Truth & Soul is a record label

Record label

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 and production team based in Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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. It was formed in 2004 by Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman.

Truth & Soul was founded in 2004 and has recorded and released the music of El Michels Affair, Bronx River Parkway, Quincy Bright, The Evil D's, Lee Fields and The Expressions, The Fabulous Three, Cosmic Force, The Olympians, Tyrone Ashley's Funky Music Machine, The Ghetto Brothers, The Phenomenal Handclap Band

Phenomenal Handclap Band

Phenomenal Handclap Band are a Psych-Soul band from New York City. Their first full-length record, Phenomenal Handclap Band, came out in 2009 on Friendly Fire Recordings in the US and in 2010 on Tummy Touch Records. The album was also released world wide by KSR in Japan, Inertia in Australia, GOMMA...

, and Bama & The Family.

In 2008 Truth & Soul produced and released the Lee Fields & The Expressions album "My World" to critical acclaim. The same year they produced Aloe Blacc

Aloe Blacc

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's sophomore record, Good Things, which will be released on Stones Throw records on September 28th.

Truth & Soul has remixed "Love Is a Losing Game

Love Is a Losing Game

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" by Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse

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, the Gabriella Cilmi

Gabriella Cilmi

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 single "Sweet About Me", Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington

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's "Cry Me A River" for Verve Remixed 4, and Truth & Soul are credited as writers on Adele

Adele (singer)

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's grammy nominated album, 19. Their records have been sampled by Ghostface Killah, Just Blaze, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy.

Discography

Artist	Title	Catalog Number	Release date
El Michels Affair	Sounding Out The City	TSCD-001	2004
Various Artists	Fallin Off The Reel	TSCD-002	2005
Tyrone Ashley & Funky Music Machine	Let Me Be Your Man	TSCD-003	2007 Reissue
Various Artists	Fallin Off The Reel vol.2	TSCD-004	2008
Bronx River Parkway	San Sebastian 152	TSCD-006	2008
Lee Fields & The Expressions	My World	TSCD-007	2009
El Michels Affair	Enter The 37th Chamber	to be released in conjunction with fat beats records	2009
Michael Leonahrt & Avramina 7	Seahorse & The Storyteller	TSCD-009	2010
Bama & The Family	Feeling Good b/w Drums of Asiko	TS001	2004
Bronx River Parkway feat. Analu	Deixa Pra La b/w Mas y Mas	TS002	2004
Timothy McNealy	K.C Stomp b/w Easy, Easy, Easy	TS003	2004
Lee Fields & The Expressions	Do You Love Me b/w Honey Dove	TS004	2004
El Michels Affair	Creation b/w Behind The Blue Curtains	TS005	2005
The Expressions	Money Is King b/w These Moments	TS006	2005
Quincy Bright	My Ghetto Looks Like This	TS007	2006
El Michels Affair	C.R.E.A.M b/w Glaciers of Ice	TS008	2006
Funky Music Machine	Gotta clean Up The World	TS009	2006 Reissue
Bronx River Parkway	La Valla b/w Nora Se Va	TS010	2007
Tyrone Ashley & Funky Music Machine	Can't Help Myself b/w Love Me A Little While Longer	TS011	2007 Reissue
El Michels Affair	Bring Da Ruckus b/w Duel Of The Iron Mic	TS012	2007
Black Velvet	Is It Me You Really Love b/w Earthquake's Coming	TS014	2007 Reissue
El Michels Affair w/ Raekwon Raekwon Corey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...	The PJ's...from afar	TS015	2007
Lee Fields & The Expressions	My World b/w Love Comes and Goes	TS016	2007
Bronx River Parkway	Agua con Sel b/w Me Toca	TS017	2008
Timothy McNealy	What's Going On b/w I'm So glad You're Mine	TS018	2008 Reissue
Quincy Bright	My Ghetto Looks Like This Vol. 2	TS020	2009
The Olympians	How Can I Love b/w Stand Tall	TS025	2009

Artists

• El Michels Affair
• Bronx River Parkway
  Bronx River Parkway
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• Lee Fields & The Expressions
• Quincy Bright
• Cosmic Force
  Cosmic Force
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• Tyrone Ashley & Funky Music Machine
• The Olympians
  The Olympians
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External links

• Official site
• Interview with Leon Michels
• Village Voice Article on Tyrone Ashley