G. Love & Special Sauce

hip-hop blues // blues rock

Over the past decade, these Philly hipsters have made a solid name for themselves. They put together some home-cooked sloppy blues sound with hip-hop flavor and soulful harmonica solos and basslines. They also give a chill good-crowd kind of show, check their tour. I’m sure you’ve already enjoyed their hits “My Baby’s Got Sauce” and “Cold Beverage”, but I’m gonna drop a couple of excellent songs on you a bit more laid-back and cooled-down.
Drop it out into a saucepan, bubble gum, double yum. Big man, get it done.

G. Love & Special Sauce – Love
G. Love & Special Sauce – This Aint Livin’
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Posted by Paul Irish on Monday, February 7th, 2005 under hip-hop, jazz.

8 Responses to “G. Love & Special Sauce”

  1. Allan L. said on February 7th at 8:32 pm :

    Their first two albums are absolutely great.

  2. Garrincha said on February 8th at 3:36 am :

    You’re doin it on purpose : he’s in concert in paris tonight, I have tickets and I can’t go …

  3. Jason said on February 8th at 4:49 pm :

    Hey Paul, great post – G-Love & Special Sauce are definately a fun live band. I saw them in Providence at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in 1995 with a friend who stealth taped the show – which later on ended up on a CD, go figure. Anyway, I’m inspired so I’ll post live G-Love. Thanks!

  4. Paul Irish said on February 8th at 5:33 pm :

    Ah, Garrincha, I’m sorry to hear that. Garret wears girls jeans. It’s a great show. :)

    Jason, good call.

    Everyone go check out the live stuff:
    http://blogalive.blogspot.com/g-love-special-sauce-hold-mayo.html

  5. R. Piggy said on February 8th at 11:16 pm :

    I had a girl who for the longest time lied to me that she liked g love, when I found out the truth I remember feeling strangely crushed. My favorite was always ‘cold beverage’. I got a pretty good story that entails me getting hit in the head with an axe-handle and running away to dance to g love’s set. To dance in calf-high mud, god damn that’s hard! Oh, and I take back all the mean things I said, ‘kay.

  6. djmaru said on February 10th at 1:05 am :

    wow this is a sick album. brings back memories. too bad i sold it a while ago

  7. Anonymous said on February 13th at 1:47 pm :

    Sweet- they are playing an environmental music festival on Maui with Jack Johnson. We hardly ever get anyone current way out here in the Pacific so everyone is stoked!

  8. Jeff said on February 13th at 3:19 pm :

    I like “This Ain’t Livin'” but I’m not exactly in love with “Love.” Cool find though.

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