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Jackie Stoudemire - Invisible Wind (204 kbps)

Jackie Stoudemire - Don't Stop Dancin' (202 kbps)

God the Numero Group is awesome. If you're unfamiliar, they're a record label that finds, compiles and remasters previously released but super obscure material– not genre-specific, just cool shit they think deserves attention. Their mission statement:

'To dig deep into the recesses of our record collections with the goal of finding the dustiest gems begging to be released from their exile on geek street. No longer would $500 singles sit in a temperature-controlled room dying for a chance to be played. No more would the artists, writers, and entrepreneurs who made these records happen go unknown and unappreciated.'

Dope. We've come across a shit-ton of astounding funk, soul, and gospel jams through them, and we'd like to share one of our favorite finds: the romantic, string-and-brass-heavy soul/boogie grooves of Jackie Stoudemire. 'Invisible Wind' and 'Don't Stop Dancin'' are some of the highlights from Numero's 'Dont Stop: Recording Tap,' a collection of amazing early 80s soul, boogie, disco and hip-hop tracks from Jeremiah Yisrael's short-lived Tap Records that Numero resurrected from a moldy pile in Yisrael's garage. You basically can't find Stoudemire's music anywhere else– jump on this shit! And definitely check out the rest of this compilation and the rest of Numero's catalogue for tons more amazing finds.