Louis Vega Receives Grammy Nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album

Louie Vega's emblematic 2016 album Starring... XXVIII has been nominated for a Grammy in under the award for Best Dance / Electronic Album.

With a career that spans over 30 years, including heavyweight projects including Masters At Work, Elements Of Life and Nuyorican Soul, Vega's Starring... is unbelievably his first solo album and features over twenty-five artists on twenty-eight different songs.

The esteemed group of collaborators on the album include Kendrick Lamar, Funkadelic & George Clinton, Jocelyn Brown, Caron Wheeler of Soul II Soul, Byron Stingily, Tony Mumrelle and Nick Monaco & Soul Clap and the collection spans the genres of afro, house, funk, latin, jazz, soul and gospel.

Vega previously was awarded a Grammy in 2006 for his remix of Curtis Mayfield Superfly and he was sampled by Kanye West this year in Fade. He explains of Starring..., "My inspirations came from various visits around the world and experiences in life. The album came together naturally, it was like planting a tree, each branch represented an artist, a sound, a groove. The entire process happened within a few years. The experience with the artists on the album was magical? they are all so talented and very unique and have their own special quality. This body of work is a masterpiece that will be party of my legacy."

Buy link: http://shop.vegarecords.net/products/louie-vega-starring-xxviii

Label: Vega Records

Released: 26th February 2016

Distribution: Above Board

Cat no: 02VEGA04

Links: vegarecords.net - facebook.com/LittleLouieVega - twitter.com/nuyoricansoul - soundcloud.com/little-louie-vega

Tracklisting: Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII

CD 1

01. Funkadelic 'Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You?' (Louie Vega Remix)

02. 3 Winans Brothers & The Clark Sisters 'Dance' (Louie Vega Remix)

03. Louie Vega Starring Monique Bingham 'Elevator (Going Up)'

04. Louie Vega Starring Bucie 'Angels Are Watching Me'

05. Louie Vega Starring Caron Wheeler 'A New Day'

06. Louie Vega Starring N'Dea Davenport 'Magical Ride (Wave of Love)'

07. Louie Vega Starring Tony Momrelle 'Gift of Love'

08. Louie Vega Starring Anané Vega 'Heaven Knows'

09. Louie Vega Starring Kaylow 'Can We Keep This Going'

10. Louie Vega Starring Vikter Duplaix 'Gimme Some Love'

11. Louie Vega Starring Cassio Ware 'Just The Way I Like It'

12. Louie Vega Starring Nick Monaco & Soul Clap 'See Some Light'

13. Louie Vega Starring Adeva 'I Deserve to Breath'

14. Louie Vega Starring Convertion & Leroy Burgess 'Let's Do It' (Dance Ritual Mix) - A Louie Vega Interpretation

CD2
1. Louie Vega Starring Jocelyn Brown 'You Are Everything'

2. Louie Vega Starring Kenny Bobien 'Together We Can'

3. Louie Vega Starring Josh Milan 'Joy Inside My Tears'

4. Louie Vega Starring Zara McFarlane 'Because We Love It'

5. Louie Vega Starring Lisa Fischer & Anané Vega 'Turned Onto You'

6. Louie Vega Starring Lisa Fischer 'Do What You Gotta Do'

7. Louie Vega Starring Lisa Fischer & Cindy Mizelle 'Stop on By'

8. Louie Vega Starring Cindy Mizelle & Lisa Fischer 'Slick City'

9. Louie Vega Starring Josh Milan 'You've Got It Bad Girl'

10. Louie Vega Starring Adeva 'In The Morning'

11. Louie Vega Starring Josh Milan 'Been Such A Long Time Gone'

12. Louie Vega Starring Luis Salinas 'Es Vedra'

13. Louie Vega Starring Diviniti 'Everlasting Love'

14. Louie Vega Starring Byron Stingily 'Ain't No Stoppin' Love'

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