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Yes - Roundabout https://youtu.be/cPCLFtxpadE

 

Rubén Jordan - "Melodía de atnayeca" https://youtu.be/PM9gsodxNj8

 

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes – All Night Long https://youtu.be/FQOySANPuFQ

 

The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes https://youtu.be/3GXSHRJYxTQ

 

Eminem, featuring Dido - Stan *Seven Dirty Words Warning* https://youtu.be/HIqQ0PfuPo8

 

The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends https://youtu.be/FHsip5xOenQ

 

Britney Spears - Perfect Lover  *Seven Dirty Ideas Warning* https://youtu.be/gtZw6TtflJI

 

Angela Winbush - Angel https://youtu.be/HKhgZwL8cKk

 

Nina Simone - Live At Montreux 1976 https://youtu.be/_fn9K1UI_IA

 

ASHFORD & SIMPSON - SOLID AS A ROCK https://youtu.be/Lv-uWegEbTQ

 

Joni Mitchell - Sunny Sunday https://youtu.be/GBRppmWyWmQ

 

JIMI HENDRIX - Cry of Love https://youtu.be/Q124xL2nlVw

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Riviera Paradise (Live From Austin, TX) https://youtu.be/3c_8VUL5jks

 

Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime,...Moi Non Plus https://youtu.be/k3Fa4lOQfbA

 

Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 - Netherlands Bach Society https://youtu.be/oqU4rF_ysQo

 

Camila Cabello, ft. Young Thug - Havana https://youtu.be/BQ0mxQXmLsk

 

Blackstreet, ft. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen - No Diggity https://youtu.be/3KL9mRus19o

 

Steve Earle Live Acoustic Show: 1991 Live at McCabes https://youtu.be/0m-p2IAQj5A

 

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Jattendrai Swing 1939 https://youtu.be/ANArGmr74u4

 

St. Vincent - Year Of The Tiger https://youtu.be/b4qG06Q2zac

 

Indeep - Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life https://youtu.be/_dKlLHE6sMQ

 

Freya Ridings - Blackout https://youtu.be/fFZS630ubtE

 

Black Pumas - Colors https://youtu.be/0G383538qzQ

 

Badi Assad - Valse d'Amelie https://youtu.be/UEgmzQTqOkg

 

Nelly Furtado - I'm Like A Bird https://youtu.be/roPQ_M3yJTA

 

Heavy D & The Boyz ft. Aaron Hall - Now That We Found Love https://youtu.be/NNEgUPKxk7A

 

"Dust Buddies " by Beth Tomashek & Sam Wade https://youtu.be/mZ6eeAjgSZI

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Google Earth

Google Earth users can now see the striking effect of climate change over the past four decades.

Google's latest feature, Timelapse, is an eye opening, technical feat that provides visual evidence of how the Earth has changed due to climate change and human behavior. The tool takes the platform's static imagery and turns it into a dynamic 4D experience, allowing users to click through timelapses that highlight melting ice caps, receding glaciers, massive urban growth and wildfires' impact on agriculture.

Timelapse compiles 24 million satellite photos taken from 1984 to 2020, an effort Google (GOOG) said took two million processing hours across thousands of machines in Google Cloud. For the project, the company worked with NASA, the United States Geological Survey's Landsat program — the world's longest-running Earth observation program — the European Union's Copernicus program and its Sentinel satellites, and Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, which helped develop the technology behind Timelapse.

To explore Timelapse in Google Earth, users can type any location into the search bar to see it in motion, whether it's a landmark or the neighborhood in which they grew up. Google said it removed elements such as clouds and shadows from the images, and computed a single pixel for every location on Earth for every year since 1984; ultimatel stitching them together into a timelapse video

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I had trouble navigating too but finally clicked on the icon to the left of the search button at the top right of the screen and then click forums which are on the right hand side of the screen.  

ETA:  ok went to another app then came back in and was back to the whole forums listing and wasn’t able to find that icon again....maybe it will correct itself overnight and give us back our forums followed home page

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4 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Is it just me or is something wrong with this site? My homepage is all fucked up and I have to scroll through every damn show to find my follows.

The site is finally working better for me for the first time in a long time.

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Ethel Gabriel the First of the 5%

Ethel Gabriel (1921-2021) may be one of the most prolific recording industry professionals you’ve never heard of. Ethel was the first woman record producer for a major record label, and one of the first women in the world to work in A&R. She had a 4-decade career at RCA starting with an entry-level job and rising up to being an executive in the company.

