Throwback Thursday: Lou Bond - I'm So In Love - Motherless Child (Live)

Lou Bond... the boss known best for his song "To the Establishment" (also amazing and heavily sampled by the likes of Mary J Blige and Outkast)... gets loose in a little medley action seamlessly bleeding Al Green's Let's Stay Together and Motherless Child blues (popularized by Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks - but covered by many and began as a "traditional negro spiritual").  Lou's scatting at the beginning is especially interesting... reminiscent of Jack Black at some moments - putting a smile on your face and yet by his wailing at the end, you all but cry.  Lou Bond should be lauded as one of the great soul artists of the 60s and 70s but is actually fairly slept on.  His conscious strumming and wailing is perhaps a political response to Bill Withers.

DROPXLIFE - AEXTHR

DROPXLIFE... XO affiliate outta Toronto who masterminded The Weeknd's - Initiation... continues to drop quality produced gems.  In the vein of his friend Illangelo (also a producer for the weeknd) and fellow Canadian producer Black Atlass, DROP's beats hit hard but with a clipping crunch that pleasantly stings the ear when the volume is cranked.  DROP first grabbed our attention with a track called rollxplae in 2011, when the Weeknd's buzz was biggest and any known affiliate was meat to sink our curious teeth into.  Drop also has one of the best twitter accounts... unlike the XO figurehead.