Lettuce - Move on up Featuring Dwele / King of the Burgs

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Tracklisting:

#	Sample	Title	Length
A	MP3	Move on up Featuring Dwele	-
B	MP3	King of the Burgs	-

Release Info:

What can be said about one of the best funk songs ever written by one of the greatest soul/funk artist of the 20th century? Curtis Mayfield – one name, one man, one history. From his works with The Impressions – what brought him an induction into the Vocal Group Hall Of Fame in 2003 – and composing the soundtrack to the film „Super Fly" he was highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of politically conscious afro-american music. Curtis Mayfield was not only a multi-instrumentalist who played the guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and drums but also singer, songwriter and producer. By taking „Move On Up" Lettuce show that Curtis sure is a big influence for their music, too. For the vocal part Lettuce could convince Detroit rooted singer Dwele who already worked with Kanye West and who was nominated for the American Grammy. But it´s not only his past works and his soul voice that made him the perfect match for singing „Move On Up". Also his love and understanding for artists like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway gave him the right background. Despite his soul influences Dwele couldn´t resist Hip Hop during his high school times and first wanted to become a rapper. So it was more a coincidence that made him start singing. His first Demo „Rize" was recorded at home by himself. Within one week 100 copies of the demo were sold, Dwele´s local popularity grew and from then on he began his career as a soul singer.