DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Brain Freeze / Product Placement

Brainfreeze was recorded by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist as a practice session for a show in February 1999 at the Future Primitive Soundsession (San Francisco) mixing funk and soul 45's. Initially 1000 copies were made and sold at the shows, and a further 1000 copies were made and distributed to local records stores in California and sold out very quickly. A cease-and-desist letter from 7-11 Convenience stores—the whole artwork and styling was based on their logos and uniforms—meant that they stopped and moved on. The album was then bootlegged and it can now be found in popular record shops.

Side 1

• Lamont Johson Quartet - "Thunder Fist"
  
• The Jules Shattner Group - 2001 - "A Soul Odyssey"
• Fried Chicken - "Funky DJ"
• The Mohawks - "The Champ"
• Reuben Bell - "Superjock"
• Albert King - "Cold Feet"
• Ultimate Force - "I'm Not Playing"
• Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham - "Lover And A Friend"
• Mack Rice - "Three People In Love"
• The Nu People - "I'd Be Nowhere Today"
• Nu-Sound Express Ltd - "Ain't It Good Enough"
• Mystic Moods - "Cosmic Sea"
• American Gypsy - "Inside Out"
• Odetta - Hit Or Miss
• The Mar-Keys - "Grab This Thing"
• Rusty Bryant - "FireEater"
• Simtec and Wylie - "Bootleggin'" (Part 2)
• Wilbur Bascomb and The Zodiac - "Just A Groove In 'G'"
• Eddie Bo and The Soul Finders - "We're Doin' It (Thang)"
• Rufus Thomas - Sophisticated Sissy
• The Showmen Inc. - "The Tramp (From Funky Broadway)"
  
• The Original Soul Senders - "Soul Brother Testify "
• Rufus Thomas - "Itch and Scratch"
• Alvin Cash - "Keep On Dancing (Instrumental")
• Lou Courtney - "Hey Joyce"
• Bummer radio spot

Side 2

• The Singing Principal - "Women's Lib"
• Salt - "Hung Up"
• The Soul Lifters - "Hot, Funky, and Sweaty"
• Frankie Seay and The Soul Riders - "Soul Food"
• The Interpretations - "Jason Pew Mosso"
  
• Thunder and Lightning - "Bumpin' Bus Stop"
• Billy Garner - "I Got Some"
• Pleasure Web - "Music Man"
• Gary Byrd - "Soul Travelin' (The G.B.E.)"
  
• Clifton Chenier and Grandpa Gee Gee - "Just Keep On Scratching"
• "W" radio spot
• Marlena Shaw - "California Soul"
• The Vibrettes- "Humpty Dump"
• Eddie Bo - "From This Day On"
• 7-Eleven - "Dance The Slurp"
• Kraftwerk - "Numbers"
• Flash and The Five - "Flash It To The Beat"
• Pearly Queen - "Quit Jivin'"
• Tony Alvon and The Belairs - Sexy Coffee Pot
• Chuck Mangione - "Hill Where The Lord Hides"
• Funka Fize - "No Words"
• Schooly D - "Gucci Time"
• Jurassic 5 - "Unified Rebelution"
  
• Third Guitar - "Baby Don't Cry"
• Don Pierce - "This Funky Thing"
• Funka Fize - "Because You're Funky"
• The Troubleneck Brothers - "Back To The Hip Hop"
• Stu Gardner - "Devil In A Man"
• Samson and Delilah - "There's A DJ In Your Town"
• Giorgio Moroder - "Tears"
• Tim and Bill - "Someone"

Product Placement is the follow up to Brain Freeze and in my opinion is equally good. I think both albums stand out on there own and both need a thorough listen to appreciate.



First Set
Sesame Street (Oscar The Grouch) - "I Got Two"
Little Grady Lewis & Soul Smokers - "Smokin' Soul"
Dennis Coffey - "A Whole Lot Of Love"
LL Cool J - "I Need Love"
Eddie Simpson - "Big Black Funky Slave"
Harold Alexander - "Mama Soul"
Charlie Whitehead - "Let's Do It Again"
Cold Grits - "It's Your Thing"
Backyard Heavies - "Expo '83"
Timmy Thomas - "Sexy Woman"
Kool & The Gang - "N.T."
Freddy Scott - "(You) Got What I Need"
Bobby & James Purify - "I'm Your Puppet"
The Oceanliners - "Funky Pants"
Thunder, Lightning & Rain - "Super Funky Part 1"
James Brown - "Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothin'"
??? - "Superstition"
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation - "Rappin' With Gas"

Second Set

Lifeforce - "The Freeze"
Earnest Jackson - "Funky Black Man"
Little Buck - "Little Boy Blue"
Dandelion Wine - "Hot Dog"
Nu-Sound Express - "One More Time You All"
The Commodores - "Keep On Dancing"
Gerald Wilson Orchestra - "California Soul"
The Messengers - "California Soul"
The Poets - "Fun Buggy"
Union - "Strike"
The New Seekers - "It's The Real Thing"
Ivor Raymonde Orchestra - "It's The Real Thing"
American Dietary Association Of Mississippi - "The Basic"
Cookie Crew - "Born This Way"
Larry Sanders - "Story Of My Love"
Jessie James - "Move On Out Of My Way"
Yellow Sunshine - "Yellow Sunshine"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Cooley High"
Nairobi And The Awesome Foursome - "Funky Soul Makossa"
Logic Circuit - "Motorcross"
The Outcasts - "Loving You Sometimes"
Gran Am - "Get High"
David McCallum - "House Of Mirrors"






Download Both Albums Here