Dutch selecter and producer, Kees Heus, better known as “KC the Funkaholic”, has been DJing since the 1980s… He also is the curator at Paradiso, the famous Amsterdam club, and the co-founder of the Kindred Spirits label. Not so long ago, coming back from a gig in Amsterdam, the taxi driver told us “KC the Funkaholic? He’s a legend here!” Here’s a tasty Hip Hop top 5 by one of the world’s most reknowned crate diggers.
Check his originals list on www.22tracks.com/ams/originals

De La Soul
Trying People

“De La Soul is like an old friend. We used to party in the clubs, have fun, flirt with honeys. 25 years later, the kids are off to bed. We have endless sessions at the kitchen table. Disscussing life issues, trying  to live life to the fullest.”
 
 
Spec Boogie
Bedstuy

“One of the many flipsides of the world of music today is that most of the modern day hiphop classic’s never make it on vinyl. Hiphop and vinyl, a long happy marriage has ended.”
 
 
Diverse
Ain’t Right (Feat. Lyrics Born)

“Yesterday’s New Quintet, Jackson Conti, Quasimoto, Madlib and his multiple personalities. Which other producer blesses us with spiritual jazz, crazy medicine mixtapes, soul, hiphop etc ? To choose one Madlib song is impossible. This track always touches me.”
 
 
The Roots
Act too (Love of my life) (Feat. Common)

“Such a beautiful song. Common, the poet. Trying to  find his way in the commercial changes in hiphop. Expressing his struggle as a test of God. Finding peace in the love of his life: hiphop. Sublime storytelling.”
 
 
Siah and Yeshua Dapo ED
The Visualz

“Released on Bobbito Garcia’s famous record label Fondle ‘Em Records. The golden era of independent hiphop!”