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phunkdaddy said: I noticed that no one ever mentions certified true. Am i the only one who is feeling this one by the barkays? I know it was a top 10 r&b hit for the guys in 1987 and probably their last top 10 r&b hit.
"Certified True" was the song produced by R.J.'s Latest Arrival (I still have the 12" version). It was the song with the mechanical, hip-hop-inspired drum patterns. It wasn't a bad song, it just didn't have that new wave/funk-inspired stuff of their late 1970s through mid-1980s stuff. [Edited 11/6/07 18:03pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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1.Holy Ghost
2.Hit And Run 3.Move Your Boggie Body 4.Your Place Or Mine 5.Son Of Shaft 6.Shake Your Rump To The Funk 7.Sexomatic 8.Too Hot To Stop 9.Freakshow On The Dance Floor 10.Soulfinger [Edited 11/6/07 18:34pm] | |
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funkpill said:  How can you all leave out I'll Dance ?
And this tune 
Body Fever 
http://www.youtube.com/wa...h4uQb_WcJc Shit! Funkpill, I was jamming Say It Through Love from As One, last weekend.   National Funk League✮✮ | |
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SoulAlive said: I can't believe that none of you guys put "Freaky Behavior" on your list
that's a much better song than the over-played,Midnight Star rip off "Freakshow On The Dancefloor"!  U MEAN "SUPER FREAK PT. 1 1/2" ????? | |
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1)HOLY GHOST
2)SOUL FINGER 3)SANG AND DANCE (USED BY WILL SMITH "GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT") 4)IN THE HOLE 5)SON OF SHAFT (THE WATTSTAX VERSION) 6)MEAN MISTREATER 7)LET'S HAVE SOME FUN 8)RUNNING IN & OUT OF MY LIFE 9)ATTITUDES 10)CERTIFIED TRUE  | |
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Najee said: vainandy said: "Traffic Jammer" is my alltime favorite Barkays song. Hell, that should have been the lead single. I think they released "Freaky Behavior" as the second single because they wanted to get some of that Rick James success that was happening at the time. That song is definately "Super Freak" influenced and Rick was on fire that year.
I wouldn't have objected to "Freaky Behavior" being a third single from "Nightcruising," after "Hit and Run" and "Traffic Jammer." I feel "Hit and Run" was the right choice as the lead single; "Traffic Jammer" was a little too hardcore and rock-oriented at that time for black stations to be a first single, but the success of "Hit and Run" definitely would have loosened up things and it would have been a perfect follow-up single. [Edited 10/10/07 21:15pm] Yeah hit and run was the right choice as the lead single. I would have liked traffic jammer to be the followup single. I may be in the minority here but i would have liked the title cut nightcruising, which is rick jamish also, as the third single. It just has a nice groove to it and lyrically it pretty much was the soundtrack of all guys lives who were in high school or college around that time. I like freaky behavior a lot but it just sound more like a b side as opposed to an album single imo. Don't laugh at my funk
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phunkdaddy said: Yeah hit and run was the right choice as the lead single. I would have liked traffic jammer to be the followup single. I may be in the minority here but i would have liked the title cut nightcruising, which is rick jamish also, as the third single. It just has a nice groove to it and lyrically it pretty much was the soundtrack of all guys lives who were in high school or college around that time. I like freaky behavior a lot but it just sound more like a b side as opposed to an album single imo.
I agree with you; I liked the title track "Nightcruising" better than "Freaky Behavior." My problem with "Freaky Behavior" is that it was too much of a Rick James knockoff to take seriously without calling The Bar-Kays rip-off artists. THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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My favorites, in no particular order, are:
"Holy Ghost" "Shake Your Rump To The Funk" "We're The Happiest People In The World" "You've Been" "Move Your Boogie Body" "Anticipation" "Freak Show On The Dance Floor" "Running In And Out Of My Life" "Shut The Funk Up" "Hit and Run" [Edited 11/19/07 11:06am] | |
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