The Fatback Band

The Fatback Band - NYCNYUSA (1977) [1994, Remastered Reissue] Music

Posted by BlondStyle at March 1, 2022

NYCNYUSA is an improvement over 1976's lackluster Night Fever, but not by much. It suffers from the same problem that plagues many of the albums in the Fatback catalog: While the group has no problem generating solid grooves, they often have trouble translating them into enough solid songs to sustain an album. Inconsistent material continues to be a problem on NYCNYUSA: "Spank the Baby" layers a chant that is inane even by disco standards over a repetitive jam while "Duke Walk" sinks the pleasant quality of its pop-reggae feel with a dull arrangement that lacks any interesting twists and turns. Another problem track is "Cosmic Woman," which fails to make to good on the promise of its interesting title due to uninspired lyrics and a humdrum groove.

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Fatback - The Fattest Of Fatback (1997) Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Nov. 18, 2021

Those who fail to understand funk often complain about its use of repetition, but funk enthusiasts will tell you that repetition (as James Brown showed us) is something to be savored. A first-class party band, Fatback knew quite well that the secret to effective funk is finding a killer groove and working it to death. That's exactly what happens much of the time on "The Fattest of Fatback", a 1997 CD that spans 1975-1983 and boasts many of the New York band's essential hits.

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The Fatback Band - Original Funk, The Best Of (2005) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Jan. 24, 2018

The Fatback Band - Original Funk, The Best Of (2005)
FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) | 1:16:20 | 472 Mb
Genre: Funk, Soul, Disco / Label: Music Club

The Fatback Band is an American funk and disco band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The Fatback Band is most known for their R&B hits, "Do the Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some Money", "Backstrokin'" and "I Found Lovin". Their 1979 single "King Tim III Personality Jock" is sometimes considered the first hip hop single.

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The Fatback Band - Let's Do It Again (1972) {Collectables} Music

Posted by tiburon at Feb. 21, 2021

The Fatback Band - Let's Do It Again (1972) {Collectables}
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Genre: Jazz, Funk, Soul

The debut album by the soon-to-be venerable Fatback Band is a mostly instrumental – minus some "What's Going On"-style exclamations and raps in the background – collection of pure funk grooves. More in the Curtis Mayfield vein of slick and nimble dancefloor fillers than loose Parliament/Funkadelic jams, these nine tracks are concise – only one track breaks the four-minute barrier – and tightly constructed, with little room for exploratory soloing or aimless vamping. The key tracks, however, are the three non-originals, cover choices that might surprise some folks who have never heard, say, Isaac Hayes' Black Moses: the Fatback Band strips down any cheesy sentimentality from Glen Campbell's Jimmy Webb hit "Wichita Lineman," Bread's wimp-rock classic "Baby I'm-A Want You,".

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The Fatback Band - Raising Hell (1975) [1995, Remastered Reissue] Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Feb. 25, 2021

Fatback's second album of 1975 is a serious improvement over Yum Yum: the arrangements are tighter, the hooks are stronger, and the grooves keep the listener riveted from start to finish. It downplays the live feel of previous albums like Keep on Steppin' in favor of a more carefully arranged feel that highlights the tasty keyboard and synthesizer work of Gerry Thomas. Raising Hell also produced two major hits for the group: "(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop" capitalizes on the dance craze of the title with a steady bass-driven groove that works in layers of keyboards, guitars, and horns to keep things interesting, and "Spanish Hustle" is a propulsive dance jam that alternates synthesizer flights of fancy with intense Latin percussion breaks guaranteed to make the listeners shake their hips.

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VA - 80s Groove Sessions [2CD Set] (2002) Music

Posted by JET 1 at May 21, 2022

VA - 80s Groove Sessions [2CD Set] (2002)
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Genre: Electro, Soul, Funk, Disco | Label: Sessions | Catalog Number: SESHDCD208

Disco may have been a dirty word as the 70's came to a close but during the 80's its influence on much of this selection helped create some of the greatest dance music recorded. As a poet and philsopher once said, 'Lets Groove Tonight'…..

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VA - The Funk Box (4CD) (2000) {Hip-O} Music

Posted by TestTickles at Feb. 22, 2020

VA - The Funk Box (4CD) (2000) {Hip-O}
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Genre: soul, R&B, funk

The Funk Box is a 4CD compilation released in 2000 consisting of some of the most primal funk and soul music, many of which are now owned by the Universal catalog and is there a reason this was released by Universal reissue subsidiary Hip-O? Yes.

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Fatback - Fired Up 'N' Kickin' (1978) [2002, Remastered Reissue] Music

Posted by BlondStyle at May 6, 2021

The New York funk band's LP is divided into two segments, the Freak Party and the Foot Stompin' sides. Foot Stompers first: you won't find a better girl-watching song than "I Like the Girls," awhere an incessant bass riff drives the funky anthem; some timely rim drumming and cowbells embellish the beat along with well-placed horn riffs. "Snake" has a Latin beat and relies heavily on salsa horns; it's pure jazz and shows Fatback's versatility, with some tasty solos added for seasoning. The side concludes with "Can't You See," a laid-back tune, real laid-back, so laid-back you wonder why it's on the Foot Stompin' side. "I'm Fired Up" kicks off the Freak Party side; the vocals are muddy and the words (the few there are) are hard to distinguish, but so what? Fatback is about the beat, the rhythms and the musicianship. "Boogie Freak" has a more infectious beat, and the lyrics are more interesting than "Fired," though they ripped the girlish backing vocals from the Ohio Players.

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Fatback - The Fattest Of... (1997) {Rhino} Music

Posted by TestTickles at Aug. 23, 2018

Fatback - The Fattest Of… (1997) {Rhino}
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Genre: R&B, soul, funk, hip-hop, rap

The Fattest Of Fatback is a 1997 compilation CD by American soul band Fatback. It features their many hits as well as what is considered the first rap song to be released months before "Rapper's Delight" got the claim to be the first, "King Tim III (Personality Jock)"

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VA - 100 All Time Classic Dance Hits Of The 1970s (1988) Music

Posted by Rtax at March 1, 2023

VA - 100 All Time Classic Dance Hits Of The 1970s (1988)
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6:05:15 | Soul, Funk, Disco, Dance | Label: Connoisseur Collection

100 All Time Classic Dance Hits Of The 1970s, a Various Artists Compilation. Released 1988 on Connoisseur Collection.

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