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Wax Poetics Brooklyn ticket giveaway: Numero Group Eccentric Soul Revue | First correct answer wins, so get yours to contest@waxpoetics.com now... Syl Johnson is a popular sampling choice for the Wu-Tang Clan. What track off their debut LP, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), samples the 1967 Twilight release "Different Strokes"?

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I'm sorry to say, we have some bad news and some good news. The BAD news is that Thursday night’s Eccentric Soul Review show at Manhattan's Grand Ballroom has been CANCELLED. The GOOD news is that tickets ...
Eric Goodman
Eric Goodman
This one is very easy. It was "Shame on a Nigga".
5 hours ago
Glen
Glen
Very correct!!!!! "Shame on a N***a"
38 minutes ago
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Wax Poetics Sheet Music Collectibles!

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“As well as digging for records,” says Nostalgia 77’s Ben Lamdin inIssue 15,”I realized you can dig for scores.” As fellow obsessive collectors, we eventually made our way to sheet music as well. ...
Kris
Kris
I've always liked sheet music, and I do have some cool ones myself. However, those pictured may be even sweeter.
3 hours ago
João Silva Gomes
João Silva Gomes
the 1st one's the best! Donny Hathaway and Quincy! I wonder if that's a piano version or full arrangement! Coool!
2 hours ago
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Wax Poetics Forty years of funky television

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Towards the end of 1968, almost all of the pieces for a new television show aimed at inner-city kids were in place. A group of activists committed to using television to help educate disadvantaged children formed the Children’s Television Workshop. ...
Biff O'Reilly
Biff O'Reilly
haha i forgot about this album... gotta pull this one out to play out tomorrow in honor of such a dope program...
9 hours ago
Andrew Mason
Andrew Mason
Great article - and of course you can only scratch the surface of Sesame Street's musical dopeness. Like the man said, "Susan Sings," the ill interludes on "The Count's Countdown," ('que pasa, and vhat's happening??') "Ernie Plays the Drums," ('I can make a beat!') Grover's blues and on and on...
7 hours ago
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Wax Poetics 11/12 | London | Citinite x LuckyMe

Experience the outer reaches of future shock
Location:The Lightbox
Time:10:00PM Thursday, November 12th
Rob Fracisco
Rob Fracisco
what a lineup!
Yesterday at 3:08pm
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Wax Poetics 11/11 | NYC | Soul Sanctuary

feat. Amir, Ge-ology, and Waajeed
Location:Von Keller
Time:10:00PM Wednesday, November 11th
Mariko Osanai Roberts
Mariko Osanai Roberts
Mariko Osanai Roberts likes this!

i have to see schedules...but sounds GOOD to ME!
Yesterday at 1:48pm
Phil
Phil
Madam, you have excellent taste in music!
11 hours ago
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Wax Poetics Impressions Break Up!

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Rumors are abound that Impressions leader Curtis Mayfield will leave Gooden and Cash to pursue a solo career and focus on his Curtom label. Mayfield is supposed to replace himself with another lead vocalist and keep the Impressions going on Curtom Records. ...
Earl R Watts
Earl R Watts
I loved them either way. In my opinion, Curtis Mayfield was a genius. His lyrics could speak volumes, yet he kept it as simplistic as possible.
November 6 at 8:14am
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Wax Poetics FREE TRACK | "This is an Introduction (Instrumental)" - Y Society

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Album: This is an Introduction (Instrumental), Artist: Y Society, Label: Tres Records, Price: $0.00
Bryan Gaines
Bryan Gaines
That track is nice I like it its cool
November 5 at 11:27am
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Wax Poetics The Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra live on the television

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Wax Poetics presents The Midnight Hour television programme, originally broadcast on December 23, 1974. We hear the live rendition of “Tears I Cry” by the Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra, who made the rounds on the media circuit to support the film Black Dynamite.
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Wax Poetics To win a signed copy of Wax Poetics Anthology Vol. 1 by Grand Wizard Theodore and Caz, Answer This!

Q: On August 11, 1973, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the small rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. What was the price of admission for ladies? (Clue: answer can be found on the S&C website.)

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Jon Haber
November 4 at 10:46pm
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Wax Poetics The Black Dynamite Sound Orchestra video and concert information coming soon

coming soon!
Musician:479 fans
Gabriel Baldwin
Gabriel Baldwin
I love the soundtrack!!!!!!!!! Keeping it funky like a nasty heroin junkie!!!!
November 4 at 9:42am
Dollar Bill
Dollar Bill
So thankful that things are being done proper by Wax Poetics, from the vinyl, to the parties and live shows, the love and promotion put in, is far beyond companies with bigger pockets and less to lose.

Can you hear me now Sony/Apparition??????
November 5 at 7:41am
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Wax Poetics Collect 'em all

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Wax Poetics has handcrafted four collectibleBlack Dynamite lobby cards. Two unique cards are included in both the soundtrack and the score vinyl (180-gram LPs are hand-numbered from a limited run of 2000).
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Wax Poetics Win the Black Dynamite soundtrack or score!

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Black Dynamite is Scott Sanders’ new, hilarious spoof on the Blaxploitation film genre. It’s currently playing in limited runs across the country (and reviews have been stellar) so click HERE and request to see it in your area.
David Ma
David Ma
Enter Now!!!
November 2 at 5:13pm
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Wax Poetics Peep the Eccentric Soul Revue Tour this November!

We are pleased to announce that tickets for our tour opening show at the brand new Lincoln Hall venue in Chicago go on-sale today at 1pm...
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Wax Poetics Online Exclusive: Lord Finesse Q&A by David Ma

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I ran into Lord Finesse in a dimly lit Brooklyn bar about a year ago while he was spinning records for a young crowd. As the Funky Technician played funky breaks, I attempted to set up an interview with one of the most solid MC/producers ever. ...
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Wax Poetics 10/31 | NYC | Night of the Boogie Monsters!

Location:Join us the Halloween...IF YOU DARE!
Time:10:00PM Saturday, October 31st
Eddie Quiroga
Eddie Quiroga
AAAAAHHH yeah, dats what im talkin bout /NYC/ is callin me !!!!
October 29 at 2:28pm