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Reply #90 posted 02/18/17 4:23pm

SoulAlive

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Probably not on the same level of funk as George Clinton/Parliament. I was just listening to some old Cameo. My favorite album by them Cameosis had a few funk Jams as well a great ballads. This was the real Cameo when they seemed to have 100members.

Cameosis is a funk masterpiece.

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Reply #91 posted 02/18/17 6:57pm

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Couldn’t pick a favourite, but I’ve always loved Fresh:

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Reply #92 posted 02/22/17 7:23pm

mrwiggles

SoulAlive said:



daingermouz2020 said:


Probably not on the same level of funk as George Clinton/Parliament. I was just listening to some old Cameo. My favorite album by them Cameosis had a few funk Jams as well a great ballads. This was the real Cameo when they seemed to have 100members.


Cameosis is a funk masterpiece.




Agreed. As was Feel Me and Knights of Sound Table.
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Reply #93 posted 02/22/17 10:58pm

motownlover

Fresh: Sly and the Family Stone

The Chronic: Dr dre.

There is a riot going on: SLy and the family stone

Emergency on planet earth: : Jamiroquai

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Reply #94 posted 02/23/17 9:19am

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mrwiggles said:

SoulAlive said:

Cameosis is a funk masterpiece.

Agreed. As was Feel Me and Knights of Sound Table.

And yet my fave by them was Alligator Woman

If you've got funk, you've got style.
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Reply #95 posted 02/23/17 2:51pm

SoulAlive

^^ it's hard to pick a favorite Cameo album smile but yeah,Alligator Woman is one of their best,for sure

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Reply #96 posted 03/02/17 6:26pm

mrwiggles

HardcoreJollies said:



mrwiggles said:


SoulAlive said:



Cameosis is a funk masterpiece.



Agreed. As was Feel Me and Knights of Sound Table.

And yet my fave by them was Alligator Woman



I dig the hell out of Aligator Woman especially the title track. But Knights is my fave album they did. How are you feeling about the Style album?
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Reply #97 posted 03/02/17 6:38pm

SoulAlive

I'm embarrassed to admit that I have never heard Cameo's 'Style' album eek That album seems like it came and went without leaving a trace! The title track is the only song I heard from it.What's the story with this album? Was it underpromoted? Is it any good?
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Reply #98 posted 03/02/17 10:20pm

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SoulAlive said:

I'm embarrassed to admit that I have never heard Cameo's 'Style' album eek That album seems like it came and went without leaving a trace! The title track is the only song I heard from it.What's the story with this album? Was it underpromoted? Is it any good?

It's was decent. Not spectacular. The second single from this album was the lazy remake of

Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling In Love. lol I felt the second single should have been

You're A Winner which I thought was the standout track on the album and there is actually

live footage of Cameo performing the song live in recent shows. Other standout tracks were

Aphrodisiac and This Life's Not For Me. They made an attempt to repeat Alligator Woman with

Let's Not Talk Slot which was pretty much filler material as well as Cameo's Dance. Slow

Movin was pretty decent too. This album just lacked that fire that previous Cameo albums

had but this was also their debut album on Larry's upstart Atlanta Artists label too.

Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #99 posted 03/03/17 9:25am

SoulAlive

phunkdaddy said:

SoulAlive said:

I'm embarrassed to admit that I have never heard Cameo's 'Style' album eek That album seems like it came and went without leaving a trace! The title track is the only song I heard from it.What's the story with this album? Was it underpromoted? Is it any good?

It's was decent. Not spectacular. The second single from this album was the lazy remake of

Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling In Love. lol I felt the second single should have been

You're A Winner which I thought was the standout track on the album and there is actually

live footage of Cameo performing the song live in recent shows. Other standout tracks were

Aphrodisiac and This Life's Not For Me. They made an attempt to repeat Alligator Woman with

Let's Not Talk Slot which was pretty much filler material as well as Cameo's Dance. Slow

Movin was pretty decent too. This album just lacked that fire that previous Cameo albums

had but this was also their debut album on Larry's upstart Atlanta Artists label too.

the title track has the exact same bassline and music as "Just Be Yourself" from the previous album.I always felt that Ready For The World sorta borrowed this groove when they composed "Oh Sheila" smile

I'm gonna look for this album and finally give it a listen.I wonder if it's on Spotify.

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Reply #100 posted 03/03/17 4:39pm

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SoulAlive said:



phunkdaddy said:




SoulAlive said:


I'm embarrassed to admit that I have never heard Cameo's 'Style' album eek That album seems like it came and went without leaving a trace! The title track is the only song I heard from it.What's the story with this album? Was it underpromoted? Is it any good?


