| Various Artists / Flying Funk |
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| Album: | Flying Funk | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Apr 2003 | |
| Label: | Bluebird Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-05-12 | Pull Date: | 2003-07-14 |
| Week Ending: | Jul 20 | Jul 13 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 | Jun 22 | Jun 15 | Jun 8 | Jun 1 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 07, 2022: | Pumping Iron (rebroadcast from Jul 9, 2013) This Is the Me Me | 4. | Nov 10, 2019: | Soul, Samples & Substitutions Mama, We Gettin' Down | |
| 2. | Jul 22, 2020: | Some Songs Without Words Save Me | 5. | May 06, 2017: | Stewed Down Home Is Where the Hatred Is | |
| 3. | Jan 12, 2020: | Mix Tape Happiness Is Just Around... | 6. | Nov 12, 2016: | Music Casserole Mama |
| Album Review |
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| The Dead Kenny-Gs Reviewed 2003-05-05 | ||
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Flying Funk Classic, semi-obscure funk. This time, they're plundering the vaults of the Flying Dutchman and RCA back catalog. This is one of two discs from this collection, this is the funkier and more up tempo of the two. Lots of tracks here are included because they were prominently sampled (tracks 4, 5, and 13 for example) or because they?re dance floor killers (tracks 3 or 5 for example). Nothing here is too rare or obscure, but they do represent several selections of canonical rare-groove. 1) **Catchy bass groove with vocals from the late Nina Simone 2) *Funky mid-tempo instrumental groove with horns 3) **Powerful up-tempo funk driven by furious bass and percussion 4) **Fuzzy mid-tempo groove, instantly familiar to fans of A Tribe Called Quest?s Award Tour 5) **Up-tempo pre-disco dance track, classic bass groove supported by congas and triangle, flowing synth, and high male vocals 6) **Gil Scott-Heron in song mode, soulful 7) *Dramatic, orchestral ballad with female vocals 8) **Sassy female vocals 9) **Interesting arrangement of Ike & Tina Turner hit, stripped down but still funky and up-tempo 10) *Jazzier, with the unfortunate use of soprano sax 11) *Mid-tempo fusion 12) **Female vocals over bluesy soul jazz 13) **Goofy jam, sampled often by De La Soul 14) Philly (TSOP) style soul, a little funkier 15) Pretty smoothed out stuff 16) *Up-tempo funky theme Tom Purcell, May 2003 | ||
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