So what did y’all think about the “Let’s Get Together
Spring Affair event? It looked
like FIDA was having a goooooood time!!!!
95% FIDA members, 5% (4 Guests).
Of the 95% FIDA Members, 75% were from 618 Fulton St. It was just us and only us. Just like we had DJ Earon play in the attic
back in the early 2000’s, I invite certain DJ’s (from time to time) that I
think would represent the many colors & tempos of Soulful Dance Music and
its derivatives. Our special, surprise
guest DJ, Jihad Muhammad presented classic R&B Dance/Club, Electro-Funk,
classic Italo-Disco, Jazz Funk & Fusion, Gospel & Rock side of FIDA the
way we do it! When he dropped the Clark
Sisters “Hiya”, a 618 FIDA classic, it blew me way as did Kano’s “Can’t Hold
Back”, a recent FIDA favorite. I gave
him some “genre” direction and to keep it vocal. He took us on a journey from mid to late
80’s Club Zanzibar, early 90’s Club Shelter, a few abstract cuts and some new
vocal joints thrown in. He even dropped some Classic Hip Hop, Run DMC’s,
“Sucker MC’s”, we lost it!!! He went up
and down, left to right effortlessly. His
history, experience and turntable dexterity was evident in his programming,
blending and overlays. The full playlist for your review is featured below. I enjoyed
his set immensely and from the looks from the dance floor, the FIDA members did
too. Eric Wigfall, another special,
surprise DJ who opened up the evening with Nu Jazz, Nu Soul, Broken Beat and
other musical goodies. He kinda puts you
in the mind of Rahbu, deep, eclectic, and “to the left”. Check out Eric's opening set playlist below.
For those who may not
understand our door policy, here’s how it goes. If you are a member, it is $10. You must have a current application on file
and have taken the musical exam.
Registered guests are those who are transitioning to becoming full
fledged members, it is $12 for them. Registered guests must have a current
application on file and take the music exam.
If you are a FIDA member and want to bring a guest, please e-mail:
flowerzindattic98@gmail.com prior to the event.
Your guest pays $12 otherwise it is $15.
For those “Negros off-da-street”, the “walk-ins” it is $15.
The door prices have gone up due to the rising costs of space, sound
engineer and equipment. However, The
good news is that I’ve confirmed with Marco Hall that we can move forward with
the next FIDA event, “The 45rpm Get Down Series” featuring on the decks myself
and Jonesy back at his boutique 28 Halsey St. Newark, Sunday, May 26th. At least Marco understands the culture, the
vibe and we have a good relationship.
Anyhow…on to the Thank You’s.: To my Humble family,
Anetra and Kendall thank you for holding down the door. Beat Brothas Drey & Snuka, thanks for
coming, Kim Faison, Phyllis Wells and Jamison Braye you go above and beyond and
still bless the door…Wow! Thank
you. Darceil, hope you can come back,
always good to see you, I love my 618 FIDA family (Sajadah, Steven, Ms. V,
Renita, Kevin, Polo, Cliff, Stephanie & Tony, Edie (Carlton), Urbi
(Ernest), Yaminah, Gabe D.) 20+ years and we’re still hangin’ in there,
Yaminah, thank you my love and we’re going to take care of that. Thanks for come out Charli, Deidre, and
Lakeva (Lakeva, the door system would work better if we had more space😂!!!) Rob & Pookie, so glad y’all came out! Thank you Manami, Misty & Andre I miss
y’all, it was so so good to see you both, ya’ll looked FABULOUS!!!!, Judy and
Jerome y'all hardly left the dance floor!!!
Thank you Crystal my love, & Eric (you did your thing…but no Afro
Tech next time!!!) Thank you Saadat for coming down, also I want to thank you
for inviting me to play at your Floorwerks event.
To all the FIDA Members and FIDA Registered Guests who came out, I want to say thank you and thank you those of you who also come out to Essentials with Ceaser Kelley (Ceaser, you know you’re the BEST!!!) and Mr. X. and my other party, Humble Beginnings where we share our soul through music. These events would not exist without YOU! Once again, thank you Jihad, everyone seemed to have had a blast, FIDA and I greatly appreciate you coming down and taking us on that wonderful musical journey. Hope to see you all on the 26th. Be blessed, live your best life, keep looking up and beyond, be responsible for you, and love yourself. Remember you can’t control what others do but you can control yourself. We all have report card with the Most High!
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Brotherhood – Seraleez
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My Man – Seraleez
3.
