Roger Troutman & Ray Davis "I'm So Happy"

[PRIESTWORLD]

i cant beleive i am watching this rigt now

this is amazing

thank u thank u thank thank u

roger fan for life

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[TheCrazyfunkytunes]

i see realy seruis peaple at work if i go in there whete roger i loose it in a few min tab record tab record sing tab record you peaple are great workers i enjoy this video i got a track call'd bouncin rythem its on my youtube page i did that whete my secuencer but notthing can compare whete the real deal thats real i think roger and friends where tru talented peaple damn they work hard much respect to roger and hollywood visual or any body uplouden this video much love from belgium

[boogie504]

R.I.P. Roger :) He is a legend, no one will EVER rock a talkbox like him. That being said, He was killing the coke rails in this sesion, lol.

[HollywoodVisual]

@boogie504

I camped out there for two days while recording.

There were no drugs in the studio or in Roger.

He was high on the music>>>>>>>Bobby I.

[boogie504]

@HollywoodVisual I believe you. However if he did have a baggie on him, Im sure he wouldnt lay it out on the console or anything. He would toot it in the restroom, lol.. He was wired though, good energy either way. Cool video too btw!

[bssb1979]

@boogie504 I believe Roger has always been drug free--he doesn't even drink or smoke. His brain is so fresh that's why he's so funky.

[ARBELL1982]

RAY DAVIS & MELVIN FRANKLIN are so identical!! R.I.P to both bass men & ROGER!!

[TheKJProductionz]

Troutman would have been a gramny, osar, winner king of funk by now, maybe even r&b just all around artist.

[kapt100]

long live the king of funk and talkbox sir roger troutman RIP

[lloydpopp13]

hey there, i wonder if you have more roger troutman videos, u have a very rare videos here :D

[brwnc]

holy crap you worked with these? LUCKY!

[TheVirtualthug]

this is my shit! 

[Kurtiz76]

Ray Davis is the man. Troutman should have lived longer. He obviously knew what he was doing with this funk stuff.

[Funksica]

Brilliant Legacy from two Masters of FUNK ,thanks for share this Great video!

[huiohana5]

thanks so much for uploading for us all....so awesome to see his energy and genius live instead of only still pics. You cannot help but feel his energy! You could tell how much he loved what he did!!! seemed like he had GREAT communication w/the people he worked with.....Miss him!!!

[gmanharlem08]

lol at 6:28 Roger was a OG

[tylus17]

Roger Troutman was in the zone boy, no doubt he had a deep passion for his music this vid is evudence of how much he was into his craft..R.I.P

[hitsville4ever]

that just brings tears 2 your eyes...R.I.P MR TROUTMAN & MR DAVIS.

[ROCKNROLLFAN]

THAT MAN (ROGER TROUTMAN) KNEW THAT HE WAS A PERFECTIONIST.

THATS THE WAY ITS SUPPOSE TO BE.

[DoctorPlay]

You cannot respect anyone in the studio more than Roger Troutman because he was a genius and a master at so many instruments/production tools.

[BigDogRedskin]

2 people aren't so happy, 'cuz they paid their dues

[FunkDoppler]

Freaking genuis..so glad someone recorded this.

[kpcannon]

6:21 kills me :P haha

[RikJamezBich]

Whoever posted this... I wish you booty, cash, love & funk this Xmas. ;-)

[cjanelle21790]

Ray was & still is a mentor 2 me. Ray was the one who introduce me to Melvin Franklin of the Temptations, in the mid 80's.

[wh0m33]

Roger's attention to this kind of detail is obviously the secret to his genius. Did they ever find out why his brother killed him?

[BlackLibertyGT]

What a true legend and talent, what a tragic loss. I'm still bumping his fine work

[StanSaquii]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! HollywoodVisual I'm so envious, From the first beat of the first time I heard "More Bounce' in 1980 I knew i'd found 'Da Funk'

[AKIDPRODUCTION09]

wow this is like waching dr.dre composing a beat but this is one of the first legends composing legendary tunes and music

[SoCaLFuNkChIcK]

That's how it's done REAL MUSIC in the making!!!! I Love It

[SoCaLFuNkChIcK]

That's how it's done REAL MUSIC in the making!!!! I love it!!

[320Vault]

RIP R.Troutman.

This video is awesome thanks for show us this part of the history.

Greetz..

;]

[roadcommander132]

Great video. Truly an amazing thing to watch musical greats at work.

Thanks for the great video, Bobby!

[UrantiaMansion]

@lanier2 Thank you Lanier2! I believe he would have supercharged not only this current R&B/Rap crisis, but also Pop, Rock, and the all the spinoffs of eletronica/house/dance...let's include the musical instrument/computer software industries as well! He was a real funk scientist of the sound wave...!

