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I was about to grab Brian for another dance when Brian's dad swept me up for a bride/father of the groom dance. Hilariously, another notable moment in the evening occurred when Brian's dad and I accidentally ended up dancing together to Marvin Gaye' s "Let's Get it On".Īfter all the first dances (Brian and I, father/daughter, son/mom, etc), Matthew was transitioning into getting everyone else on the dance floor with a little smooth Marvin Gaye. All the other guests danced on the sidelines while hollering with delight. The groove was so perfect that it inspired a no less than twenty minute dance-off between Brian's sixty year-old father and his twenty-something best man. Matthew said yes without hesitation and proceeded to turn the evening into the booty-shakingest funk and soul dance party that any of us had ever been to.
"My husband Brian and I got married in September 2005 and Matthew was the only person on my list of potential DJs for the event. Matthew Africa DJing wedding party for Marin Moran and her husband Brian (Sept 2005) The nicest in every hip and formal sense of the word." "Oak-lin' Cal-uh For-nigh-yay" will never be the same without Matthew Africa. "One day, years ago, I saw Matt shopping in the rap section at Amoeba Berkeley and he proudly recommended this isht. We shared a moment over this at KALX, long ago."
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Am listening to Can 's "Halleluhwah " at full volume, right now. It meant a lot when he struck up a conversation regarding something I was playing. He was just one of my favorite DJ's to listen to, and he inspired me to dig deeper. "it was because of DJing at KALX that we crossed paths. It was one of the most unabashedly joyful sights I've ever seen. "Yo tengo funky funky rhymes con un funky funky style" and on and on. Nice & Smooth, "Hip Hop Junkies (Spanish Fly version)" - I don't know how much Spanish Matthew actually spoke but anytime anyone played this version, which was pretty damn infrequent, Matthew would dance around and sing every single word. But then he finishes the verse as the sax player finishes up: "don't think think I'm stop doing scandalous shit, i'm taking mail, food stamps, checks, even WIC.
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I'll be the sweetest motherfucker that you ever met." It sounds like Mac Mall had an epiphany and is ready to treat his woman like a lady. The beat smoothes out and the sweet sax comes in: "when we first meet, I give you full respect.
I think about him every time the second half of the third verse rolls around in "Sic Wit Tis" and Mall switches to his slick-talk-pimp voice. Mac Mall, "Sic Wit Tis" - Matthew was a huge fan of hip hop from all over the country, but a great Bay rap song was his SHIT. The first time I listened to "Sarah Mae" my eyes started to water and listening to it now, years later, I can't stop crying. Dude knew music, loved sharing it, and put a tremendous amount of thought into making sure it was selected perfectly for every situation. His ideas were invariably amazing, unexpected, and appropriate with a laser-like precision.
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(Check his "Soul Boulders" series with B Cause for a lot more.) This was a song he sent to me when I was working on a project and had asked him for suggestions, which I always did. Freddie Hughes, "Sarah Mae" - One of Matthew's favorite types of song was the melancholy soul song.