All posts by Robert Liu-Trujillo
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Bay Area Rapper, Talia Taylor – “214” (Audio)
Head nod worthy, this new track from Bay Area MC, Talia Taylor aka Klassic is worth slappin’, turning up, and playing loudly. She mentions Tyler...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Dukey Stick” by George Duke (Video)
George Duke was born in San Rafael, California and raised in a historically black neighborhood Marin City. Influenced at an early age by artists such...
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Maylee Todd – “My Baby’s Got It” (Video)
“My Baby’s Got it” is the new video from Toronto based singer and musician Maylee Todd. I saw her name recently via Tall Black Guy,...
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IN THE TRUNK: “I Love You” by Weldon Irvine (Audio)
A Tribe Called Quest introduced me to Weldon Irvine almost 19 years ago. I’m still getting to know his sound and the musical legacy he...
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Anita Tijoux – “Volver” (Video)
Anita Tijoux is back with the third video from the album La Bala, released earlier this year on Nacional Records to critical acclaim. If you...
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IN THE TRUNK: “If We Loved” by A Taste of Honey (Audio)
I remember the first time I picked up this record and thought, ‘Some fine sisters? Who sing and play guitar too?! Uhh, hell yeah!!’ A Taste of Honey’s...
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Crown City Rockers – “Vibrations” (Live Video)
As funky and melodic as ever Crown City Rockers are coming back with some new heat for your ears. Formerly known as Mission, came to...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Ceciliana” by Max Roach (Audio)
Max Roach started drumming at an early age, playing in church like so many musicians, then later on studying music. Born in North Carolina, but...
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The Seshen – “Oblivion” (Video)
The first time I heard The Seshen’s music I became a fan. Their style and presence isn’t one that beats you over the head with...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Island Letter” by Shuggie Otis (Audio)
You know that excited feeling you get when you kiss someone for the first time? Or when you find a record that is just so...
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IN THE TRUNK by Rob Trujillo: Eddie Kendricks – “Intimate friends” (Audio)
Eddie Kendricks has one of the coolest, high pitch voices you’ll ever hear on a soul track. I still remember painting a mural in the...
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Interview with Fresh New Artist Siaira Shawn (Audio)
Soon the name Siaira Shawn will be listed as one of music’s greatest up and coming artists. But don’t let that box keep you confined,...
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IN THE TRUNK: Lonnie Liston Smith – “A Chance for Peace” (Audio)
The first time I heard the bass line from this song was on a loop called “Savage Intelligence,” by Bay Area MC’s named Konceptual Dominance...
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IN THE TRUNK: “The Boy Is Doin’ It” by Hugh Masekela (Audio)
This is one of those gems I picked up at the Laney Flea Market in Oakland, California. My dad used to talk a lot about...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Baby I Love You So” by Colourbox (Audio)
I remember hearing this song on one of my dad’s mixtapes. I searched for this song many times at Amoeba Records before the days of...
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De La Soul Wear Their “Royalty Capes” in New Video
The legendary rap group, De La Soul give us the third visual treatment for the single “Royalty Capes,” taken from their crowdsourced album Anonymous Nobody which was released in...