This dude that went by just D’angelo flew up the charts in the mid-90’s doing a seriously slow and funky, even guttural soul music, sitting mainly behind an electric piano while being pelted by praise, panties, and eventually grammys. I … Read the rest
funk
get your funk on
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Sell Your Soul For The Purple
So the classic 24-7 Spyz lineup from 90-95 got together for a little reunion show and destroyed it. No surprise there. I really wish I could have seen this one in person.
Don’t sell your soul for the purple.
Classic Wizardry
Don’t Mash Me Down
Caught this dude last week and he was spinnin some fat funk and electrofunk for the chitlins… made my heart warmer. He kicked off the set with this jam – enjoy:
… Read the restThe Church of Rock & Roll
The Texas Cannonball
Osmium Classic
All 2MERICA All The Time
It’s the anti-facebook, no it’s the anti-circle, no it’s the anti-pop live-remix outfit known as 2MERICA, and they have released their 3rd LP and it’s fun-kay! ?Check out some Mass Entertainment here, here, here, and here. … Read the rest
London In The Summertime
Good live recent Chili Peppers, unheralded great song “Emit Remmus”, rocking in Poland – Enjoy!
… Read the restFunk With A Capital G
Rare p-funk offshoot band Quazar (featuring Kevin & Glen Goins, amongst others) courtesy of Miss Funkyflyy.
… Get Your Freek On
Excellent new funk from the man out on the streets keeping the funk alive — it’s Freekbass with Victory Redux.
Check out the rest of the super funky record (“Insomnia” ? WOW!) over at Freekbass’ Bandcamp.… Read the rest
Ohio’s Best
The original funkateers, the greatest ever, I just gotta give some love to the Ohio Players, getting me through another week. This time it’s “Contradiction” – check it over at Last.fm.… Read the rest
Talkin Bout Love
Killer redo of a redo by Eric Gales. I must have missed this one, thanks to Youtube random suggestions for finding this.… Read the rest
Getting Over The Hump
Some Sly for your hump-day:
… Read the rest2MERICA Goes To #1
Over at ReverbNation they use the genre funk amongst others.
Since everyone seems to run from that genre, guess what, your favorite stupor-group 2MERICA has risen to #1 on the funk charts in their hometown of Cleveland Ohio.
Here’s the … Read the rest
Iconic
A Cleveland son done good, it’s Bobby Womack and his guitar doing a rendition of “California Dreamin'” and one of his classics “Across 110th Street”.
… Read the restNumerica! Finally
Yeah yeah yeah I know my projects take forever to come out sometimes. I’ve heard that before. I try to make it worth the wait.
So there’s a new 2MERICA LP entitled “Mass Entertainment”, featuring 5 songs of fresh funky … Read the rest