You want to talk about some good FUNKY music? Songs like "Dance Floor" "Computer Love" I wanna Be Your Man" "So Ruff So Tuff" "Doo Wat Ditty" His remakes of"Grapevine" and Midnight Hour" and the FUNK classic "More Bounce To The Ounce". I also like "California Love" The song he did with Dre and Tupac Shakur. Good Music, All of it. And it's a crying shame he died the way he did. R.I.P Roger. P.S More Bounce has to be one of the most sampled songs of all time.

the funk is underrated, their studio was only about thirty miles from me

Too Funky there was nuthin' like More Bounce on the radio when it was released.

'More Bounce' is a classic!!!!

I CAN MAKE YOU DANCE .....

Now, I know for all you Old School Funkateers like myself. The roller skating jam was So Ruff, So Tuff.


"So Ruff, So Tuff, I'm Here Baby."
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My favorites:

Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)
Dancefloor
More Bounce To The Ounce
Be Alright
Computer Love
I Want To Be Your Man
Ooh Baby Baby

SHAME on me for not having "More Bounce"

paisleypark4 said:

Paisley, my brotha you slippin. The org almost had to snatch your Funk Pass from you. But we'll forgive you .

MadameS said:

No no nooooo u better not take it. I heard it plenty of times..just don't HAVE it..like Mtume's first album

paisleypark4 said:

Just Kidding Paisley . I know your one the org's True Funk Soldiers no doubt.
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When they came out with thir 1st album, More Bounce & Be Alright did it for me, also did ya'lls know that Bootsy had a hand in this slice of funk?

eldog98 said:

Why of course. One of the members of P-Funk is a cousin of Roger Troutman.

I love Roger & Zapp, one of my alltime faves! most of their albums are essential in my book

eldog98 said:

Boots played guitar & co-produced the album.....

funkpill said:

It's an Ohio Funk Thang.

MadameS said:

Dig!!!

Just great music, funk, electro, whatever. Well crafted and well played, gotta go listen right now.

My Mom has her cell phone ringer as "Computer Love."

Nice song - I like it!

Jam on in eternity , brothers .....( R.i.P )





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I have ran SEVERAL threads on Roger and Zapp, championing them in some form or another. DEFINATELY one of my favorite artists. Roger's guitar playing is some of the FUNKIEST ever known to man. He would be so in the pocket that it was silly. His lead guitar playing was no joke either. I've seen Roger and Zapp live 3 times and each show was killing. My mother and myself both had the pleasure of meeting Roger. One of the nicest people you'll ever want to meet. This was less than a year before his and his brother's senseless deaths. Some of my faves are;

More Bounce To The Ounce
So Ruff, So Tuff
Dance Floor
I Can Make You Dance
Be Alright
Itchin For Your Twitchin
Heartbreaker
I Want To Be Your Man

Do it..

Do it Roger
Do it

blackguitaristz said:

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Solid soul : besides the vocoder-funk , this is the other side from the Ohio-unit which is really deep . Bobby Glover doing some great vocals over here .An inspiration for new artists and producers , who have sampled this song a few times .

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The 12" version of this track is worth to buy :
UK pressing :


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US pressing :

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I have the UK-pressing at home . Now i'm not shure about the precise duration of both versions . The video from this one is another worth to search for

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Strong delivered jam . Another inspiration for new artists ( LBC-crew)

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Roger did this song on his second solo-album " The Saga Continues " .
The album version was a duet with Wanda Rash ( my fave version ) , and the 12" is with Shirley Murdock .

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A similar kinda sleeve , from the Zapp-produced " Human Body " , with the late StingRay Davis ( Funkadelic / Parliament ) , Billy Beck ( Ohio Players , Shadow ) and Larry Hatcher .


And a rare deluxe-packed 12-inch from it

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Even rarer .....


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Zapp's greatest hits is possibly my favorite best of collection!

Funk at it's finest!!!

Roger STILL makes me dance!! Cha cha cha! Cha cha cha! Owww!

We seem to get a Zapp thread a month here. They're one of the great funk bands, and probably my fave of the electro-funk groups. So many classic songs!

RipHer2Shreds said:

Didn't anyone see my thread a couple weeks ago??? I love Roger and Zapp --shame what happened.

Great NMR music.

classic band, one of my all time faves! love the group, the solo work, side projects, outside productions, EVERYTHING



let me bring some mo'shit into this thread

Saw them live - just once - and oh boy what a night it was.
At a festival in Holland. First band was the Time. Then came Zapp and the last to hit the stage was the GAP-band.

"Now we got the Minneapolis connection, thank you Prince, 'cause you sound so good to me" - Zapp -

"Do it do it Roger do it"

Zapp & Roger rule! Just great tunes, great musicianship.....

Just curious though, what happened to Roger? I know he died but what happened?