24 Carat Black has been played on NTS over 60 times, featured on 63 episodes and was first played on 12 January 2013.

In 1973 the Stax label put out the initial funk opera from this group, a vanity project from classically trained former Motown staff arranger Dale Warren during the hey day of the Memphis label's pre-bankruptcy success streak. The stark urban funk debut record remains relatively obscure despite an initial tour by the group, and being sampled years later by a slew of hip hop giants including Rakim,Dr. Dre & KRS-One. A more lushly layered and perhaps commercial follow up was in…