Good Life – Seraleez
4.
LaLa Land – Seraleez
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Fear Me – Seraleez
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My Pride – Seraleez
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Darkness – Seraleez
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Morning Sun – Block 16
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Cosmic Cart – Late Comer
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Move Yaself – Phil Asher
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Atewo – Segun Adwale
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Ngawe (AtJazz Love Soul Mix) – Bossruu/AtJazz
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Children On Coltrinia – Pablo Valentino
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Feeling Jazzy – Pap Spencer
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Y-O-U -
Patti Kane, B-Sweetz & Brisdane
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Melodia (Mollono.Bass Remix) – Tibau &
Mollono.Bass
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Mea Culpa – Simon Kidzoo
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Free Me – Doug Gomez
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Ft. Greene Jazzmatazz – Brooklyn Soul Boys, DJ
Disciple & Michele Chiavarini
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Roverman – MG Edit By Afshin & Kiss My Black
Jazz
Jihad Muhammad – FIDA Playlist – 4-28-2019
1. Pastime Paradise - Sunlightsquare, Claudio
Passavanti
2. Jungle Fever - The Chakachas
3. Justify My Love - Madonna
4. Was Dog A Donut - Cat Stevens
5. Do It Fluid – The Blackbyrds
6. Keep That Same Old Feeling - Side Effect
7. WWMMD (Original Mix) - Funk Leblanc
8. This Journey In - The Rebirth
9. I Think Of You – Blaze featuring Amira
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Twisted – Ultra Nate
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Dependent - Josh Milan
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Never Stop - The Brand New Heavies
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Real Love- Drizabone
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Pop Life (Louie Vega Main Version) - Prince
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Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me - Peter Brown
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Act Like You Know - Fat Larry's Band
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Eminence Front - The Who
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Sucker Mc's - Run DMC
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If My Brother's In Trouble - Jeffrey Osborne
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Whole Wide World - A Me Lorain
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Don't Give Up - Linda Clifford
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Side By Side- Earth Wind & Fire ft. The
Emotions
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Stay A Little While Child (Instrumental) - Loose
Ends
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Stay A Little While Child (Vocal) - Loose Ends
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Journey To The Light - Brainstorm
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I Need Somebody Tonight - Sylvester
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Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
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Flashlight - Parliament
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I Love You More – Rene & Angela
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Superficial People – Ten City
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Rude Movements - Sun Palace
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Thinking About Your Love (Extended 12 Inch
Version) - Skipworth & Turner
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Batonga - Angelique Kidjo
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Rapture - Blondie
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Deeper - New
Birth
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Mirrors Of My Mind - Jackson 5
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Joy To Have Your Love - Patti LaBelle
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Is It Love - Machine
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You X Me - Key Tronics Ensemble
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I See You - Intense feat Jazmina
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Gotta Find A Way - Russ Brown
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Keep On Believing - Jennifer Mickey
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Number One - Patrice Rushen
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Don't Make Me Fall In Love (House Remix) - Basic Black
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Twice As Nice (Dub)- 52nd Street
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Burning Up (Koko Edit) - Imagination
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Can't Hold Back - Kano
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Salsoul Rainbow (Kai Alcé Ndatl Edit) - The Salsoul
Orchestra
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Tornado – Charlie Smalls (The Wiz)
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One More Try (Dimitri Re-Edit) - Ashford &
Simpson
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Dancin' And Prancin' (The Reflex Revision) – Candido
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Baja Imperial – Plastic Mode
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The MBO Theme – Klein & MBO
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Tittle Tattle - Baricentro
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I Can't Dance Without You - Theo Vaness
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Sentimentally It's You - Theo Vaness
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Evolution (Dub) Danny
Krivit Edit – Giorgio Moroder
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Innerside Feat. Ken Norris (Blaze Artform Vocal
Remix) - Shazz
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Free Yourself -Virgo
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Outta Limits (Shelter Mix) - Mission Control
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Worlds-Passion Dance Orchestra
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Tango Sed
- Ron Trent
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Acts 2 And 4 (Club Version) - Josh Milan
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First Graders - Josh Milan
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Sapporo - Blaze
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School Days - Stanley Clarke
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All That I Should Know - Blaze
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I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun - Nuyorican Soul
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Ha-Ya (Eternal Life) - The Clark Sisters With
Mattie Moss Clark
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La Vie En Rose - Grace Jones
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Africa- Toto
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Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
