49 more minutes!!!!

*drinking coffee to stay calm*

NaughtyKitty said:

49 more minutes!!!!

*drinking coffee to stay calm*

This is going to be exciting girl!

ITS FINALLY HERE GUYS GET IT NOW BEFORE IT GETS YANKED!!!!

New Music: Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - "Uptown Funk" [Full Audio]

Mark Ronson recruits Bruno Mars for his new single “Uptown Funk”. The upbeat record is the lead single from the English producer, musician and songwriter’s forthcoming yet-untitled fourth studio album due in stores in “early 2015” via RCA Records. “Uptown Funk” was released at midnight on Sunday, November 9th on iTunes. Mark and Bruno are scheduled to perform the collaborative track on “Saturday Night Live” on the November 22nd episode.

A DJ of CBS Radio/WBMX, who had exclusive heard the full song, described “Uptown Funk” as “the greatest song of all time”.

Is the hype real? Click play below and find out!!!

“Uptown Funk” song review

Thank for this Mark. But Bruno, can you give us the “Unorthodox Jukebox” follow-up already? This is amazing! Having heard “Uptown Funk” in full, I’ve just remembered how much the music scene needs Bruno Mars to return.

http://www.directlyrics.c...-news.html

If the Youtube is gone by the time this is posted click above link to listen!

Uptown Funk is now trending on Twitter. Way to go Hooligans! Ppl are LOVING THIS SONG! And I am one of them.

Uptown Funk is like a tribute to the funk songs from the 70s/early 80s (think The Time) Its hella funky and if this song fails to get you moving, you are dead. That is all.

Playing this like for the 9th time getting my life....Bruno is gonna slay so hard when he plays this live on SNL in 2 weeks. I'm sure I will dancin and hollerin during the performance and then go weep in a corner afterwards...

Christmas came early for us, thank you Bruno and Mark! Those 2 both did their homework and studied funk music. This song could totally stand on its own and be a big hit in the 70s or 80s as well as today!



Somewhere Prince and The Time are thinking How did we not record this back in the day?

Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars in the studio, working on Ronson’s forthcoming ‘Uptown Special’ album, out Jan. 27 on RCA Records.

Quote from Mark:

“Bruno is a good friend and one of the most extraordinarily talented people I know, so of course I wanted him on the record. It doesn’t hurt to have the world’s biggest pop star on your album.”

Also:

Bruno also co-produced and appears on a track called ‘Feels Right’, which features rapper Mystikal.

2020 said:

It's alright...nothing that hasn't been done before. I got to say that Bruno does do a good job of borrowing other sounds by major prominent artists and bands

Every artist is inspired by other artists's work--let's not pretend that every song that was ever created wasnt inspired by the work of others. Bruno does a good job of taking from each of his inspirations and putting his own spin on it. He wasnt merely just borrowing sounds from others and yes there is no denying he was obviously influenced by funk masters like James Brown, Prince, The Time, etc but he also was influenced by rapper Trinidad James. Both he AND Mark Ronson have an appreciation for funk music and they both decided to make a funk music tribute with this song. Not every song has to be something totally new with music that's never been heard of or created before. I think if this song had been released back in the 70s or 80s it would have been a hit then as I am betting it will be today

Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson collab is a sure-fire hit

It only takes one listen to know that “Uptown Funk” is heading straight up the chart.

The new Mark Ronson track featuring vocals by Bruno Mars was released on iTunes late Sunday night and is an irresistible blend of Prince, Michael Jackson, and nods heavily towards “Oops Upside Your Head” by Oklahoman funk legends the Gap Band.

Ronson and Mars will also perform the track on “Saturday Night Live” on November 22. It’s the first song to be taken from Ronson’s upcoming album “Uptown Special” which is due out early next year.

Aside from working with Mars, the British producer has also lined up rapper Mystikal and Kevin Parker from Australian psychedelic rock group the Tame Impala for the album.

http://nypost.com/2014/11...-fire-hit/

“That song took a lot of work,” he revealed. “It took seven months of chasing him around the world on tour and a lot of blood sweat and tears, but I’m very proud of it. I love it. It’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever done … I think that Bruno just — with the lyrics and the vocal delivery — he makes it so it’s not too throwback-y. I guess I love all those things. I guess love live instruments, I love horns, but I also love DJing and playing records in the club that sound amazing. So, we tried to make a hybrid of all those things.”

“It’s definitely one of the best things I’ve ever done,” Ronson says of the track, chewing on a toothpick while Tommy Brenneck, a member of the Budos Band and the Dap Kings, looks on between recording guitar parts. “And I know that it’s one of Bruno’s favorite things that he’s ever done, as well.”

