| Various Artists / School House Funk |
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| Album: | School House Funk | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Nov 2000 | |
| Label: | 2000 Cali-Tex Records | |||
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 27, 2013: | Schlepping Cobalt A Toast to the Bogie | 4. | Jun 24, 2012: | MHz present The Art of the Break w/ special guests Dem-One Second Half Intro/Red Clay, Funky Side of Town, Scorpio | |
| 2. | Mar 10, 2013: | MHz with special guests Rockit City DJs | Nodfonics DJs Kcor Variations, Introduction of House Band/I, Black Roots, Intro, Outro, The Newborn Hipopotamus/Jaze | 5. | Sep 11, 2011: | MHz The Newborn Hipopotamus/Jaze, Loose Booty | |
| 3. | Jul 15, 2012: | MHz The Newborn Hipopotamus/Jaze, Chameleon | 6. | Jun 26, 2011: | MHz A Toast to the Bogie |
| Album Review |
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| The Dead Kenny-Gs Reviewed 2003-04-01 | ||
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Schoolhouse Funk Amateur funk. This is a collection of some of the funkiest moments found on real school band recordings. It was put together by obsessive record collector DJ Shadow, from his vast collection of obscure breaks. There are some really funky moments on this disc, and some of the stage dialogue is hilarious (for example track 14: A Toast to the Boogie). Other tracks are more interesting to a beat making crate digger, with a few seconds of cool guitar or a nice open drum break, but are overall very amateurish (Track 9). This disc is definitely worth checking out, funk sounds best when it's rough and raw and these kids are as raw as it gets. Recommended tracks: 8, 6, 1, 3, 12-18, 20 1) Spoken intro, talent show dialogue over funk guitar 2) Chugging slow funk with horns, warbling vocal at start 3) Band intro (lo-fi) over Marva Whitney medley, awesome female vocal 4) Down-tempo soul, building layers 5) Hilarious school band rendition of Cisco Kid 6) *Another War song, this time a very tight melancholy instrumental 7) Interlude with drum break 8) *Cover of Dennis Coffey's Scorpio, up-tempo with a large tight band. I actually like this version better than the original 9) Funky wa-wa guitar, tone deaf horns 10) Big intro, down-tempo, some nice moments 11) Spoken intro, smooth fusion jazz 12) Funk with wailing horns 13) JB style funk with horns 14) Long stage dialogue from school talent show 15) Up-tempo, lots of horns 16) Herbie Hancock fusion classic, super 70s synthesizer solo, big horns 17) Vocal soul with screaming fans 18) Funky medley, drum breaks and horns 19) Interlude w/ funky wa-wa guitar 20) Tight, complex fusion 21) Interlude 22) Lo-fi Funkadelic cover, abrupt ending Tom Purcell, November 2000 | ||
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