Ellen Mcilwaine - god she was great. First heard her “Higher Ground” cover on the David Holmes Essential Mix in the 90s - but the track that always moves me is this one:
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50! Too young
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Ah that’s sad, I like a bit of Quannum/solesides/blackalicious. Time to have a bit of a dig back through the catalogue.
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Gift of Gab was an incredible rapper, playing the Might Underdogs record right now that he recorded with Lateef. RIP.
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Jon Hassell passed away. Someone that did the right things.
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Rodney Bakerr, creator of maybe the best acid track ever
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Biz markie 
anyone has this cd ?
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RIP.
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And he was Owner of the best Ghetto Blaster collection
What a legend. RIP Biz.
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Gutted, R.I.P. to the Diabolical one, Nobody Beats The Biz
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Ahh. RIP Biz.
what’s gonna happen to his collection ?
Man he was the owner of the best EVERYTHING collection. Lunch boxes, sneakers, voltrons, 12”s and any time someone would try and call bullshit on something he said he had it would turn out to be true.
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I was looking for the article on his ghetto blaster collection can’t find it anywhere. Hopefully someone will post it somewhere… RIP BM
I offer this in the meantime
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Some hilarious Biz stories on this old Soul Strut thread
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