Ronson accrued some serious frequent flyer miles trying to pin Mars down forUptown Special. Mars wound up playing drums throughout the album, and he co-wrote the kinetic single. “It was six or seven months of chasing Bruno around on tour,” says the soft-spoken Ronson, who co-produced “Locked Out of Heaven” and other tracks on Mars’ 2012 hit Unorthodox Jukebox.

http://www.billboard.com/...ptown-funk

MORE UPTOWN FUNK REVIEWS/NEWS COVERAGE FOUND HERE: https://news.google.com/n...b1volZlCaM

[Edited 11/10/14 9:48am]

Lyrics

This hit
That ice cold
Michelle Pfeiffer
That white gold
This one, for them hood girls
Them good girls
Straight masterpieces
Stylin', while in
Livin’ it up in the city
Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent
Got kiss myself I’m so pretty

I’m too hot (hot damn)
Called a police and a fireman
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire man
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Say my name you know who I am
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Am I bad 'bout that money
Break it down

Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
Saturday night and we in the spot
Don’t believe me just watch (come on)
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Hey, hey, hey, oh!

Stop
Wait a minute
Fill my cup put some liquor in it
Take a sip, sign a check
Julio! Get the stretch!
Ride to Harlem, Hollywood, Jackson, Mississippi
If we show up, we gon’ show out
Smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy

I’m too hot (hot damn)
Called a police and a fireman
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire man
I’m too hot (hot damn) (hot damn)
Bitch, say my name you know who I am
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Am I bad 'bout that money
Break it down

Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
‘Cause Uptown Funk gon’ give it to you
Saturday night and we in the spot
Don’t believe me just watch (come on)
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Hey, hey, hey, oh!

Before we leave
Imma tell y’all a lil’ something
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
I said Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up

Come on, dance
Jump on it
If you sexy than flaunt it
If you freaky than own it
Don’t brag about it, come show me
Come on, dance
Jump on it
If you sexy than flaunt it
Well it’s Saturday night and we in the spot
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Don’t believe me just watch
Hey, hey, hey, oh!

Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up (say whaa?!)
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up (say whaa?!)
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up (say whaa?!)
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up
Uptown Funk you up, Uptown Funk you up (say whaa?!)

[Edited 11/11/14 9:52am]

....I don’t know how much each person involved contributed but this track is funked out to the max. The dirty horns, Bruno’s vocals (YES, WE GOT THE DRAGGING RASP - especially “fireman”), the guys in the backing chants, the bass line, the punchy and confident lyrics…ahhh, bliss! Mark Ronson always produces some amazing shiz and this tops it all. Mark and Bruno are an excellent pairing and they understand each other so well.

It definitely pays homage to classic funk and in an amped up, fresh modern way. We have the components of the Money Make Her Smile mash up and some other funk element to find on a sort of easter egg hunt. For example, the “uptown funk you up” refrain could easily be a play on “Oops, Upside Your Head”.

I can’t wait to see what comes of this. I hope the whole world gets on that funky shit and wakes up to the wall of sound. There’s nothing that sounds like Uptown Funk right now. If Mark’s goal was to push boundaries and rejuvenate the charts, he’s done it for me. And that’s just from this one song.

http://rhapsodyincolour.tumblr.com/post/102269648648/how-do-you-feel-about-it-all

NaughtyKitty said:

....I don’t know how much each person involved contributed but this track is funked out to the max. The dirty horns, Bruno’s vocals (YES, WE GOT THE DRAGGING RASP - especially “fireman”), the guys in the backing chants, the bass line, the punchy and confident lyrics…ahhh, bliss! Mark Ronson always produces some amazing shiz and this tops it all. Mark and Bruno are an excellent pairing and they understand each other so well.

It definitely pays homage to classic funk and in an amped up, fresh modern way. We have the components of the Money Make Her Smile mash up and some other funk element to find on a sort of easter egg hunt. For example, the “uptown funk you up” refrain could easily be a play on “Oops, Upside Your Head”.

I can’t wait to see what comes of this. I hope the whole world gets on that funky shit and wakes up to the wall of sound. There’s nothing that sounds like Uptown Funk right now. If Mark’s goal was to push boundaries and rejuvenate the charts, he’s done it for me. And that’s just from this one song.

http://rhapsodyincolour.tumblr.com/post/102269648648/how-do-you-feel-about-it-all

I'm just glad there's no autotune in this song. I hope Bruno can continue to move music away from that direction of overly produced autotune crap. He uses real instruments and is actually a musician so hopefully this trend will continue

^No worries there, I dont foresee Bruno EVER wanting to use autotune. He's all about live instruments

More rave reviews pouring in!


