Soul parade
Advocate, The, Dec 20, 2005 by Kurt B. Reighley
For your buddies' macking pleasure, there's Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It? (Stax): Covering his work from Shaft to Chef, this double disc (plus DVD) compiles the finest hard-hitting Memphis soul and '70s soundtrack grooves from the man once christened "Black Moses." The soul train continues with Gilles Peterson Presents the BBC Sessions (Ether]: U.K.
radio tastemaker cherry-picks in-studio performances from leading lights of neo-soul, down-tempo and hip-hop. Philly newcomer Jazmine Sullivan should give Alicia Keyes fans pause. Keep their booties shaking with DJ Dan's Lift (Thrive): It's a consistently thrilling seat-of-the-pants two-CD set of dark, funky house and techno, programmed by this perennial people's favorite--and gay--club music groundbreaker.
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