Philly Soul - Music From The City

	Title Information
	Track Nbr	Artist	Title	Time
	01	DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Jill Scott	We Live In Philly	06.31	release date : 23/06/2003
	02	King Britt with Ivana Santilli	Superstar	05.35	catalogue number USEXCD003
	03	Jaguar Wright feat. Black Thought	I Don't Know	04.43
	04	Floetry	Fun	04.15
	05	Jazzfatnastees	Something In The Way	05.02
	06	Res	Golden Boys	03.47
	07	Lizz Fields	Say The Word	05.30
	08	Bilal	Soul Sista	05.18
	09	The Philadelphia Experiment	Grover	05.54
	10	Ursula Rucker feat M.A.D.	7	04.52
	11	Jill Scott	It's Love	05.54
	12	Musiq	Newness	03.45
	13	Quite Sane	Child Of Troubled Times	06.46
	14	Vikter Duplaix	Looking For Love	03.55
	15	DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Erro	Rock Wit U (Yoruba Soul Dub)	05.53
To tie in with the launch of the Soul series on Unisex, we have linked up with the world famous Jazz Cafe to bring together a series of gigs under the Philly Soul banner and will be proud to host some of the finest exponents of the Philly Soul movement. Taking place throughout the summer, the Philly Soul festival will feature artists including Vivian Green, Lizz Fields, Floetry, Jazzy Jeff, Vikter Duplaix with more to be confirmed....watch this space!
Ever Since Philadelphia, the label, opened it's doors on the Cameo - Parkway in the late 50's and attracted the likes of Archie Bell, Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass and the indefatigable svengali song writing duo of Gamble & Huff, Philly, or the City Of Brotherly Love as it is more commonly known, has always bee a hot bed of musical activity. Whereas in the 70's era (the heyday of MFSB) where Stevie Wonder once accredited the city as that of a place where musicians were mixing "the joy of love with the pain of appression". Things have developed, and then some...
With artists such as Jazzy Jeff having early (and large) hits in the mid 90's with his boy Will Smith, this enabled him to build his Touch Of Jazz studio in the heart of Philly (rumour has it he was offered more 'luxurious' dwellings but he turned it down in favour of keeping it real) which led to such artists as Jill Scott and Floetry (originally from South London) to hook up with a man like Jeff to see what the Midas touch could do for them. The results speak for themselves. Jill Scott is now one of the most recognised conscious thought songstresses out there and Floetry wrote the Michael Jackson ballad Butterfly!
For every featured artist on this album, there are ten stories, so suffice to say that the message is in the music and this compliation goes some way in opening up the whole Philly world for those that don't know. To include all artists from Philly is an impossible task, so we just have to pay props to those who appear on this volume. From the lush arrangements of Larry Gold to the harsh truths of Jaguar Wright (she decrees 'the sex aint good as it used to be') to the reality of Ursula Rucker's social comment and the sweet soul of Bilal and Musiq, Philly is a city with soul where brothers and sisters alike help each other out. Places like the Black Lilly have been instrumental in encouraging a generation to get up on stage, be heard and get creative. With Philly Soul, you are buying into a reality of love, soul and beautiful black music...hold tight for volume two 'coz there aint enough room for it on this one!!