Hot damn. Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson are back at it with their funky and feel-good collaboration “Uptown Funk. The duo that brought us “Locked Out of Heaven” and “Gorilla” makes magic once more on the ’70s-inspired jam, which combines the best of The Time, James Brown, and the Jackson 5, with a hook inspired by Trinidad Jame$.

http://www.rap-up.com/201...town-funk/

I must’ve been an extremely good girl this year because Christmas just came a month and a half early, and Santa gave me the one thing on my wish list — a grooved-up-to-here (“here” being the waistline of your ultra-tight designer Jordache jeans) collaboration from Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars....The dynamic duo resurrect retro soul again on the “Uptown Funk,” which feels like a time-travel trip back to a George Clinton, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Sugarhill Gang, Ohio Players and Kool And The Gang all-star funk lord power jam (via the seedy streets of 1970s Times Square… via a graffiti-stained 9 soul train).

http://www.mtv.com/news/1...town-funk/

After earning a handful of hit singles, playing the Super Bowl Halftime Show and all around owning 2013 and early 2014, Bruno Mars more than deserved a little break. But the "Treasure" singer is already back, returning via a fiery, funky single from Mark Ronson—a.k.a. the producer who helped launch Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Wale. - See more at:http://www.fuse.tv/2014/1...Y7BZi.dpuf


Bruno Mars gives the King of Soul himself, James Brown a run for his money on the new Mark Ronson track, “Uptown Fun.”

http://radio.com/2014/11/...nk-listen/

This is no half-hearted stab at a retro ’70s groove; “Uptown Funk” is a straight-up ass-kicker.

http://www.idolator.com/7...unk-listen

1. Michelle
   November 9th, 2014 at 10:15 pm

   I can’t stop dancing, smiling, laughing!!! Thanks guys, that is what music should make people do!

   [Reply]

2. Major Sushi
   November 10th, 2014 at 1:21 am

   I feel that Bruno Mars wasn’t supposed to be born in this era

   [Reply]

3. Chari
   November 10th, 2014 at 2:16 am

   Thank God for Bruno’s talent and influence that we get to hear great music!!! This one makes you dance, smile, laugh.. even while lying down in bed trying to sleep!

   [Reply]

4. vladica07
   November 10th, 2014 at 3:27 am

   It’s amazing and I’m only in the middle of the song!!

   [Reply]

5. Jessica
   November 10th, 2014 at 3:37 am

   lOL this is going to sound so good live, and love the part when he sings “Girls hit your hallelujah (whuoo)”

   [Reply]

6. d. kells
   November 10th, 2014 at 5:52 am

   This is that feel good music and taking it back to the 70′s funk era when music simply made you get up and dance and just feel good. Sounds like something Prince would get on and just kill. Bruno is a great artist

   [Reply]

7. francisco
   November 10th, 2014 at 7:22 am

   Damn i thought this was gonna be a pop song..this actually songs nice!

   [Reply]

8. WhAh
   November 10th, 2014 at 9:48 am

   Bruno can’t do any wrong I swear his freaking unbelievable

   [Reply]

9. white chocolate
   November 10th, 2014 at 2:25 pm

   the production is refreshing in an era where almost everything is canned.

10. 
    
    
    
    Bruno stay slaying!

Me still jamming out to Uptown Funk hitting my hallelujah

[Edited 11/10/14 17:47pm]

If the whole album is like this, I am definitely on board.

^Bruno did record another song on the album and it includes rapper Mystical on it. I am thinking that they will be doing both songs at SNL next weekend. But I am curious to hear the rest of what Mark's album sounds like too, sounds interesting! I think it will be out Jan. 27, 2015.

I’m too hot (hot damn)
Called a police and a fireman
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Make a dragon wanna retire man
I’m too hot (hot damn)
Say my name you know who I am
I’m too hot (hot damn)

iheartradio: #MCM: We’re swooning over @BrunoMars today and of course loving @IamMarkRonson feat. #Bruno’s new song #UptownFunk which he world premiered today: http://bit.ly/markronson-brunomars (📷: @harpersmithphoto)

http://rhapsodyincolour.t...unk-uptown

Mark Ronson talks about Uptown Funk & Uptown Special on BBC Radio 2 with Jo Whiley (November 10 2014)

• "[Last night, before the release of Uptown Funk] I was having basically a heart attack because someone messed up the radio edit at the last minute. So I’m on the phone at 5am to my mastering partner in New York trying to fix it. But anyway, it’s a new day!"

