Monday, May 03, 2004  

Chuck Carbo, "Can I Be Your Squeeze?"
The Explosions, "Hip Drop"
from New Orleans Funk: The Original Sound of Funk 1960-75 (Soul Jazz, 2000

Unstrap yourself from the cubicle chair before you play these tunes. I wanna see all of you in the blogosphere drop some hips to these OG musical biscuits.

The entire New Orleans Funk compilation has probably been sampled to death, but for those of you looking for unaccompanied and killer breakbeats, you've found your Valhalla. Other highlights include the Meters' "Handclapping Song" and "Just Kissed My Baby," Aaron Neville's "Hercules," the Explosions' "Garden of Four Trees," and Danny White's "Natural Soul Brother." (I never figured the Dallas Cowboys' former QB / punter to be such a fonkee mofo.) Special notice goes out to Eddie Bo's "Hook 'n' Sling," which is one long breakbeat with him coughing in rhythm. What is it about coughing solos and bringin' the funk?

The sister Soul Jazz comp to this one is Saturday Night Fish Fry. Other Music in NYC and Dusty Groove in Chicago should be able to hook you up if you're Chuck Jonesin' to hear more NO funk---and how could you not?

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