[UrantiaMansion]

@lanier2 Prince and Michael dominated that era, but I miss him as well. I met the Troutman Family a while back in Ohio before I actually knew about Roger. But I feel all of us who appreciate, play, and write the funk have a little bit of Roger in us. He was so full of Life and Highly faithful in his Creator that gave him his great talent. When I'm in the studio today and from now on his spirit will be me hopefully guiding me to keep it on the One!

[UrantiaMansion]

@lanier2 We are not only more divided as a nation as you see Lanier2--but generationally and culturally related to our true identity in the hood and as a people! I agree with you totally. Our black top 40 has become a caricature of who we truly are and the autotune as a gimmick not a creative tool has so slowed down our progress to take this nation to the next level on the funk. Funk in it's true afro/space purity is EXTREMELY rare today...

[UrantiaMansion]

@lanier2 That was the Bomb along with his great outfits he would grace the stage with...!

[videokid1285]

were can i get that zapp jacket Ray Davis had on?

[tonedalocc]

love seeing roger at work, he seems fun to work with and be around...R.I.P.

[yawnjones]

he said, "all you doing Ray is making those gay motherfucas sound better" hahaha!!!

[derrickkdavis63]

I used to have a cop of that Human Body. I don't know what happened to it. I'm sure I have it on a cassette tape somewhere. My favorite on that album was "Help Me Find Her".. I love that song.....

[UrantiaMansion]

@derrickkdavis63 I later several shows later saw your pops again at the Omni in Atlanta and as a guitarist asked him what happen to Harold Beane who used to dress up as Captain America and he told this hilarious story that Harold was Captain America for real having become a policeman. His command of all styles of music including R&B/Gospel thru opera--and I know Larry Graham as well!

[UrantiaMansion]

@derrickkdavis63 Much, much respect for the great Melvin Franklin but your pops was the greatest Basso singer ever rivalled only by Larry Graham who had a different spin on his bass genius! Ray was always warm toward me with great storytelling ability and humor!

[derrickkdavis63]

Yeah......pops was the man when it came to singing that bass.

All of 'em are my favorites.....lol

No problem bro. I always try to help out when it comes to the funk....and my father....

[UrantiaMansion]

@derrickkdavis63 I first met him in Chicago in '72 at the High Chapparrell with the famous Pedro Bell...I vaguely even knew who they were at this time and they blew the minds and wigs of that standard R&B audience that were used to more Apollo theatre type of performances...Lots of highlights, but your pops, Bootsy, Catfish, anf Tyrone Lampkins were especially OUTSTANDING!

[derrickkdavis63]

Yes lanier, it is the same person. He also did the intro the the Parliament hit "Give Up The Funk" (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) and the "bow, wow, wow, yippie, yo, yippie, yay" in the George Clinton smash 'Atomic Dog".. How would I know?? It's my dad.......(smile)

[26djkeykey]

I love it love it  love it

[Jtheflavor83]

"What i need to do is go to the right spot" 7:38. Lol! Classic!!!

[Jtheflavor83]

Great production!!! He killed me when he said "Hand me Clarence over there behind you" at 7:02.

[UrantiaMansion]

@Jtheflavor83 For him to be so gifted in this age of sometimes very less talented artists who are extremely arrogant--his humor relaxed you and he was so humble about his gift and also getting the best out of you whether in the studio or the stage of Life. If we only had more artists like him in today's generation to be that Harmonious to bring the masses together...!

[jmali1]

did he say "makin these gay mothafuckas sound better?????"  6:28

[blackbass66]

AMAZING!!!!

[Kabman89]

and all my love goes out to you, roger! rest in peace!

[yaboyferocious]

Roger Troutman GENUIS!!!!!!

[ThaKoolestKid]

6:23 that dude is crazy. HAHAHAHAH

[jaazarelli]

wow............

[jaazarelli]

Man I'm trippin watchin this... Just to know I worked with Ray just before he passed...

Jaaz

[djnewsom2002]

What a great video. To see Roger at work and Ray Davis the respect Ray had for Roger. Roger life was cut tooooo short...He had so much to give

#1Rogerfan4ife

[lflanery]

This is wonderful with the late Ray Davis of PFUNK and Roger. Ray was a great friend, had a wonderful voice, one of the voices that made PFUNK the other was Glenn Goins - RIP. March 29th is Ray's birthday.

[UrantiaMansion]

@lflanery Glen Goins was one of the most talented singer/guitarist/writer/perfor­mer of the funk in modern history. He took it way beyond Curtis Mayfield...who was also great for his era...