During her career, Ethel produced over 5,000 records – some original recordings and some repackaged – by nearly every artist on the RCA roster (including Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton). Ethel was the woman in A&R to receive an RIAA Gold Record in 1959, and the first woman to win a Grammy for Best Historical Album (1982).

Ethel was willing to take risks, such as producing the first digitally-remastered album or working with artists who brought new types of music to the mainstream. Her credits include everything from mambo to easy listening to rap.

Ethel was born in 1921 in Pennsylvania. She started her own dance band at age 13 (called “En and Her Royal Men”) where Ethel played trombone. She originally wanted to go to college for forestry (at the encouragement of her father) but women were not allowed into the program. She decided to attend Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) and study music education.

A relative helped Ethel get a job at RCA’s record plant (in Camden, New Jersey) to help pay for tuition and expenses. Ethel’s first job included tasks like putting labels on records. She was promoted to record tester where she had to listen to one out of every 500 records pressed for quality. She learned every note of the big hits since Ethel had to listen to them over and over.

Ethel was allowed to visit the nearby RCA recording studios. She brought her trombone with her, playing with major artists for fun between sessions. She also learned how recording sessions worked. Ethel was secretary to the manager of A&R at the time, Herman Diaz, Jr. Ethel got to produce her first recording session (with bandleader Elliot Laurence) when Diaz called in sick and asked her to do it.

In 1955, Ethel convinced her boss, Manie Sacks, to sign Perez Prado to RCA’s label. She produced his record, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, which became a worldwide hit and helped bring the mambo craze to the US.

PEREZ PRADO - CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE

She was with RCA during the creation of their Nashville studios, the signing of Elvis, and their transition from mono to stereo.

Through Ethel’s career, she was willing to take risks and experiment with new technology or music. In 1959, Ethel launched Living Strings, a series on RCA Camden’s label that ran for 22 years.

Henry Mancini "Living Strings Play Henry Mancini"

In 1961, she produced Ray Martin and his Orchestra Dynamica, the first release using RCA’s “Stereo Action.” In 1976, she was executive producer of Caruso,’s A Legendary Performer, the first digitally-remastered album. The technology used by Soundstream Inc (lead by Thomas Stockham) has gone on to be widely used in audio and photography restoration and Stockham’s work on the Caruso album was the basis for a 1975 scientific paper. In 1975, Ethel gave a chance to then-unknown producer Warren Schatz, who produced RCA’s first disco album, Disco-Soul by The Brothers.

Ethel managed RCA’s Camden label (designed for budget records) starting in 1961. Camden was struggling when she took over and went on to become a multi-million dollar label under Ethel’s watch. Some of RCA’s major artists even asked to be released on the Camden line over the flagship RCA label because of Camden’s success.

Ethel received two RIAA Platinum records and 15 Gold records (over 10 million record sales total) during her career with numbers still growing. Many of these were repackages or re-releases where Ethel put her expert eyes (and ears) on song selection and label redesign. One album she re-packaged, Elvis’ Christmas Album, was the first Elvis record to reach Diamond (10 million sales). Ethel said of creating special packages (in Billboard Magazine Sept 5, 1981), “It’s like second nature to me. The secret is that you know the market you’re trying to reach. You can’t contrive a special record. It has to be genuine and full of integrity because people know the difference.” Ethel re-issued albums for nearly every RCA artist (including the Legendary Performer series, RCA Pure Gold economy line, and the Bluebird Complete series).

Towards the end of her time at RCA, Ethel asked the company to fund a women’s group for lectures and seminars. She wanted to help women learn to become executives. Ethel said she felt like a mother to some of the women she mentored (Ethel was married but did not have children). She wanted to teach skills like how to network, how to dress or behave. Ethel also became involved with Women in Music, one of very few groups available to women in the music industry at the time. In 1990, Ethel publicly spoke out against the “boys club” in a Letter to the Editor of Billboard Magazine (Oct 6). She said, “Yes, there are ‘record women’ in the industry – and they have ears, too!”

Ethel also worked with many artists and ensembles in the studio during her career including Chet Atkins, Caterina Valenti, Marty Gold, Los Indios Tabajaras, Teresa Brewer and hundreds of recordings under the Living series. She said of working with artists, “There are times to ‘harness’ artists and times to ‘push.’” Ethel said her most helpful qualifications to do the job were “her knowledge and love of music and her ability to make difficult decisions and hold to them.” (Cincinnati Enquirer August 18, 1983)

Ethel was not promoted to Vice President at RCA until 1982, over 40 years into her career. Many colleagues said it was long overdue. The following year, she won a Grammy for Best Historical Album (for co-producing The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions). After leaving RCA, Ethel remained in the industry where she worked as president and vice president to smaller record labels.

