Stone Monkey

the long-running, internationally-known, number one blog for FUNK, SOUL, HIP-HOP, REGGAE and BREAKS

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@TheAllergiesUK Maybe - will have to pay to get the nav bar updated. Quite enjoying only having to re-post on Facebook and occasionally on Insta!

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What's the difference between X under Elon Musk and the Ministry of Truth in Orwell's '1984'? One helps spread disinformation and misinformation to facilitate authoritarian political ideology and the other one is the Ministry of Truth. Ba-dum, tsss!

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Also before the Twenty Year Anniversary release of DOOM's 'MM..Food' - how about a Madlib remix of 'One Beer'...?
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One last bit of 45 mash-up business before the year's end from the Battle Weapons label with the ' Let Me Clear My Funk' b/w 'Can I Have It Like Wack' vinyl 7" - out 29 November...
https://t.co/QLPP5mgrAg

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Get your sixties-style R&B, soul and funk right here on the second LP from Koko-Jean & The Tonics, 'Love Child' - out now on Buenritmo...
https://t.co/9aGo9U5v2Y

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The twentieth anniversary of DOOM's MM..FOOD drops 15 of November. Before that - a number of things - including this quality brand new animated video for 'Vomitspit' directed by YungSaber. How many Easter Eggs can you spot?...
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Ok - who wants some reggae breakbeat 45 action from
Echo Chamber Recordings? Enter Cheeba's Reggae Sound Boys with 'Scratch You Waa!' b/w 'Hotta Fire'? Thought so. Pre-order now, drops 15 Nov...
https://t.co/SFj4bXCwXq

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Hot new Kelly Finnigan 45 coming at start of December featuring stomping 'A Lover Was Born' LP track 'Get A Hold Of Yourself' on the A-side and unrelased slowie 'It Hurts So Much' on the flip...
https://t.co/CT8rPZqm3m

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Aim's classic debut LP, 'Cold Water Music' - re-mastered and re-released for Xmas 2024 on ice-blue double vinyl? Pre-order now on ATIC Records...
https://t.co/BeYBwn0dQP

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Fold stick it to the man again on the eve of the US presidential elections with their latest release - ltd. CD EP 'We Do Not Forget' - accompanied by a 28-page hand-illustrated 'zine...
https://t.co/vWnvMz5I6B

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LA retro reggae supergroup Night Owls do it again - 'Got That Will' feat. Gina Murrell & Ranking Joe - out 1 November on 45 on F-spot Records...
https://t.co/cKcgOaNAeb

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Halloween video and free download thrills on Rhythm Scholar's 'Six Minutes Of Terror' breakbeat megamix. Classic horror movie samples over classic drum breaks - read all about it and cop it here...
https://t.co/UmWZ2tqdPD

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Out today - the latest in the Golden Rules label's ongoing series of vinyl LPs compiling the best of the contemporary funk and soul scene - The Originals 4...
https://t.co/GcKFUHkIqE

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On your feet, it's the new Allergies 45 - 'Knock Me Off My Feet.' Funky-funky-breaks yawl!..
https://t.co/EvqBOZjYGO

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Been out a while but well worth your time - Smoke & Mirrors Sound System's cover LP of Big Audio Dynamite's second LP 'No. 10 Upping Street,' now retitled 'No. 10 Dubbing Street'...
https://t.co/3BKZKpI6td

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Tramp Records should win an award for their curation of rare vintage music of black origin - here's another top compilation in the form of 'Movements 12' - out now...
https://t.co/xjWWrREfOK

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Retro crime funk and a smoky Soho club-style Hammond-led funk groover on either side of the hot new 45 from The ATA Library Archive feat. The Sorcerers. It won't hang around! Out now on ATA Records...
https://t.co/xokZJxrSeh

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From the old to the new school, B-boys and girls get ready for the new Niceguys single 'Confident' featuring Louis Logic and Greg Blackman - out now on Bomb Strikes...
https://t.co/SUQ84iRDNG

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Soul Flip Edits finally returns on 25 October with a new 45 featuring edits of...Sam & Dave's 'Soul Man' and The O'Jays' 'Now That We Found Love.' What are you gonna do?..
https://t.co/L9Qe6ldm72

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The Beat Broker sorts you out for heavyweight Latin bombs and psych-funk on the new 45 on Echo Chamber Recordings, out 12 October...
https://t.co/OhtXbydXSm