What we gon' do right here is go back, way back, back into time...

Ok so I'm not exactly old, but one thing I've noticed is that raving these days just aint the same. For one, as you get older, people just get younger and younger. Stating the obvious much, you might say (*side eye*) but I'm being so serious and you know its bad times when the DJ asks the crowd who was born in the 90's? The frigging 90's you know (no offence or anything to the 90's babies out there) but damn! The funky takeover has contributed massively I think to the downfall of raving and whatnot. Don't get me wrong, I can get down with a bit of Funky (well, when it used to be Funky House - stay tuned for my comprehensive breakdown of the difference lol) but not all night, come on now o_O.

The saving grace for me is that small small section usually at the end of your "typical" rave when the DJ takes it back and hits you up with some of those old school grooves. A touch of 70's, 80's and 90's Hip-Hop, R&B and NJS is always welcome in my universe and a dash of Old-School Garage (the pre-funky days flex) is the icing on the cake.

To remind y'all (although I'm sure my music lovers out there haven't forgotten) and myself of such delights, here's a selection of my favourite ishk from the "old school"...everything from Funky House (circa 2005/6) to Dancehall and a few more.

First up, a 1978 disco-soul classic from Cheryl Lynn...


Second, "New Jack Swing King" Bobby Brown's 1988 hit...


Thirdly, a 1994 collabo from 2 of the 90's heavyweight girl groups (thanks to my girl EmC for this one)...


Next, a 1994 banger from Dancehall double act Chaka Demus & Pliers. Everyone knows this one, think bogle and butterfly :-)...


Now for the "slow down" section (doesn't really happen so much these days). I wanted the actual videos but no no, embedding has been disabled on Youtube (*angry face*). Anywho, slow jam specialists R.Kelly, Keith Sweat and Ginuwine (who I got the vid for)...






And finally a couple from the Funky House and Garage (pre-grime era) genre's...

I remember this tune being one of the first house tunes to crossover and become a club banger...


...and this tune has one of the sickest and most recognisable drops about...



Well, until next time, that's all folks :-D

Ri