Jamiroquai made a large initial splash in 1993 with Emergency on Planet Earth, a psychedelic melange of tight funky rhythms, acid rock intimations, and '70s soul melodies. Frontman Jay Kay introduces himself with an environmentally oriented manifesto inside the sleeve, and his lyrics smack of idealist save the planet revolution. But this revolution would be held on the dancefloor if the band's impressive rhythm section had anything to say about it. Horns, string arrangements, and a didgeridoo provide full texture on most of the album's tunes, and the socially aware party vibe raged into the U.K.'s number one album slot. For a debut, Emergency shows quite a range of diversity, from the up-tempo jazzy instrumental "Music of the Mind" to the stop-start funk of "Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop."
As a girl who loves her some Jamiroquai... Getting the FUNK ready to FUNK DOWN... I feel it is only right to share this FUNK with the rest of y'all kiddies - you know I LOVE YOU... almost as much as I LOVES the FUNK ;) (ok ok, I loves you more) !!!I am following in the feet of "*PopeyePete*":http://mog.com/PopeyePete/blog_post/163338 - can't go wrong with a LITTLE Jay Kay to start my FUNKIN FR...
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I can't believe that Jay Kay slipped my mind during the 420 revolution ... there are so many wrongs with this - I won't bore you. This is quite obviously not Jamiroquai - nor is is Stuart Zender (who coincidentally grew up in PHILLY). But this kid is quite good - keeps up with Stuart's bass line. I will say that I thought & still think that the loss of Stuart on Jamiroquai's line-up lessened...
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