Ethel’s story is being captured in a documentary film about her life and career, called LIVING SOUND. Production on the film started in 2019, when Gabriel was 97 years old. The documentary began (with the aide of SoundGirls) through uncovering archival materials and conducting interviews with Ethel.

Announcing the Ethel Gabriel Scholarship

 

Ethel Gabriel obituary

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Mike Mitchell, Guitarist on the Kingsmen’s ‘Louie Louie,’ Dies

Mike Mitchell, the lead guitarist and co-founder of the early rock band the Kingsmen, best known for their 1963 hit single, “Louie Louie,” died yesterday (April 16, 2021). His death, on his 77th birthday, was confirmed by the group on its louielouie.org website. Mitchell reportedly died of a heart attack; the location was not revealed.

Mitchell was the only surviving member to continue with the band since its start in 1959.

The posting on the group’s site noted, “We are deeply saddened by Mike’s passing. He was the kindest and most generous man on the planet.

“Mike is irreplaceable and he will be greatly missed not only by us but the fans as well. Mike was a favorite for his kindness, comedic nature as well as his musicianship.”

The Kingsmen formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1959 with singer (and guitarist) Jack Ely, drummer Lynn Easton, bass guitarist Bob Nordby, and Mitchell. As teenagers, they played high school parties, teen dances and even supermarket openings and fashion shows. Like many fledgling bands of the day, they copied what they heard on the radio: Elvis Presley, the Ventures, country music, R&B and the burgeoning Northwest Sound. In 1962, keyboardist Don Gallucci was added to the lineup.

The garage rock band started recording in 1963. Their first effort was “Louie Louie,” a song written and first recorded by Richard Berry in 1955, and played by virtually all Northwest rock and roll and R&B bands. The session cost a reported $36 at Portland’s Northwest Recorders. Jerry Dennon, a record producer in Seattle, pressed a few hundred copies on his regional label, Jerden. Northwest music fans were already familiar with the song from Berry’s version and a subsequent cover by a local band, the Wailers (1961).

The Kingsmen’s version found its way to the East Coast, where a couple of Boston radio stations played it, generating a huge response from listeners. Dennon entered into an agreement with New York’s Wand label for immediate mass pressing and distribution and “Louie Louie” rapidly broke out in several markets, climbing the charts.

As it began to drop in popularity, a controversy regarding the lyrics spread across America. The record was banned from sales and airplay in Indiana and elsewhere because teens countrywide thought the recording was riddled with obscene lyrics. That naturally stimulated even more interest, so much so that the FBI investigated the band, following them as they crisscrossed the country for over a year until the recording was deemed “unintelligible.” Wand reissued the song in 1964 (and again in 1965 and 1966). The single ultimately reached #2 on the Hot 100.

The group rode the success to become a popular concert attraction, appearing in those years with such British Invasion acts as the Rolling Stones, the Zombies, the Kinks, Peter and Gordon, Chad and Jeremy and others, as well as North American acts the Beach Boys, the Righteous Brothers, the Isley Brothers, the Turtles, the Byrds, and the Lovin’ Spoonful.

The Kingsmen were featured on the era’s top TV music shows, including Shindig, Hullabaloo, American Bandstand and Where The Action Is, and in the beach party movie, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini.

They earned subsequent chart success with a 1964 cover of “Money” (#16) and the novelty hit, “The Jolly Green Giant,” about the frozen foods character, which reached #4 in 1965.

Watch the Kingsmen perform in 1965, with lead singer Jack Ely explaining the controversy of the “Louie Louie” lyrics

Ely died in 2015 at age 71. Easton died in 2020.

Mitchell is survived by his children, Samantha and Max.

 

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3 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

When we have our post-Covid Bacchanalia, I'm giving all of my jukebox money to Cupid Stunt!

Any way I can contribute to the end of the Days of the Dead, I'm there.

3 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

She can be our DJ! It would be perfect. 

I got skills.

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Getting my first jab on Tues. Hurray!

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Every time I hear that Gloria Estefan song, I think of Nikki.  I swear I remember a scene of her dancing to Conga, back when Show had a budget and could afford to play real pop songs once in a while.

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On 4/19/2021 at 11:26 AM, peacheslatour said:

Oh man, if you were our DJ, Cupid, I'd never leave the dance floor!

Don't forget to tip your waitstaff and bartenders.

 

0% auto-tune or ProTools

0% computer editing

90% natural vocals

10% overdub

20% drum machine/digital FX

80% real instruments and musicians

It's amazing how good 40 odd year old music sounds.

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2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Hubby and I got our first jabs today. Woo Hoo!

