Tuesday tune of the day!

Brother D with Collective Effort-"How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?"

"Risin' up we can't take no more!"

Been digging this for many years, originally i heard my Sir Henry's Sweat buddy Shane Johnson dropping it at parties. I picked it up soon after in the Vinyl Exchange in Manchester on 12". Over the years i've rarely heard DJ's playing it but it's been a tune that i dust off every often for special occassions. Socially conscious hip-hop from 1980 in an era where many were content just to party,the lyrics are deep, while the delivery, particularly from the female MC's , has got a certain charm that many records lack these days. The sampled groove, another DJ staple of mine, Cherly Lynne's "Got To Be Real", adds to the party vibe in a record that spearheaded many of the great hip-hop tunes of the 80's, conscious and thought-provoking music that you could dance to aswell! Kick back and enjoy, or damn it, just rise up and dance.

Big up's to victornewman06 fro uploading on youtube!