A much needed Black Music thread.

[ogibowt]

interesting history lesson
Personally i was a16/17 year old kid when i discovered the music of Dyke & The Blazers
little did i know that they were the innovators of "funk} music...i just loved the sound
laying the ground work for major Funk Artists
i have 4 or 5 of their singles plus a CD Compilation
Dyke and The Blazers....one of my early heros

 

[xmontrealer]

Although "Funk" is not in the title, I thought it was this James Brown song from 1964 that was the first funk song, with the emphasis on the "one", instead of the 2 and 4...

Btw I totally love Dyke & The Blazers, and had all their releases on vinyl too, and then on CD when I sold my vinyl.

Nonetheless, Dyke & The Blazers kept the emphasis on the "backbeat" 2 & 4 in "Funky Broadway", which is not technically funk, as great, raw, and "funky" their sound was.

 

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[ogibowt]

thanks for posting
Dyke was not as well known as James...so he got lost in the shuffle....i prefer Dyke, but hey that, s just me

 

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thanks for posting
Dyke was not as well known as James...so he got lost in the shuffle....i prefer Dyke, but hey that, s just me

I hold them both in very high esteem. James, of course, had a much longer and more successful career, and is much better known, even for his very early r&b stylings.

But Dyke's recordings were amazing, from "So Sharp" (my personal fave) through "Funky Broadway" and in-between!

Here is a prime example, though from 1971, of James' "on the one" funk rhythm...

 

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and now back to my regularly scheduled disco program...

 

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[ogibowt]

revisiting So Sharp

i had a bit of an ego as a teen lol and i was kinda smug and proud i loved stuff like this..and not the white bread Pop flooding the airways generally..a bit of a music snob lol

 

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[K Douglas]

I'm not a Rhianna fan at all-the "eh eh eh" -, but I love Kool & The Gang and somehow someone made this work real good.
Such a crazy good mashup, nice cameo surprise just past the halfway point.

As a fan of blends I found this quite interesting. They sped up the tempo. I do love the bass but the rest of the arrangement I'm not diggin' very much. I much preferred the 1970's less poppy version of Kool & the Gang who I consider to be one of the most important black music artists of all time. Songs like this

"Open Sesame"

Get down with the genie

 

[K Douglas]

Tribe!

They were just inducted into the Rock n Roll HOF this year. "Award Tour" I'd put in my 10 best Tribe songs of all time. That whole LP is just sublime. Here's another less known one that I love so much

"The Chase Pt. II"

RIP Phife Dawg aka the 5 Footer.

 

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A brief diversion from my disco posts...

 

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