change Request Revision) For this ReVision, I reworked the song “Secrets” from the Canadian singer, Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, off of his third studio album, Starboy. The original features samples of “Pale Shelter” by Tears For Fears and is a cover of “Talking In Your Sleep” by The Romantics. Having been a fan of the production work from Toronto and the OVO section of sound...

Change Request | Sidewalk Feat. Gil-Scott Heron The duo of Thomas White & Pete Williams Kolodzey, better known as Natural Rhythm, have been making and releasing Midwest-influenced west coast top-shelf recordings for well over twenty years. A duo whose excellence of work is only matched by their more diligence, and friendship. I was honored they wanted to release "Sidewalk" on the Change Request Em...

Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly | Before I Let Go (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision—my third one from this same group—I chose an iconic song that has had a great influence on me and my artwork throughout my lifetime. Featuring groove-intensive rhythm and blues, combined with a west coast-style songwriting balladry, their sound was something I immediately connected with from the very first tim...

Peter Gabriel | In Your Eyes (Change Request ReVision) For this ReVision, I recreated one of my all-time favorite Peter Gabriel masterpieces. Inspired by an African tradition of ambiguity in song between romantic love and love of God, “In Your Eyes” eventually brought Peter Gabriel his first certified Gold Single in 2005, almost twenty years after its release on his fifth studio album, So, from 19...

Janet Jackson | Go Deep (Change Request ReVision) My love affair with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Minneapolis production continues. For this ReVision, I reconstructed the fourth single off of her sixth studio album from 1997, The Velvet Rope. Reaching number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, this song sees Janet approaching the familiar subject matter, in regards to her desires of club crui...

Ready For The World | Oh Sheila (Change Request ReVision) Today’s ReVision is my recreation of a song that for years I thought was produced by Prince, for its very academic Minneapolis instrumentation and production choices. Furthermore, I always thought this was written for and about Sheila E. Come to find out, none of those things are true. From Flint, MI and discovered by groundbreaking Detroit...

A Change Request ReVision Of A Post-Disco Classic.

Fanfare For Flyte Tyme | A Change Request ReVision Of A Beloved Production From My Favorite Duo | The Magicians Of Minneapolis - Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Artist: Amp Fiddler Track: 1960 What? Remix: John Mork & Andrew Emil Label: Black Riot Release Date: 11/04/17 Catalog: BR002

- Ae Dub Edit of The Queen of Post Disco -