Here is a little bit more about the releases:

08.30.2010 Hanging with Roscoe 45 (b/w Jump Up, Turn Around, Popcorn!)

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Here comes the lead single from the upcoming Freestyle album 'Jimmy Ruckus and the Five Fingers of Death'. The B-side is exclusive to the 45, it will not be on the album.

Reviews
I didnt know whether to eat chicken or popcorn after hearing this, so I had both!
DJ NoMark (Phonic FM)

to me 'Jump up, Turn Around, Popcorn' is a killer one! Dope!
Markus Milz (FURTHER IN FUSION)

Explosive beats, brave saxophone, fast five fingers, very emotional and fresh... It's a pure medicine.
DJ Eric (Night Light Radioshow)

The spirit of James Brown's 67-69 funk is alive and well through Jump Up, Turnaround Popcorn. I don't think it's a surprise or coincidence the word Popcorn's in the title.
DJ Solespin

Straight outta 74! I'll drop it betwixt some Bootsy era JB's and some Isaac Hayes or Jr. Walker & the Allstars and Lalo Schifrin!
Christopher Lawyer (KDHX FM 88.1)

FUNKY as HELL!
DJ Junior (Eavesdrop Radio)

Really good breakbeat on this one.
Mr Jason (Breakthru Radio)

Worth buying just for the cover alone, seriously funky and makes me to take up kung fu again!
Grant Paterson (Edinburgh Evening News)

07.27.2010 HOT PEAS AND BUTTA VOL. 1 : THE SMOKEOUT

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Skeme Richards x Big Pimp Jones x Recordbreakin Records, filled with goodies by Elroy Jenkins..really? You need this in your life! 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!

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07.04.2010 FRESH OUT THE BOX (FREESTYLE RECORDS)

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(From the Freestyle Website) When we mentioned to Keith Foster from Philadelphia's Big Pimp Jones that we were putting together this album he responded in 24 hours with 3 mixes of one song which he wanted to submit. We chose the Modern Mix of 'Nasty' for this but maybe we'll see the other mixes on future volumes as they could all have made the cut. A Janet Jackson tune has never sounded so raw!

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09.15.2009 BAD BAD JIMMY RUCKUS S/T

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(From the Freestyle Website) Who knew a movie that never even made it to theatres could create such a buzz?

By buzz, we mean a bidding war resulting in the highest ending auction amount on ebay, ever (at the time).

By buzz, we mean a $927,000 final auction price.

By buzz, we mean a winning bidder who chose to remain anonymous (but who, if you believe the rumours is none other than Quentin Tarantino).

By buzz, we mean an ever-moving theatrical release date that continues to get delayed due to the controversial nature of the content (which again, if you believe the rumours, includes a body count in the hundreds, a seven minute sex scene, and a final scene where the bad guy's skull gets punched clean out of his head).

That's the kind of buzz we mean.

Will we ever get to see this film? Of that we can't be sure, but what we can be sure of is that you hold in your hands the soundtrack to this flick, and that it is one bad mutha.

Soundtracks like this are why we dig for records - they're what keep us going when hours, days, even months haven't borne fruit, they're the things that make the travels worth it. This is one of those records that make you do a sextuple-take because you can't believe what you just found: the soundtrack to a cult legend movie that hasn't been released for 35 years and counting.

And what a soundtrack it is! Drums all over the place, bass so thick you can spread it on toast and other instrumentation that adds up to a serious dose of fownk. And not only are the tunes good, but the arrangement of it all as well - who knew people used clips of dialogue like this on soundtracks back in the day?

Until the movie gets released, if it ever gets released, we can at least enjoy the music from the soundtrack and the bits of dialogue that give us sparse hints about the film. Because if the film is like the soundtrack, it is going to be one bad, bad experience.

Link here for the Blaxploitation Pride review

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2007 (BIG PIMP JONES IS) CLARENCE FOSTER AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 'FRY CHICKEN IN YOUR HOT PANTS'

(Out of print)

(From the Freestyle Website) Here's a good reason why working a day job pays off - Clarence Foster; a Philadelphia born IRS employee with a whole lot of funk in his trunk. Thankfully instead of continuing the theme and having song titles along the same lines, Mr Foster conjured up tributes to some of his favorite things: Frying chicken, hot pants, and basketball!

