**RARE** Nuyorican / Nu Yorican Soul 6 x 12" Box Set **

	£		53
	$		70

This is a rare oportunity to purchase a rare box set (6 x 12" Vinyl) of Masters at Work's (Kenny 'Dope' Gonzalez and Lil' Louis Vega) Nuyorican Soul Project.  Any fans of MAW will be familiar with this superbly produced album that features the likes of George Benson, Roy Ayers, India, Jocelyn Brown, Jazzy Jeff and Eddie Palmeiri.  Anyone who isn't, should be!!!

Track Listing

1. Nuyorican Soul Intro
2. I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun - Jocelyn Brown
3. It's Alright, I Feel It! - Jocelyn Brown
4. Maw Latin Blues
5. Gotta New Life
6. Nautilus (Mawtilus)
7. Taita Caneme
8. Habriendo El Dominante
9. Roy's Scat - Roy Ayers
10. Sweet Tears - Roy Ayers
11. Runaway - India
12. Shoshana
13. Jazzy Jeff's Theme
14. You Can Do It (Baby) - George Benson

This collection is in mint condition and has only been played a couple of times!

Just read some of these testimonials:

"Little Louis Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, the New York DJs/producers otherwise known as Masters At Work have consistently ignored musical rules when creating their genre-busting music. Nowhere is that refusal more apparent than on their 1997 Nuyorican Soul project. The aim was to explore New York's rich musical heritage by fusing quality jazz, latin, Salsoul disco, funk and hip-hop together. The result was a typically melody-soaked, sublime but burly MAW-style atomic jam, perfect for both dance floor and lounge. Supported by a cross-generational cast of musicians including vibraphonist Roy Ayers, vocalist Jocelyn Brown, New York salsa queen India and Philly hip-hop producer Jazzy Jeff among others, the pair joyously straddled the house/retro divide. Not only was this a ground-breaking album but Vega and Gonzalez successfully resurrected the credible careers of those who had become known as schmaltzy easy-listening fodder: their version of Rotary Connection's "I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun" fused swirling keys with only the best wonky disco ingredients. Sweetly sung by Jocelyn Brown (who previously was under-used as an archetypal shrieking diva), this is a five-minute slice of pure joy that doesn't fail to move. They masterfully reconstructed the glory days of legendary guitarist/singer George Benson with his contribution to the glorious "You Can Do It (Baby)". Elsewhere they provided Roy Ayers with his best material in aeons with "Sweet Tears" and gave us a real taste of real Nuyorican latin-jazz with the great pianist Eddie Palmeiri on " Taita Caneme" and "Habriendo El Dominante". Nuyorican Soulis an unpredictable, inventive, wonderful, landmark album. --Na'solo So' Fahed "

 "I bought this albumn on the 11 may 2000, after hearing it before many times on vinyl and at various friends houses. However owning it myself and listening to the massive sounds produced from the albumn makes you realise how clever and how well put together this really is. From the range of instruments and sounds put together and woven wonderfully together by Kenny Dope and Louis Vega you get a trip down a musical journey straight from the Heart and soul of both New York and South America. When you see greats such as Jocyelen Brown, Roy Avers, Geaorge Benson and India appearing you know its going to be good, but when you hear it the actual sound is melodic and soothing and more than impressive. India appeared on the massive summer hit of 1999 with "To Be In Love", the orginal "runnaway" tune on this albumn again shows how a talented Diva should sound. Forget all the pop pretenders this is real music at its best. "

"Produced by "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny " Dope" Gonzalez. (Masters at Work) this one really pushed the boundaries of dance music to new limits on its release in 1997. It blends the current underground club attitude with latin beats, hip-hop, jazz, funk, disco and soul ie really eclectic and makes a refreshing change to the current crop of 'sound-a-like' trance & house stuff."

 "I bought the NuYoricanSoul album when it first came out... and still, whenever I go into a bar, restaurant, or club and hear the soulful tones of India and Jocelyn Brown (accompanied by Roy Ayers, George Benson and Tito Puente and mastered by MAW - Lil' Louie Vega and Kenny Dope Gonzalez), I die and go to heaven."

"This is the music that you want to accompany your laid-back, funky, sunny, HAPPY lifestyle (and if you don't have one yet, it'll be sure to help you on your way!). Music that you can relax to, music that you can make out to - hell, even music that you can dance to (in the privacy of your own home if you're not that good)!"

"Everyone I know who has this - or who has heard it during visits to my house (where it is played on a regular basis) - agrees that it is one of the finest albums to come out of the late 90's... and as it's relatively undiscovered by the culture vultures, it doesn't feel to have dated. In fact I'd go so far to say that it is a modern classic."

"What makes it so amazing is the fact that it's without genre - a fusion of soul, jazz, funk, Latin, Disco, Beats and rhymes... it crosses so many boundaries that whether you are a fan of one or all of the above, you cannot fail to be pleased by the sound created by two of NY's finest DJ's."

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