.... is out today! this is the lead single from the 'Jimmy Ruckus and the Five Fingers of Death' LP, so get your copy while you can. Click here to go to Freestyle Records' page for the single.
Oh, and if that weren't enough? The digital release of the Hot Peas n Butta single went down today as well, complete with an exclusive digital track, 'Northview Motel'. Click here to check it out.
08.20.2010 ADDING THE EXCLUSIVES PAGE SOON
Some people may not know this but we started out as a hip-hop band - almost no songs back in the day were instrumentals. When we perform live we still throw a few hip-hop cuts out there, such as this - KRO is on the Mix Tonight. We're going to launch the 'exclusives' page soon with this track and some others, and the only place to get it will be right here!
This cut was recorded as part of our session at Shelter Island Sound in Manhattan, in November 2009.
08.11.2010 UPCOMING SINGLE ON FREESTYLE RECORDS
In today's mail I got the advance copies of our new single, coming out soon on Freestyle Records. It's the lead single to our upcoming album 'Jimmy Ruckus and the Five Fingers of Death' - another dope reissue soundtrack from our past - and we're excited for the release of both the single and the album.
Side A: Hanging with Roscoe
Side B: Jump Up, Turn Around, Popcorn! (available only on single)
08.03.2010 SITE REDESIGN
A redesign and site update has been long overdue! We're changing this as we go, so keep on checking back because we'll be adding more every day and will have this funky thang up to full speed within the next few weeks
07.27.2010 HOT PEAS AND BUTTA VOL. 1 : THE SMOKEOUT
Today the Hot Peas and Butta 45 goes into stores! Skeme Richards x Big Pimp Jones x Recordbreakin Records, filled with
goodies by Elroy Jenkins..really? You need this in your life! NYC release party and special Born Day Event for Junior from
RecordBreakin' Sunday July 25 with special guest Supreme La Rock! Plus, two of the guys from Big Pimp Jones will be there as well so stop by and say hi. Free burgers, Cheap Miller High Life and Funk 45s for seven hours!
About the music: for the 45 itself there are three cuts on the 45: Candyland, The Hot Peas and Butta promo and The Smokeout.
If you've seen Big Pimp Jones live over the last 8 years then you've probably caught Candyland, it's been our show-opener
for a while but we haven't put that cut on wax until now! Also, the music for the Hot Peas and Butta promo playing in the
background will be part of the digital release - so you get even more goods digitally!
Here's a little bit about Hot Peas and Butta: Hot Peas and Butta is a gathering that takes you back into time where Saturday
morning cartoons and cereal was the most important part of the day, when 12 noon while you were out riding your bike your
older brothers and sisters were watching Soul Train doing the latest moves. A time when the newest Shaw Brothers films
played side by side in the theaters with The Mack and Godzilla flicks. Now that things are all grown up, Hot Peas and Butta
has become like the house parties that your parents used to throw where friends would gather, drink, play cards and dance
the entire night until the early morn. Simply put, Hot Peas and Butta is a "feel good" party!
What originally started out in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia by DJ's Skeme Richards and Cash Money as an all 45
party spinning rare and not so rare funk, soul, afrobeat, reggae, breaks and other funky gems to a crowd of people that
enjoy nothing more than shaking their groove thangs and getting sweaty on the floor has now turned into a traveling movement with with parties happening in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Switzerland. In 2010 Hot Peas and Butta see's a change in the DJ roster with bringing DJ Amir of the legendary digging duo, Kon & Amir and pairing him up with Mr. Fantastic himself, Skeme Richards. Both DJ's bring a certain uniqueness when spinning records from their extensive collection that keeps dancefloors packed to even the trendiest of music lovers. Music is not all that Hot Peas and Butta is made up of, the amazing visuals shown on the projectors is what makes this sure shot something special. Various footage from Skeme Richards' personal VHS collection of rare commercials, tv shows, movie trailers, 70's cartoons, and concert footage is handpicked and put together for each party to add that extra flair which brings the complete Hot Peas package together. In 2010 Amir and Skeme get set to take the show on the road internationally by delivering that funky goodness throughout Europe and all points in between. You can definitely expect to see and hear from an all star cast of 45 heavyweights in a city near you.
Record Breakin' Music is proud to release the limited edition 45 Hot Peas & Butta project. Hot Peas & Butta Band is a mix of
Skeme's dusty 45s, a collection of legendary blaxploitation flicks, a packed dancefloor and the musical stylings of a funky
band from Philly called Big Pimp Jones.
06.25.2010 RECAP OF THE PHILADELPHIA SESSIONS
We like to crank out a lot of music - we're not going to let a Hot Peas and Butta 45 and another album release on Freestyle
in the Fall keep us from making more of it! So this month we went into the studio in Philadelphia to record a session. We
came out of it with 12 tracks and some ideas for more. Producing the session was Mr. Jason from Breakthru radio (link),
known for, among other shows, the funk and soul show there. In addition, my man has skills behind the boards - when we
walked out of the studio in November after he produced a 'live in the studio' session of us for Breakthru Radio we
immediately asked "yo, want to produce a record of ours?" The rest is obscure history; he manned the sessions here and is
going to do the same for another session in November.
(Photos and a recap of the session by August 9)
02.20.2010 FRESH OUT THE BOX ON FREESTYLE RECORDS
Just got word that a cover song of ours will be on Freestyle Records' upcoming compilation 'Fresh out the Box', which is a
collection of remixes and rarities from Freestyle artists. Our cut is a break-filled funk cover of 'Nasty' by Janet Jackson
- "Nasty (girls)". If you're one of the few people to have grabbed a copy of "The Inn at World's End" which was a promo
release of ours last year then you've already heard it! If not well then Freestyle will give you that chance to hear it in
early July.
12.01.2009 SESSION ON BREAKTHRU RADIO AVAILABLE
Big Pimp Jones did a radio session a few months back for Mr. Jason (Old School Studios). It'll be released as part of a double record soon, but you can listen to it for free at the BreakThru Radio site. You can either find the Big Pimp Jones 'Live at Old School Studios' session by searching under Mr. Jason shows, or search through recent updates and scroll to November 14, 2009 when the show was posted. Then listen to the intro song, sit back and check out live-streamed funk, our first song is a few minutes in after the intro.
11.05.2009 THE NEW LINEUP
We've mentioned lineup changes in the past, and we've definitely had our fair share - including a list of drummers only
rivaled by Spinal Tap. We've even been through a few changes recently, so here was the lineup for the studio session in
Manhattan (which is our new lineup). We'll have information on the session itself in the coming weeks.
Frank Schlupp - drums
Chris Gelok - keyboards
Chris Williams aka Ruckus - bass
Keith Foster - vocals and guitar
