Introduction To Buttamilk | A promotional mix given away at the 1994 WDAS-FM Unity Day

Poetry - KRS-One & Boogie Down ProductionsGil Scott Heron speaksEasy Come Easy Goes - Umar Bin Hassan & Ed O.G. and the BulldogsDJ Kool Herc speaksLife - Jeru The DamajaPlease Don't Steal My Air Jordans - Reg E. GainesQool Marv introduces Buttamilk and some of it's 1st performers Stephanie Renee, Scott & Clark (Jill Scott and then partner Tiffany Clark), Wadud, Ryva Parker, Ursula Rucker...Black Widow Spider - Buckshot Lefonque (a/k/a Branford Marsalis)New Breed Records Interlude - You Dig?Rent Strike - Groove CollectiveEgo Trippin - Nikki GiovanniThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Dana Bryant"Buttamilk – It all started with you." – Jill Scott (from the liner notes of her debut LP Who Is Jill Scott?)Essentially, buttamilk is a concept that started in Philadelphia around 1994 with three fellows named Gene, Kenny, and Marv. They all met working as interns at the classic soul station, WDAS, in Philadelphia.Realizing that we all had a great time together and all had a love for music, especially music that was just under the commercial radio radar, we decided to band together and throw some parties. Kenny would host, Gene would get on the mic, and Marv spun the tunes.Our first event was a house party for Kenny's birthday. We thought that it would be cool and a twist to invite some singers to sing over instrumentals as people moved and grooved...just a slight departure from the "throw your hands in the air like you just don't care," chants, you know?Simplistic and hardly groundbreaking, but to the audience we played to, it was a thrill. People thought they were hearing new versions of tracks because they couldn't see the artists. Sometime after that party, we brainstormed on how to present what we did at that jam, but shed more light, literally, on the artists performing.We wanted to put together a show that would showcase music, singing, and spoken word to working class Philadelphians whose taste were fairly mainstream. We wanted to bring a high level of entertainment with style and intellect to everyday people. But, we needed a name...ButtamilkSee what that looks like: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.65870510353.147490.586515353&type=3