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All of your funk news, funk music, funk concerts, and funky smells are at https://t.co/UHjJNfb6x9.
Atlanta, GA
Joined February 2011
NAME THAT FAVORITE TRACK! 18 Years Ago Today, @prince released his album Planet Earth on a slipcard on the front of the UK newspaper Mail on Sunday. Funkatopia's Michael Bland was present during the recording of some of these tracks and we'll talk about that tonight. The album
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Relistening to Ready for The World's debut. Shout out to Melvin Riley. But Oh Sheila comes on and I had to laugh, because in case any of you forgot, some of the lyrics are:. Oh, baby, it's one two three.I love you baby honestly,.I want to deedle deedle dee.a Deedle deedle doo
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Michael Bland and I loved having Maya on the show last week. Folks should watch out for her.
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NAME THAT FAVORITE TRACK! 54 Years Ago Today, Funkadelic unleashed the legendary album Maggot Brain. When it dropped, Carole King and James Taylor were at the top of the pop charts and groups of the day like the Isleys, Marvin Gaye and Isaac Hayes were way at the back of the
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SHOW YOUR LOVE! A very happy birthday to one of the Queens holding court, the ultra-talented Jill Jones born on this day in 1962. Be sure to revisit her incredible visit to Funkatopia last year. It's always an honor.
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SHOW YOUR LOVE! A Very Happy Birthday to the incomparable Mavis Staples born on this day in 1939.
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Settle an internal debate. Which one?.Been listening to The Police's Ghost in the Machine album and while Synchronicity has a special place in my heart, GITM is just a far better album. The Synchronicity tour was one of the first concerts I ever went to by myself as a teenager
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NAME THAT FAVORITE TRACK! 15 Years Ago Today, Prince released his album 20Ten as a covermount on the Belgium newspapers Het Nieuwsblad & De Gentenaar, the British newspaper The Daily Mirror, and The Daily Record in Scotland. This was the same approach he used for Planet Earth in
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NAME THAT FAVORITE TRACK! 35 Years Ago Today, The Time reunited and put out a front-to-back smash album entitled Pandemonium. This time around @prince allowed the band to include tracks of their own alongside his input. The end result was 5 songs written by Prince and 5 from
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NAME THAT FAVORITE TRACK! 29 Years Ago Today, Prince released his 18th full studio album Chaos and Disorder. The 2nd to be released as O(+>. Prince was quoted as saying, "Someone told me that Van Halen did their first record in a week. That’s what we were going for—spontaneity,
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NAME THAT FAVORITE TRACK! 41 Years Ago Today, the release of the Time's album Ice Cream Castle was unleashed onto the world. While some the songs appeared in the Purple Rain movie, the soundtrack lacked any of The Time's tracks and Ice Cream Castle remedied that. Revisit
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Looking forward to the show tomorrow. Michael and I will be chatting about music news, the festivities of July 4th with Morris Day and The Time and elsewhere, and welcome a special guest(s?) to talk about an upcoming new album. Let the madness begin.
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I’ll say it. Prince’s 12” of America is probably my least favorite. It’s the same beat that drones on for 15 minutes beyond the song without much variation. Many people swear by it as one the best, but I am not in that camp. Kiss, Let’s Go Crazy, Always in My Hair, yes please.
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Happy July 4th.
Streaming for the first time ever in Stereo and Dolby Atmos “America (12” Version)” out now!.
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RT @prince: Streaming for the first time ever in Stereo and Dolby Atmos “America (12” Version)” out now!. https://t….
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