Just like it's hard to find an old school hip-hop rhyme without references to Superman, it's hard to find funk records that don't reference either Fried Chicken or Hot Pants, two of funk's finest staples. So why not combine them into one? Over on the flip we find Fosters other great passion in life with a tribute to the infamous slamdunker of the 70s: Darryl 'Chocolate Thunder' Dawkins: just as famous for his antics off the court as his backboard shattering slamdunking. Check it out!'

(From Dustygroove.com)

A silly title, but a breaking little monster -- with drums snapping all over the place like a popcorn pot that's cooking up plenty hot -- while guitar riffs back and forth in this dark little way that only makes the drums sound better! "Dunk It Down" is one of the heaviest basketball titles we've ever heard too -- with more great drums, and a bad-stepping bassline that gives the cut a nice touch of JB depth!

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2007 (BIG PIMP JONES IS) NOSTOROS PIMPAMOS 'THREE COLOR COLLAR'

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(From the Freestyle Website) From the Tex-Mex south comes the best band name ever, plus some tight solos all across the horn section. While it can't be fully verified, it seems pretty certain that this one is the brainchild of the same C. Willie that brought us the funk epic 'Korea'. Since the original versions of both songs track back to Houston Texas, it seems pretty certain they're one and the same. This record made 22 hours digging in a Texas warehouse in severe heat well worth it. Now in addition to giving the world some great chicken fried steak, Tomball Texas has something else to brag about.

Down south we stay on the flip, heading over to Mobile, Alabama for some funk that sounds decidely not southern. The reason? 'Black Daniels' aka Percy Daniels - the drummer for the group and a transplanted northerner (Dayton, Ohio). The slicker, keyboard-based sound (the combo had no guitarist) contrasts with the harder funk style rising from the southern states at the time, making this a truly unique track. The production by Skeeter Thompson brings out the hard-hitting drums of Daniels, supposedly named after drinking two bottles of Jack Daniels in 20 minutes and living to tell the tale. This track was originally the A-side of a one-sided 7' and is the only known release ever from the group.'

(From turntablelab.com)

How do you spell funky as homeless dude's p-nis? This might be the hottest Freestyle 7" yet. It took your jaded blurber by surprise, and caused the rare, subconscious head-nod that he tries to avoid at all costs. Minimal arrangements, hard drums and percussion, horn blasts, and the fonky flute? And forgettabout the b-side, it's a crazy drum track with only a hint of an organ, give the drummer some cocaine! Recommended.

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(For Dollar Major, Neighborhood Playa, from Rocknworld.com)

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I was drawn into this CD before I even heard a note.  This is a CD that has excellent packaging.  The front cover looks like one of those velvet paintings you might see in any blaxploitation film.  Luckily, the goodness doesn’t end there.

Dollar Major, Neighborhood Playa kicks off with “The Jailbreak,” which is a microcosm of the album.  It is a short, hard-hitting funky tune, driven by thumping bass lines.  There is also a healthy dose of hip-hop on this album that reminds me a bit of Pharcyde.  Perhaps the best example of hip-hop-funk fusion on this album is “We Funk It.”  On this track, Jojo Shorty lays down the rhymes to a funked-up version of, are you ready for this, the theme song from “The Transformers.”  It is wicked awesome.

I prefer the up-tempo songs, but the slow jams like “Uptown” are pretty good too.  Another good slow jam on this album is “Let Me Get Naked for You.”  I don’t think anything more needs to be said about that one.

Where I give this band a lot of credit is in their lyrics.  You have to admire a band that can reference Dikembe Mutombo, Eggo, Jedi and Yeti in a song.  Especially when that song is called “Funky Cops.”  In “Vinyl Killer” Big Pimp Jones delivers the only Bert Blyleven reference I’ve ever heard in a song.  That one scored big points with me.

This band would be great to see live, if for no other reason than to see Pooky attack the bass.  I don’t know how it looks in person, but on disc it sounds like he’s trying to break his bass in two.  And that’s a good thing. One thing about this disc is that it is not a disc to listen to discreetly on your headphones at work.  This is a CD you want blasting on the stereo with the volume and the bass cranked up. Every song on here is pretty good, although some are a step below the rest. If I have one critique about this album, it’s the length.  It’s too short.  But then maybe that’s the point.  They give you a taste and you’re hooked.  I know one thing for sure.  It worked on me.

 
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