i think this is ronnie laws' signature track and i didn't know about it until a year ago or so. it was kon & amir that introduced me to it through the willie bobo version by talking about it on their amoeba what's in my bag video.
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i liked the willie bobo version because it was quite disco but had that element of latin jazz-funk and it's the kind of joint that one could work with house music and i've tried (not well mind you but yeah, it's possible to mix this). laws' original is more straight up jazz-funk with a great groove and even the breakdown with laws' going into smooth jazz territories for a 30 seconds or so kind of works.
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of course after finding the original on intarwebs i then found the incognito version which is actually how i first heard the song but it was back in my mind. i hadn't heard incognitos version in ages but my mind was blown for sure in a 'oh snap' moment when i heard that bassline again, because i wasn't always some trainspotting discogs addicted kid that knew about all versions of tunes whatnot.
once in a while i miss those days where i could just be ignorant and not know all this insane stupid amount of musical trivia knowledge. i used to have a lot of problems with that a few years ago when going clubbing and caring too much how the dj was playing but i was broke and i couldn't drink that much (not that i get shitfaced when i go clubbing, i have problems with losing self control in that sense). and i would still be the nerdy kid on the dancefloor dancing to the beat but also thinking "what is this track?"
anyhow. incognito version is nice since jocelyn brown's diva vocals one ups helen lowe's vocal performance on side effect original vocalization of 'always there' and both david morales original remixes from 1991 and masters at work's 1996 remix are immense.
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