Make 'Em Like It

Description

EDITORIAL REVIEWS Brooklyn Funk Essentials is one of the most poular andcritically acclaimed "groove" bands in the world today. Their exciting mix of funk, jazz, R&B, world music and other styles has won them a large following. Their 3rd album, mixes these elements flawlessly and is sure to please! AMAZON.COM Some bands are exactly what they say they are. The Brooklyn Funk Essentials are an 11-piece outfit who hail from Brooklyn, have the funk, and, given half a chance, will definitely make you like their music. The opening track has what it takes: dynamic, bustling drum & bass, slick horns, and an uptempo, feel-good vibe. There's a celebratory mix-up of slinky Cuban and gruff Jamaican rhythms called "Mambo Con Dancehall," but the vocal tracks are where the album really kicks off. A couple of members of the Brooklyn Funk Essentials are dub and slam poets, and "Date with My Baby" and "I Got Cash" feature what are quite possibly the best lyrics of 2000. Not only are they very pointed, wickedly funny, and deadly accurate, but they're delivered over slick, boiling-point funk with more cool, suss and style than should be scientifically possible. --Amazon.co.uk