• "We worked on this song for 7 months and Bruno Mars, who I worked on the song with, he’s a pretty much perfectionist. I thought I was…until I started working with him. We wanted to get this song to this place where we just thought it was great."

• "It’s a funk song in a way, so it’s not supposed to have a real chorus - like a traditional pop song. We had to get it to the point where we thought it was a real funk song."

• "[The perfectionism] was like a chain. I was driving the people underneath me mad. And [Bruno] was definitely driving me mad as well. It was like a driving-you-mad tree.]

• "Thankfully, the thing about performing [on SNL] as a side man to Bruno Mars, one of the world’s greatest living entertainers, is that I don’t have to do too much. It’s really exciting. I kind of know what the choreography and the stuff is going to be. I’m always asking Bruno like, "Can you just give me one move that I just stick to the whole time? I know you guys are going to look amazing. Just one move!" And he’s like, "Alright. You just do this."

I am so ready for the SNL performance, Bruno is gonna slaaaayyyy!

Mark Ronson ft. Mystikal - Feel Right (Bruno’s voice in the background)


http://bruno-news.tumblr....ght-brunos

The evolution of Uptown FUnk can be traced back to his live performance of Money Make Her Smile which he did on his tour last year. Check out Bruno getting his funk on!

Money Make Her Smile

New Old unreleased music by Bruno discovered!

"Circa 2002 Jason, Kimo, Bruno Mars and producer ‘elan known than as a group called Disguyz decided to make a album. They all lived in a old house deep in Manoa Valley Hawaii with a recording studio in 2 rooms. Music was made day and night for months, an entire album was completed but never released. Things happened and somehow the computer hard drive with all the songs and files were “Lost” for good.

With the help of today’s hard drive recovery technology, “The Lost Files” have been found. So we are making it available to you via the new Disguyz LP “The Lost Files” consisting of 10 never before heard songs by Disguyz. Available digitally everywhere Oct.7"

- Empower Records (All rights reserved)

To listen to some of the songs: http://rhapsodyincolour.t...ed/disguyz

Available for purchase on Amazon.com! http://www.amazon.com/The...00NV7QI6Y#

You can also stream the album on Spotify too!

[Edited 11/13/14 9:59am]

that mystikal track is the BOMB! shit...

NaughtyKitty said:

http://rhapsodyincolour.t...unk-uptown

Mark Ronson talks about Uptown Funk & Uptown Special on BBC Radio 2 with Jo Whiley (November 10 2014)

• "[Last night, before the release of Uptown Funk] I was having basically a heart attack because someone messed up the radio edit at the last minute. So I’m on the phone at 5am to my mastering partner in New York trying to fix it. But anyway, it’s a new day!"

• "We worked on this song for 7 months and Bruno Mars, who I worked on the song with, he’s a pretty much perfectionist. I thought I was…until I started working with him. We wanted to get this song to this place where we just thought it was great."

• "It’s a funk song in a way, so it’s not supposed to have a real chorus - like a traditional pop song. We had to get it to the point where we thought it was a real funk song."

• "[The perfectionism] was like a chain. I was driving the people underneath me mad. And [Bruno] was definitely driving me mad as well. It was like a driving-you-mad tree.]

• "Thankfully, the thing about performing [on SNL] as a side man to Bruno Mars, one of the world’s greatest living entertainers, is that I don’t have to do too much. It’s really exciting. I kind of know what the choreography and the stuff is going to be. I’m always asking Bruno like, "Can you just give me one move that I just stick to the whole time? I know you guys are going to look amazing. Just one move!" And he’s like, "Alright. You just do this."

I am so ready for the SNL performance, Bruno is gonna slaaaayyyy!

Wow, it took them 7 months to create a song that most old school funk bands could spit out over a weekend. It's a well produced and played track. It sounds like they were mimicing Freakshow on the Dance Floor.