Woo Hoo Shooby Dooby Doo!  

Any side effects?  I've heard the whole gamut, from "nothing at all" to "oh my god I feel like crap".   That's making me a teeny bit nervous.  Have Junior and his wife gotten theirs?  

Happy 4/20!

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4 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

Woo Hoo Shooby Dooby Doo!  

Any side effects?  I've heard the whole gamut, from "nothing at all" to "oh my god I feel like crap".   That's making me a teeny bit nervous.  Have Junior and his wife gotten theirs?  

Happy 4/20!

I had zero side effects when I was vaccinated. I read on twitter about all of the reactions, and it just didn't happen to me. My arm didn't even hurt as much as when I get the flu shot every year.

I have an auto immune disorder (not why I was able to get vaxxed), and I was fine.

I have heard that the second vax can have an impact. My niece had her second vax (she lives in southeast Asia), and she had more of a reaction.

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On 4/19/2021 at 8:57 AM, PatsyandEddie said:

Congrats to all the jabbers! Jabbees? I prefer doin’ shots!🤓

I got my first dose of Pfizer last week, hubby got AZ the next day. No issues but tender arms. 👏

11 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Hubby and I got our first jabs today. Woo Hoo!

 

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Excellent news, Preverts!

My injection site was tender for the first hour, but no other reactions to the Pfizer jab..

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4 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said:

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Excellent news, Preverts!

My injection site was tender for the first hour, but no other reactions to the Pfizer jab..

We got the Pfizer as well. Jab site semi owie. Feel kind of half asleep though.

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Woke up to an April snowstorm, then went and got dose #1 of the Moderna vaccine!  Thank you, Dolly Parton!  🎼🎵I Will Always Love You🎶  So far, so good.  Although I did feel the microchip going in. 😉

Apparently, the US hit 200,000,000 shots today.  I like to think that I was #200,000,000!

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Smoke from wildfires turned the sky above San Francisco orange on September 9, 2020 -- Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

 

Happy Earth Day!

 

Vox’s Earth Month podcasts -- From climate change policy to clean energy technology, these episodes focus on ways to solve the environmental crisis.

 

10 things we learned about Earth since the last Earth Day

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14 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

Woke up to an April snowstorm, then went and got dose #1 of the Moderna vaccine!  Thank you, Dolly Parton!  🎼🎵I Will Always Love You🎶  So far, so good.  Although I did feel the microchip going in. 😉

Apparently, the US hit 200,000,000 shots today.  I like to think that I was #200,000,000!

We got our jabs at.....Microsoft..dun dun dun...

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17 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

Woke up to an April snowstorm, then went and got dose #1 of the Moderna vaccine!  Thank you, Dolly Parton!  🎼🎵I Will Always Love You🎶  So far, so good.  Although I did feel the microchip going in. 😉

Apparently, the US hit 200,000,000 shots today.  I like to think that I was #200,000,000!

Ah, snap, I'm glad for you!

We share the untimely snow. We do not share [in southern Ontario] your enviable vaccination rates. It's a mess here and systems for enrolling [?] are totally screwed up inside the city--to top that off, cases here are the highest they've been since the start of this thing; hospitals have hit capacity, and no level of government bought enough of any of the vaccines.

I return to my grousing in solitude.

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Add me to the vaxx’d list!  Our gen pop opened 4/9 and I got me an appt  4/12 easy breezy.  It was the JJ 1 shot the day before they put it on pause.  Not gonna lie....I got a little freaked.  My arm still kinda hurts in that spot, it’s been 12 days.  Day of, I was fine my jab was at 9 AM, was a little sleepy and foggy all day but worked as expected (my work did allow up to 4 hours time off per jab / as needed and travel time, which I had no travel time).  Come 4 PM, my clock out time I seriously go soooo shaky and shivery.  Chills but no sweats just super cold and achy.  Ordered Noodles for supper on delivery for me and kiddo because I just could not move.  Was laid out by 7, took a couple Aleve and went nigh nigh.  Woke up alright, got kiddo on the bus at 7:30, laid back down until 10 (TPIR, yo) and after that was pretty good to go. Got up and logged on to work and made it a day  I NEVER get sick.  Like never.  So  this knocked me on my boots like a big baby.   TL/DR GET YO SHOT!

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On 4/21/2021 at 8:41 PM, Snaporaz said:

Woke up to an April snowstorm

Ay yi yi!  Tuesday was a mess.  More snow than all winter here, I about cut the Christmas music back on.  My poor babies had to get put up into the garage, all tucked in, will hopefully be able to set them back out tomorrow.  It was only a few, thankfully, I am waiting to do my full gardens planting for when Mimi comes here next week. 

