2 albums , released in 1984 and 1985 .
VI contains partytracks like Beep A Freak / Disrespect / Weak Spot and the slowstepper I Found My Baby .



Disrespect ( cool cartoon-clip )

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ed&search=






I Found My Baby

http://www.youtube.com/wa...RRPbM8DyNQ







The 1985 set contains floorfillers like

Desire / Going in Circles / Automatic Brain / L'il red funkin hood / Bumpin gum people , etc .








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I bought the albums "III", "IV", and "V-Jammin", along with their 12 Inches. After that, I just bought the 12 Inch of "Beep A Freak" and the 45 "Zibble Zibble (Get The Money).

vainandy said:

Still have em'!!!

I've got Gap Band (the one released on Mercury) and I ordered Gap Band II a week ago from Amazon.com

Was the "Disrespect" video a dig at Prince? It has a cartoon character that looks alot like Prince,and it shows him acting like a stuck-up rock star,refusing to sign a young girl's autograph,snatching a camera from a fan,etc.



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Me too. I may have a lot of it on CD now but I will never give up any of my vinyl.

100MPH said:

Great to see the old Muchmusic video ID stamp.

And I can see what DavidEye is referring to. Especially when the motorcycle comes in.

SoulAlive said:

It could be about all the faces they showed at the end (03:25), including our precious Madonna (with the painter's hat from Borderline).

The illustration of the girl shaking her thang is of Dawn Silva aka The Bride of Funkenstein. She sang with the Gap Band in the early 80's.

Thumparello said:

yup

funkpill said:

Foxy Dawn
Met her around 2000 @ a funkparty .
Once the Dj put on a live-track of The Brides , she completely lost herself grinding on tha danceflo

Disrespect gets NO RESPECT because nobody plays it..but this is MY JAM!!

AND MUCH POPS 2 u mentioning "Weak Spot" That is a true R&B 80's soul classic.

Another song I really liked on VII was "I Know We'll Make It" that synth and snare was not to be fucked with.

paisleypark4 said:

paisleypark4 said:

The main reason why i bought that album .
After a quick listen to it in the recordshop , i bought it instantly .

paisleypark4 said:

I'll have to give it another spin tomorrow ... forgot a little about that one .
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100MPH said:

Dang!!!

100MPH said:

Gap band VI was a funky album and also a funky looking album cover
with Robert holding that cigarette in his mouth.
My jam was video junkie. Also weak spot, i believe, i found my baby,
and beep a freak. I thought disrespect was a little wack and derivative of
some of the older stuff like oops up side your head.
Gap VII was very underrated. Desire was my jam. Going in cirles. Automatic brain. What a feeling. Real love. Gap 8 was just okay. I liked i can't
live without your love(great ballad),Big fun,and Zibble Zibble get the money.
Gap 4 and Gap 5 Jammin were my favorites. Gap 5 was just sick with it.
Shake a leg, I'm ready, Jammin in America,Party train, Jam the motha(George
Clinton would sweat on that one)! I expect more. Gap 5 is probably one of my
favorite funk albums of all time. I was a senior in high school when that joint
came out. Man yall gonna make me pick that damn thang up on cd come monday.

AlexdeParis said:

HEEHAW!

phunkdaddy said:

phunkdaddy said:

I was planning to add that one in my edit , cuz i spinned the album again last night . That track iz on FYA!

phunkdaddy said:

( Btw , remember Parliament's Gloryhallastoopid-album ? ... Oops up! )

"I'M READY ! , IF YO READY !"
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Gap Band 5 is my favorite. Jam to the Motha is fierce.

cheyenne said:

And you know it!!!!