NaughtyKitty said:

2020 said:

It's alright...nothing that hasn't been done before. I got to say that Bruno does do a good job of borrowing other sounds by major prominent artists and bands

Every artist is inspired by other artists's work--let's not pretend that every song that was ever created wasnt inspired by the work of others. Bruno does a good job of taking from each of his inspirations and putting his own spin on it. He wasnt merely just borrowing sounds from others and yes there is no denying he was obviously influenced by funk masters like James Brown, Prince, The Time, etc but he also was influenced by rapper Trinidad James. Both he AND Mark Ronson have an appreciation for funk music and they both decided to make a funk music tribute with this song. Not every song has to be something totally new with music that's never been heard of or created before. I think if this song had been released back in the 70s or 80s it would have been a hit then as I am betting it will be today

THANK YOU! People need to stop downing Bruno as if being inspired is a bad thing, I mean he clearly always references and is a fan of these legends and pays respect to them. Funk was an evolving genre when it was in its hey-days and one shouldn't ONLY give cred to James Brown, The time, Prince etc cuz there were others that were doing funk music around the same time and Bruno & Mark doing their spin on the Funk genre, doesn't mean they're "borrowing" but rather continuing on with a tradition, that has somewhat been lost in mainstream music. That's almost like saying that those who play Jazz music today, are copying or creating music that has been done before... Bruno is different to many modern day artists, he actually tries to create good and enjoyable music WITH LIVE INSTRUMENTS! That song with Mystikal is da bomb tho!

spitty said:

that mystikal track is the BOMB! shit...

Its nice I guess, but I'm a little biased as I would have liked to have heard more Bruno on it

lrn36 said:

NaughtyKitty said:

http://rhapsodyincolour.t...unk-uptown

Mark Ronson talks about Uptown Funk & Uptown Special on BBC Radio 2 with Jo Whiley (November 10 2014)

• "[Last night, before the release of Uptown Funk] I was having basically a heart attack because someone messed up the radio edit at the last minute. So I’m on the phone at 5am to my mastering partner in New York trying to fix it. But anyway, it’s a new day!"

• "We worked on this song for 7 months and Bruno Mars, who I worked on the song with, he’s a pretty much perfectionist. I thought I was…until I started working with him. We wanted to get this song to this place where we just thought it was great."

• "It’s a funk song in a way, so it’s not supposed to have a real chorus - like a traditional pop song. We had to get it to the point where we thought it was a real funk song."

• "[The perfectionism] was like a chain. I was driving the people underneath me mad. And [Bruno] was definitely driving me mad as well. It was like a driving-you-mad tree.]

• "Thankfully, the thing about performing [on SNL] as a side man to Bruno Mars, one of the world’s greatest living entertainers, is that I don’t have to do too much. It’s really exciting. I kind of know what the choreography and the stuff is going to be. I’m always asking Bruno like, "Can you just give me one move that I just stick to the whole time? I know you guys are going to look amazing. Just one move!" And he’s like, "Alright. You just do this."

I am so ready for the SNL performance, Bruno is gonna slaaaayyyy!

Wow, it took them 7 months to create a song that most old school funk bands could spit out over a weekend. It's a well produced and played track. It sounds like they were mimicing Freakshow on the Dance Floor.

Whatever. Who cares how long it took to make the song, that fact is they made it, its hot, funky and fun. It doesnt matter if it took 7 minutes, 7 days, 7 weeks or 7 months to make the song, they made it and its a great song and pretty much the best thing that's out on the radio right now. And there are many funk influences in this song nobody here is denying that.

[Edited 11/14/14 9:18am]

GoldDolphin said:

NaughtyKitty said:

Every artist is inspired by other artists's work--let's not pretend that every song that was ever created wasnt inspired by the work of others. Bruno does a good job of taking from each of his inspirations and putting his own spin on it. He wasnt merely just borrowing sounds from others and yes there is no denying he was obviously influenced by funk masters like James Brown, Prince, The Time, etc but he also was influenced by rapper Trinidad James. Both he AND Mark Ronson have an appreciation for funk music and they both decided to make a funk music tribute with this song. Not every song has to be something totally new with music that's never been heard of or created before. I think if this song had been released back in the 70s or 80s it would have been a hit then as I am betting it will be today

THANK YOU! People need to stop downing Bruno as if being inspired is a bad thing, I mean he clearly always references and is a fan of these legends and pays respect to them. Funk was an evolving genre when it was in its hey-days and one shouldn't ONLY give cred to James Brown, The time, Prince etc cuz there were others that were doing funk music around the same time and Bruno & Mark doing their spin on the Funk genre, doesn't mean they're "borrowing" but rather continuing on with a tradition, that has somewhat been lost in mainstream music. That's almost like saying that those who play Jazz music today, are copying or creating music that has been done before... Bruno is different to many modern day artists, he actually tries to create good and enjoyable music WITH LIVE INSTRUMENTS! That song with Mystikal is da bomb tho!

YES TO ALL OF THIS!!! Brilliant post and totally agree with everything you said here but haters gonna continue to hate cuz that's all they know how to do. People just need to listen and enjoy the song instead of feeling the need to pick it apart and compare it to other people's work.