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The Dix
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Out of 26 votes - Similar Artists: Hansome Boy Modeling School, Prince Paul, Romanowski, James Brown
Out of 26 votes
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- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Genre: R&B/Soul » Funk
Editor's review
Super producer Prince Paul is widely known as a crafter of home-grown beats for the likes of De La Soul, Gravediggaz, and Handsome Boy Modeling School. While he's inarguably credited as a maven of underground rap, here Prince Paul shows his skills in working with vintage material--or, rather, material from what he claims is a semi-obscure soul-funk group called the Dix. Polishing up the horn arrangements and enhancing the spine-quivering feel of the preaching vocals, he allows the group's beat-ridden soul party sound to radiate. It's underscored by bass lines that complement the style of funk masters from the past. Never mind whether the Dix themselves really were a 1950s group, as the story goes: Whatever the case, Prince Paul deserves credit for making music this funky and fresh.
Biography
Smacks Records has the honor and privilege to bring to you a piece of obscure musical history. Thanks to "MENTOR" Prince Paul a group that may have shaped music as we know it has been uncovered. While digging through a box of records he bought, Paul found a group called The Dix. The group started sometime in 1952 by Peter O'Tool, and put out records roughly until the mid 70's but never got the attention they deserved. Paul contacted the members and got permission to re-release their music and to do a little remixing of their material. They were very selective of what they re-released and what it all boiled down to was what will be known as "The Art of Picking up Women".
