Everyone remembers Luther Vandross as a balladeer. Well, y'all can remember Luther however you want to but I remember him for some of his funk jams. In the early days, he could definately get funky when he wanted to. He worked with the BB&Q Band, Change, and even sang backup for Chic. He also produced some funky cuts for Aretha Franklin.

Anyway, I pulled his first album, "Never Too Much", the other day and was playing a few cuts. "She's A Super Lady" was definately funky. Anyone else like this jam?

Yes Marcus Miller was all over this one.

I just downloaded Jump To It from iTunes on Thursday and I just can't stop listening to it. He made Aretha so hot with that song. It's superfunky like that. I wish Luther did more funky stuff cause his dance stuff was bangin but the stuff he did do with the ballads was incredible.

I need to get Never Too Much. That was a great album.

You should check out the 12 Inch of "Jump To It". Another funky one of Aretha's is "Get It Right" which is similar to "Jump To It".
[Edited 9/19/05 18:08pm]

bb&q band?

Bronx, Brooklyn, & Queens

vainandy said:

well sh*t..thats just as bad...

Now you know if Luther was involved, there was gonna be some queens in there somewhere.

vainandy said:

That's cold...

purplecam said:

Indeed! My favorite song on that album is "You Stopped Loving Me"

sosgemini said:

They had a huge hit,"On The Beat",in the summer of '81


are you ready or not,it's only up the street
everybody's dancing,everybody's On The Beat

vainandy said:

"She's a Super Lady.. She Is Tooo MuCHHH, she's so fine..."

Love it!

vainandy said:

There's a 12 inch to Jump to It? Oh man, I'm taking my butt over to iTunes and I'll look for Get It Right.

I found Get It Right and if the 12 inch to Jump to It is over 6 mins then I got it too! Thanks VainAndy!

Yeah, that 12 Inch is over 6 minutes. It starts out accapella for a few seconds.....

Jump jump jump to it.....jump jump jump to it.....jump jump jump to it.....jump jump jump to it to it to it.....

Then the music starts.

vainandy said:

Oh yeah I got it! WOO I been wearing my ipod out with this song. I want to find more early 80's funk. That is my favorite period for music, particularly with R&B and Funk.