[Chochi1]

He reminds me of MIke Jackson way too much. Its scary!!

[mcdsbnz1]

what an amazing bass voice. Baa baa black sheep have you any wool ? yes sir yes sir A NICKEL BAG FULL!!!!!!

[hendyglasgow]

this is an amazing video to whoever put it up big up yourself from glasgow scotland

[jaylyrikal]

WOOOOOOW! this is inspiring Im about to go up in the studio right now..this is all i needed. Man I love this!!!! ROger was the best man!!!

[HollywoodVisual]

Thank You everyone for your comments.

Yes, Roger and Ray were very talented and I am gratefull that I had a chance to meet them and work with them.

Thanks again for your kind and respectfull comments.

[UrantiaMansion]

@HollywoodVisual Keeps these important archives coming so we can teach the New Breed! Thank you so much!

[HiggyVasquez]

wow so interesting to see how these guys work!

[dwightddddd]

Roger was da man..

Too much talent..

RIP...

Great seeing great people like Roger and Ray in the sudio.

Thanks for posting

[ben34burger]

Geniusism

[jody808]

RIP for Ray and Roger

[mo314mo314]

IS THAT MELVIN FROM THE TEMPTATION

[HollywoodVisual]

Ray Davis did sing bass for the Temptations.

Davis replaced the original bass singer of the Temptations Melvin Franklin on the album For Lovers Only and was in the group after Franklin's death in 1995

[muzikman183]

@mo314mo314 Ray Sang with Parliament/Funkadelic for a good minute as well

[muzikman183]

@mo314mo314 Ray Sang with Parliament/Funkadelic for a good minute as well

[muzikman183]

@mo314mo314 Ray sang with Parliament/funkadelic through the 70's too.. look up their live stuff and u'll see'em

[Timmyfunk1]

Wow! Unreal. I miss the both of them.

[UrantiaMansion]

@Timmyfunk1 Hopefully rather than keeping them as museum memories in our own way thru Life and our musical productions we can help carry that banner to the very chaotic world we live in today to help bring people together! I agree with you completely!

[2thick4u336]

i miss roger and this video makes me miss him more

[hitsville4ever]

damn watching this i was almost n tears!!! i miss roger

[BZapp]

"whats ur mainly gunna be doing ray,is just making these gay muthafuckas sound better" LOL!! haha ive never heard roger cuss thats crazy

[tulipmitchell]

Wow a real mind blower featuring both of these late greats. For some reason when I see this I think they are somewhere in another dimension doing this same kinda thang together. Two of the greatest funksters ever I love them both and will listen to their music unitl I die thanks!!

[Trybrow]

This video just blew my mind... i make music myself and it was extremely insightful for me. Many many thanks.

[biffstudd]

Now we know why all his songs sound so great. Roger was a perfectionist. Look at how many times he rehearsed and re-did each little phrase of the lyrics.

[relyte]

my thought exactly!

[Chieka07]

Thank you for posting this video, where may I get a copy?

[Azteka2007]

Maddd producer!!

[sfcub69]

soundin' like what Bob George said about Prince ("that skinny motherf*cker with tha high voice...") haha

[UrantiaMansion]

@sfcub69 I met Prince before and also saw that famous performance at the Beverly Theatre with James Brown headlining calling up both Michael and Prince. If Roger were there (Prince didn't do so well on stage not being in his usual tightly controlled musical environment) Michael was funky and fabulous already being so familiar with Jame's band and material--I personally believe musically--Roger would have stole the show from everybody that night!

[thayandone]

Veeeeeeeerrrrdaaaammt! Ich sterbeeeee!Ooooooooohhhhh Shhhhhhhiiit

[Viktorcrayon]

Watching this, makes it so much more frustrating that Roger is no longer with us... I would have loved to see what he could have come up with these days! Great video, thanks for posting :)

[humansymphony]

lol at 6:22 "what you're mainly gonna be doin is makin these gay motherfuckers right here sound better" ha ROGER'S THE MAN! RIP

[Bass35744]

I'm glad to see more on Ray Davis! What a great bass singer! Very inspirational for a young bass singer (such as myself) :D

[rogger62]

Thanks roger and davis for the video

[kwd007]

Dayuuuuuuuum!!! This is truly an inspiration! Thanks for posting this man!!

[minimoog78]

excellent videos thank you for puting it out.

[GQ420]

Great video, The master Roger at work.. how cool...

GQ

[Talkboxxxxxxxxxx]

Very Very Very GooooooDDDD!!!!

[jahandtaj]

That was great. It really made me miss him.

[BZapp]

wooo great, is there a part 3? hehe