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Shock G: Digital Underground's The Humpty Dance rapper dies, aged 57

Born Gregory Jacobs, he was known for his witty lyrics and comical alter-egos, but also played a crucial role in introducing 1970s funk to 90s hip-hop.

His biggest hit was The Humpty Dance, a feel-good party anthem based on his goofy character, Humpty Hump.

Chuck D, Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes have all paid tribute to the star.

"What a tough loss at such a precarious time," wrote Public Enemy's Chuck D on Twitter. "Brilliant beyond... such a beautiful free mind, Brother. #RestinBeats my man."

"Rest, King, rest," added Busta Rhymes on Instagram.

Snoop Dogg, whose early hits were inspired by Digital Underground, simply posted a photo of Humpty Hump's jewel-encrusted Groucho Marx glasses.

The news of Jacobs' death was confirmed by Chopmaster J, who co-founded Digital Underground with Shock G in 1987.

He wrote: "34 years ago almost to the day we had a wild idea we can be a hip-hop band and take on the world.

"Through it all, the dream became a reality and the reality became a nightmare for some. And now he's awaken from the fame. Long live shock G Aka Humpty Hump and Rest In Peace my Brotha Greg Jacobs!!!"

Digital Underground's security manager, Nzazi Malonga, told the Associated Press that Jacobs, who had struggled with drug addiction, had been found unresponsive in a hotel room in Tampa, Florida.

The star's family later issued a statement saying the musician "suddenly passed away" on Thursday.

"The cause of death is currently unknown," they added. "We truly, truly appreciate all the out-pouring of love and concern. Please keep us in your prayers at this very difficult time."

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jacobs dropped out of high school in the late 1970s and had a brief career as a radio DJ, before finishing his degree and going to college to study music.

After relocating to San Francisco's Bay Area in the 1980s, he started working in a local music shop - which was where he met Chopmaster J and formed Digital Underground.

Influenced by free-thinking musicians like George Clinton, Jimi Hendrix and Herbie Hancock, the band's approach was playful and experimental - making them something of an anomaly during the ascendance of groups like Public Enemy and NWA.

"Sometimes we'll combine any two, three or more styles and sometimes we'll stick to just one," Jacobs said in 1989. "It depends on whoever is getting involved in the track.

"There's often plenty of different things happening in our songs, but that doesn't mean we're not into the idea of doing a simple rap over a basic beat. We like doing real straight stuff, real hardcore stuff too."

After several false starts, the band made waves with the independently-released Underwater Rimes - which became a surprise hit in the Netherlands and landed Digital Underground a deal with Tommy Boy Records, the iconic hip-hop label that was home to De La Soul, Afrika Bambaataa and Naughty By Nature.

Their debut album, Sex Packets, was released in 1990 and quickly went platinum thanks to singles such as Doowutchyalike and The Humpty Dance.

"The Humpty Dance spoke to all the people that were like him," said Malonga. "The fat people, the unattractive people. If you moved like him, you could be whatever you want."

The song, which earned Digital Underground a Grammy nomination, was actually a last-minute addition to the album after another track, Underground System, was pulled over sample clearance issues.

The Humpty Dance became an MTV staple thanks, in part, to the character of Humpty - voiced by Jacobs as a flamboyant, pimp-like character with a blubbery, stuttering voice. He was often played on stage by Kent Racker, leaving many fans unaware that Shock and Humpty were the same person.

While the song marked the band's commercial peak, they remained a powerful force in hip-hop, releasing six albums before winding down in 2008.

Their 1991 single Same Song boasts one of 2Pac's first appearances on a commercial recording. Jacobs had mentored the rapper at the start of his career, giving him work as a roadie while shopping his demo tape to record labels.

He later produced and rapped on 2Pac's first top 10 single I Get Around, as well as 1995's So Many Tears - but he never took credit for the star's success.

"It's a lucky thing in the other direction," he told Rolling Stone in 2017. "Pac discovered us, man, we didn't discover his ass. No way."

Among his other credits, Jacob co-wrote LL Cool J's 1991 hit Mama Said Knock You Out, mixed Prince's single Love Sign, and appeared on a remix of Luniz's I Got 5 On It.

He also toured and performed with George Clinton and P-Funk, including a set at Woodstock 1999.

"Oh no, not Shock G," tweeted Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins. "He helped keep P Funk Alive! Prayers to family & friends. Dang."

And 2Pac's official page shared a 1995 quote from the rapper, which read: "I look back [on my times with Shock G] with the greatest fondness. Those were like some of the best times of my life."

 

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