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Breakdowns for a Funky Friday

Posted over 4 years ago
Breakdowns are what brought me to the funk in the first place. In the early 80's I was all about Hip-Hop. When I found out breaks and breakdowns were the building blocks of Hip Hop, I headed in that direction. Here's two of my favorite breakdowns (literally).There are a bunch of different version of the Parliament tune. This one's a little longer and has a little more Eddie Hazel than others.Check For the Crown Prince of Dance, Rufus Thomas, in comments.For the early history of the Dance "see here":http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3brkdwn.htm
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  1. Cody B
    Cody B says ~AdUjvaxPxZV.mp3~
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  2. moovyphreak
    moovyphreak says Right on, Right on!
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  3. mickimicki
    mickimicki says Damn... how can I not have this? Need! It's funny how most people these days seem to get into da Funk via Hip Hop - me, too (of course). Gotta remember that point the next time I meet one of the all-around hip-hop-haters. It's not only turning our children into cracksmokin' ho-chasin' graffiti artists... it's also turning them into disciples of the funk. Very well. My sermon for Sunday is fixed!
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  4. soulrocket
    soulrocket says good picks, cody. i am bringing an extra (instrumental) "breakdown" ~G0LRrfBIzR8.mp3~
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  5. Cody B
    Cody B says Preach, sister ,preach! what a groover,rocket! moovy, get down with your bad self!
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  6. mickimicki
    mickimicki says Danny is a phenomenon. (Danny, you're a phenomenon! I wish I'd known you sooner... because now I'll have to find all your old posts and comments all over mog... I'll never get any work done...)
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  7. Cody B
    Cody B says He's a secret agent,too..working for the evil hordes of the west!
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  8. mickimicki
    mickimicki says Which is weird, with him being a thousand mile east of you... then again, he's to the west from where I am... (and that's not Eastern Europe... only East Berlin...). It's really hard these days to know who your friends are in the world... I feel like poor Condi all of a sudden...
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  9. soulrocket
    soulrocket says hahah thanks, micki. its good we met at last. :-) i am east coast of spain... but annienader asked me to join the west team and so i did. the only part of america i know is the northwest, i guess it makes sense to belong to the west team. we will kick your ass no matter what. beware of bomb parcels in your posts ;-) i am a secret agent for the spaniard intelligence agency... our budget is $10 a year plus a haircomb as a lethal weapon.
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  10. Cody B
    Cody B says Don't let the haircomb fool ya'..he's an assassin.
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  11. soulrocket
    soulrocket says
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  12. Cody B
    Cody B says AAAArgh, put that thing away..it's dangerous.
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  13. mickimicki
    mickimicki says Is that the fine-toothed comb you use to go through obscure sources of music?
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  14. soulrocket
    soulrocket says cody- made in china. what could be more lethal than that. micki- i dig with a spoon, its a bad habit i got in prison.
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  15. Cody B
    Cody B says China home of high lead content paint..you are such a pro!
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  16. mickimicki
    mickimicki says Stop making me laugh out loud or I'm gonna spill my drink all over the macbook... that would be the last straw... MERCY :P just kiddin' We're really short of Chinese music, btw... Chinese funk complete with lead would be a nice secret weapon for any team... we should have our intelligence do some SECRET research...
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  17. soulrocket
    soulrocket says cody- we cannot forget the high lead toothpaste either... the fresh flavor that feels like a kung fu kick in your mouth. micki- i guess some funk was made back then, probably most of it in hk . i own a truly great vietnam funk compilation... lots of great tracks there.
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  18. mickimicki
    mickimicki says Ouch. Ouch, ouch. Weapons from far, far east.
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  19. Cody B
    Cody B says OOh micki, I just saw your "test" post..the one that's gonna send that worm into rockets HD..nice espionage.
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  20. mickimicki
    mickimicki says Ehem... I was actually working on something else (ehem, ehem)... so you caught that one in the second before I deleted it???
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  21. Cody B
    Cody B says Good work from the German bureau, I'd say!
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  22. mickimicki
    mickimicki says Thank you, officer!
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  23. funkjester
    funkjester says yeah, yeah...good stuff. I have to say, I'm glad I stumbled upon Mog and this Funky Friday thang y'all have going on. I seriously doubt I'll take any sides in a Funk War, as Katrina pretty much took my armory down when it wiped out my stuff in storage deep in the heart of the Treme'. I'll likely never get anything close to that back again, but I do make it down to New Orleans 3 or 4 times a year, so I'll take on a role of peaceful, neutral Crescent City Special Agent and chime in with a dossier here and there. I'm partial to that Crescent City beat, for sure. I have a few things here in the storehouse here in Brooklyn, but nothing like what I had before I moved to Northern Cali and got rid of my 800+ wax collection, and then the sourpuss Katrina took a lot of digital from me in her wake, and I always have listened to a wide spectrum of stuff beyond Da Funk. Ah, whatever. Funk Buddha sez: "One groove, one life!"
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  24. Cody B
    Cody B says Sorry to hear about your loss jester..NOLA is near and dear to my heart. If you ever want to replace something digital and I have it, lemme know.
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  25. funkjester
    funkjester says Ah, wasn't too much of a loss for me, just some material things I had in storage from my culinary and radio careers. I had been out of town and back in New York for a couple of years before the storm hit. So many people lost far more than I, that's for sure. Well, this could be a good thing, Cody. I actually had an internet radio station up and running here in Clinton Hill for a bit, and had a few people involved, but I put it on hiatus for lack of enough stuff to play. One of my hosts is also an all-vinyl girl, which is cool by me, but just makes it cumbersome to get her sets recorded in digital format. I don't know what kind of spare time you'd have, but from the sounds of your postings, would be great to have YOU do a funk show for WBKR! Let me know what you think, and we can exchange some contact info.
    Permalink posted 11/09/2007
  26. cpetersonart3
    cpetersonart3 says Great songs as usual Cody.Speaking of Funky Friday , I remember a mogger when I first signed on about a year ago that would post a list almost every friday of his picks --it was usually about 10- 20 songs however ,now I can't think of his name.
    Permalink posted 11/10/2007
  27. Cody B
    Cody B says masoo is up to 2000 in his random tens..I think that's who you mean http://mog.com/Masoo/blog_post/123376 cheers cp
    Permalink posted 11/10/2007
  28. 2Serenity
    2Serenity says ahh snap..this is sweet! I am doing the running man here! =)
    Permalink posted 11/10/2007

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