It's was decent. Not spectacular. The second single from this album was the lazy remake of


Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling In Love. lol I felt the second single should have been


You're A Winner which I thought was the standout track on the album and there is actually


live footage of Cameo performing the song live in recent shows. Other standout tracks were


Aphrodisiac and This Life's Not For Me. They made an attempt to repeat Alligator Woman with


Let's Not Talk Slot which was pretty much filler material as well as Cameo's Dance. Slow


Movin was pretty decent too. This album just lacked that fire that previous Cameo albums


had but this was also their debut album on Larry's upstart Atlanta Artists label too.




the title track has the exact same bassline and music as "Just Be Yourself" from the previous album.I always felt that Ready For The World sorta borrowed this groove when they composed "Oh Sheila" smile



I'm gonna look for this album and finally give it a listen.I wonder if it's on Spotify.



Not sure. Spotify is kinda weird. They have all of Mass Production albums available much to my surprise. Some artists who had more success don't have all their albums available on Spotify.
[Edited 3/3/17 16:39pm]
Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #101 posted 03/05/17 10:52am

mrwiggles

SoulAlive said:



phunkdaddy said:




SoulAlive said:


I'm embarrassed to admit that I have never heard Cameo's 'Style' album eek That album seems like it came and went without leaving a trace! The title track is the only song I heard from it.What's the story with this album? Was it underpromoted? Is it any good?


It's was decent. Not spectacular. The second single from this album was the lazy remake of


Elvis Presley's Can't Help Falling In Love. lol I felt the second single should have been


You're A Winner which I thought was the standout track on the album and there is actually


live footage of Cameo performing the song live in recent shows. Other standout tracks were


Aphrodisiac and This Life's Not For Me. They made an attempt to repeat Alligator Woman with


Let's Not Talk Slot which was pretty much filler material as well as Cameo's Dance. Slow


Movin was pretty decent too. This album just lacked that fire that previous Cameo albums


had but this was also their debut album on Larry's upstart Atlanta Artists label too.




the title track has the exact same bassline and music as "Just Be Yourself" from the previous album.I always felt that Ready For The World sorta borrowed this groove when they composed "Oh Sheila" smile



I'm gonna look for this album and finally give it a listen.I wonder if it's on Spotify.



Yup yup. I had not thought about this for a while but I used to say same thing. Those two tracks are mirror images of each other. I had Style on a cassette that stopped playing years ago but I recall it to be a solid satisfying Cameo experience. I'm into that old Cameo though. Interestingly enough they had greatest commercial success in the 80s.
Wow I had also forgot that Lets Not Talk Slot is Aliigator Woman all over again. Memories.
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Reply #102 posted 03/06/17 5:23pm

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Prince was playing Sly inspired funk licks over an LM-1 Drum machine.

Sly laid the groundwork for All the funk people that came after the innovations of Him, JB, and Clinton..

FUNK is SLY

Prince is the Best damn student ever!

and Super funky!!! but..

imho he never 'improved' upon what other's did before him. = FUNK-wise.

novabrkr said:

214 said:

Do you mind if you make your case


Just for starters:
https://en.wikipedia.org/...mily_Stone

"Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music."


If you're going to attempt to discredit Prince's status as "a funk artist" due to him having done different styles of music then at least use an artist that's not well-known for having done different types of music as well as your counterexample.

That was my point and not that Sly Stone "wasn't a funk artist" or that he "wasn't an important funk artist".

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Reply #103 posted 03/07/17 8:39am

LittleBLUECorv
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Okay, I've come up with the answer.
JAMES BROWN It's A Mother albun.
Features:
Mother Popcorn
Mashed Potatoes Popcorn
Popcorn With a Feeling
Top Of the Stack
I'm Shock
You're Still Out of Sight
The Little Groove Maker

The only track not a funk workout is the pop standard "If I Ruled The World" he also does a cover of "Any Day Now" and while keeping is popish he still somewhat funk'd it up with the horn and guitar licks.
PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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Reply #104 posted 03/07/17 1:50pm

Shockedelicus

TonyVanDam said:

Sly & The Family Stone -- Stand!

Yep. Stand! is the album that has everything.

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Reply #105 posted 03/07/17 1:56pm

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Shockedelicus said:



TonyVanDam said:


Sly & The Family Stone -- Stand!



Yep. Stand! is the album that has everything.


Everything but the funk. How many tracks from the LP can you say are straight up funk. Riot, Fresh and Small Talk are Slys funkiest records.
PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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