Earthtones [Vinyl]

Bobbito | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (November 11, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: R2
• ASIN: B0000BX8FP
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Editorial Reviews

Urban music extraordinaire, Bobbito first came to prominence hosting the "Stretch & Bobbito Breakfast Show" in 1988 (voted the ‘best hip-hop show ever’ in The Source magazine) where he was the first to introduce the world to soon to a host of unsigned acts including Nas, Jay Z, Big Pun, Wu-Tang, and Mobb Deep. However, today the toughest question anyone can ask Bobbito Garcia is "What do you do?" There might be 10 answers depending on the day. He is an accomplished music columnist (Vibe Magazine) who has the most the most talked about book regarding sneaker culture of the year ("Where’d You Get Those?" Testify Books). He is a world class club DJ (weekly @ Apartment NYC) who also co-owns a club (the Martinez Gallery). If you thought that was enough, think twice. He is a basketball performer who has done halftime shows in NBA arenas (Dallas Mavericks), television commercials (Nike, NBA on TNT), and self produced a basketball instructional video (Bobbito’s Basics to Boogie). He is a basketball announcer for playground tournaments (Nike Battlegrounds One On One) and computer games ("NBA Street 2" EA Sports). He is also a co-founder of a playground basketball magazine (Bounce) and runs a record label (Fruitmeat). He is a feature film actor ("Prison Song", "Summer of Sam") and music consultant ("25th Hour"). Finally, for kicks, he is a dancer with the world-renowned Rock Steady Crew!

Whew - Bob sure is busy; and although he has a strong following within the hip-hop community his musical knowledge extends far beyond that to Latin, Funk, Soul and House. Earthtones is a breathtaking testament to this fact and proudly displays Bobbito’s near encyclopedic knowledge of high quality music. An inspired compilation of unreleased and hard to find gems spanning the soulful music spectrum – Earthtones is unquestionably essential! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent compilation: soul, hip-hop and latin jazz., December 11, 2003

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Michael Frederick (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earthtones (Audio CD)

The compilation by Bobbito puts together a mix of obscure Latin, Jazz and Hip-hop. The overall texture and mood of the album is enough for any party. This is an album to impress your friends with. The variety of excellent tunes will make you seem like an aficionado(a) to all your music snob friends (just kidding). Anyway, this album merits a good review. It's an album that you can dance to, relax to or play at a party. I recommend buying it.