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09-02-2008, 03:32 PM
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I was wondering what you all considered the best slap albums, for funk. I dig all the virtuoso insane chops stuff but I really love slapping for just a seriously funky groove. I know there's ocean's of good stuff out there that I can check out. But that's the problem. I didn't grow up in the seventies and eighties so I haven't had twenty or so years to hear all this stuff. Can you guys recommend some "classic" funk albums featuring some good slap. Some stuff that would benefit me to learn and dissect. Or just a band in general. Thanks. |
09-02-2008, 03:41 PM
| | | | Brothers Johnson, Cameo & Slave immediately come to my mind.
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09-02-2008, 04:25 PM
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Graham Central Station - Best Of
Bros. Johnson - Best Of
Jamiroquai - Best Of
Bela Fleck And The Flecktones - Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo
Marcus Miller - Anything (hate his sound but love his playing)
Stanley Clarke - School Days
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09-02-2008, 04:28 PM
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09-02-2008, 04:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: USA, Warner Robins GA | | | Can you recommend some Cameo or Slave albums? I will annihilate my ratio if I try to dl all those albums. |
09-02-2008, 04:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: DC | | | Graham Central Station is a very good suggestion..........some cool stuff can be found on The Best of Teena Marie, The Best of Pleasure, and Earth,Wind and Fire's Greatest Hits as well.......
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09-02-2008, 04:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | | graham central station: dow-do-u-want-2-dance is probably the single greatest slap album ever recorded |
09-02-2008, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NJ | | | re: bass slap
If you listen to the Stanley album, School days, You will see where Wooten picked up his style, and learn about slap and rythm..Stanley was the master at it... Wooten even credits Stanley....
If you want some MP3s PM me and I can send em to u !!!
Good luck ,
Bill |
09-02-2008, 04:48 PM
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09-02-2008, 04:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Denver | | | Check out the live Level 42 set called "A Physical Presence", released in 1984. I first heard it in 1987 when I was 16.
This album changed my life as a bass player. I don't go around trying to play as over the top as Mark King did on that recording, but I think of the bass' contribution in a funk context in a totally different way.
And, don't forget, he is singing too. |
09-02-2008, 06:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: CT | | | Anything by The Meters. |
09-02-2008, 06:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cleveland Heights, OH | | | The Meters are amazing, but I can't think of any songs where George slaps. (If i'm wrong, please suggest some tunes for me to listen to-Always lookin' for cool Meters stuff.)
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09-02-2008, 07:13 PM
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09-02-2008, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteKnuckles Brothers Johnson, Cameo & Slave immediately come to my mind. |
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Pleasure, Let's Work by Prince, |
09-02-2008, 07:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Western Massachusetts | | | Go forth and get theeself some Fishbone. John Norwood Fisher is about as funky as they get. More metalish than soul, but some tough stuff. Try the rekkid "The Reality of My Surroundings" fer instance.
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09-02-2008, 07:39 PM
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Line Up: Marcus Miller, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Tom Scott...
Jamiroquai - Emergency on planet & Return of the Space Cowboy
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09-05-2008, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by ShavedHippie The Meters are amazing, but I can't think of any songs where George slaps. (If i'm wrong, please suggest some tunes for me to listen to-Always lookin' for cool Meters stuff.) | yea, he doesn't slap at all- in a BP interview, he says his wrists are too weak or something like that. Doesn't matter though, if you want to learn how to bring the funk like the masters, a Meters record will get you started (and keep you going). As outlandishly awesome and funky as P-funk gets, there's something about the modesty of the Meters, that is funkier than nine cans of shaving powder. |
09-05-2008, 02:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | i dig a lot of stuff by sly, prince, primus, vic, etc...
but for me , slap abss albums begin and end with the live amrcus disc, the ozeil tapes. amazing stuff.
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09-05-2008, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM Marcus Miller - Anything (hate his sound but love his playing) | I'm with you on that, his rendition of Teen town put's a great slap slant on it. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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