cymande - bra

[d4nd34c0n]

Thanks De La Soul.

[Shell0517nj]

Good Music!

[TheGregski]

Love this song so much, thks Spike Lee for getting me into this band.

[yoothprospects]

@TheGregski yes! me too - took me a minute to find the song - dope jam!

[firetko14]

This is definitely my favorite song. I am from Delaware and Philly. This was the jam back in the day.

I let my son who 12 to hear this music he love all my old school music. His friends want to know did this music just come out. I laugh say it over thirty years ago. The can't believe. I am trying to teach my kids and his friends the foundation of hiphop and rap.

[ossiepowers2]

@firetko14 excellent - glad to hear that you're teaching your kids about proper music,the stuff coming out today is what i call fast food music,they dont make em like they used to!!

[1123Gregory]

Thank God for youtube! love it

[ChrizOfficial123]

DE LA SOUL

[ja1esco76]

One of the greatest songs made by any man period!!! classic, great band, great times. The movie 25th hour was good too.

[vlc1zona]

total

[gangstable]

what a wonderful song!

[macmichalm]

This song caught my ear I heard a light film 25 hours

[millfordsange]

THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS, MAKES ME HAPPY WHEN I'M DOWN.

[tnkd3]

DAMN I love OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!

[MsSchucky]

hearing this makes me smile and takes me back to some good times......ooooweeeee !!! i love it !!!

[321haircut901]

fools gold

[monted91]

it's all right, alright.

[DaInfinityC]

nobody will see that guy behind the piano smokein a blunt!XD

[c11393]

Classic!

[songbird565]

Old skool here. The DJ's in New York back in the day would mix at 2:49 over and over again and we the crowd would be lovin it,screamimg like crazy, tambourines going oh I miss those days. Thanks for posting.

[mm9913]

@songbird565 yo on point, this was the jam that ended the party, and we always left smiling!

[mikeeeeeeeee124]

darrell stanton

[rhythmnsoulsymphony]

No "funk" party without this!!!

[sjr10011]

Turn it up!!!

[mm9913]

they are actually from Jamaica and guyana, they relocated to England.

[vlipford]

Thank you for posting this track. You are an awesome individual to post such a great song for other to listen, remember those times and enjoy.

[kmp3000]

One word. Classic. Check me for lots more nuggets.

[deesylad]

british funk at its best

[rexboogie]

2:50 is the start of the club break beat

[gremby]

BEST SONG EVER.

[kurdt1000]

straight classic

[papiextasy]

0 dislikes FTW!!!!

[MsTracie]

Know this song and it was uploaded on my birthday! Thanks Ren for the hed's up!

[mattydafish]

I REMEMBER THIS SONG AT THE FUNHOUSE IN NYC BACK IN THE 80'S GREAT SONG

[cjoey39]

Hi! What a great expressive sound! The music litterally jumps out at you! Now this is the real thing! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"

[Lar112]

An absolute classic!!!! The break starting @ 2:50 is legendary!!!!

[Nemesis2459]

i remember this in the movie 25th hour! That teachers face just after he kissed that student was epic lols

[ossiepowers2]

@Nemesis2459 i dont think ive seen that,sounds like its got a great soundtrack though ;-]

[Slimkidd730]

@ossiepowers2 Great movie by Spike Lee. Edward Norton, Anna Paquin, Rosario Dawson, Barry Peppers, Philip Seymour. Great movie

[gaiko1982]

@Nemesis2459 Idd it's a great piece in the movie, and the dj reveals what a great break it is!

[xactleeryt]

@Nemesis2459 Spike Lee on a High Note!

[machecoul1393]

@Nemesis2459 Yes lol !

[yellowshirting]

@Nemesis2459 philip seymour hoffman needs to do another movie!

[Bmt0314]

@Nemesis2459 jake the snake, jake the snake...

[sgztube]

2:49 >> 4:00 Amazing!!!

[pietrocaste]

feel comon

[DreadedSamurai]

what picture is this?

[ossiepowers2]

@DreadedSamurai this picture is part of a painted wall in a bar in north thailand( chang rai i think ), the original picture is of me playing the bongos with a thai band but i croped it ( i dont like my picture on the world wide web.)

[san5a89]

@ossiepowers2 cool!

[blackmondae]

@ossiepowers2

come on, you could be a popular person! haha

[zeek798]

I love this joint........."Zack.X"

[ossiepowers2]

@zeek798 thank you, i love joints too ;-}

[debgirl12000]

@zeek798 >This was a bad jam back in the day! I loved this band from Brooklyn, NY! They had an incredible sound! Such memories for me growing up as a teen listening to this song! I would do my homework with my girlfriends and we would be grooving to the sounds of Cymande! My daughter feels like she missed out on some incredible bands because their are none today! She is right! I do not listen to anything today. They are to busy sampling the sounds from the past!

[cintenta]

@debgirl12000 Cymande is from London, England.... Although their sound was more fully embraced in New York City. They were a bit too funky for their London constituents in 1972...

[debgirl12000]

@cintenta Thank you so much cintenta for the info! I never knew this after so many years! British funk! You know us New Yorkers think everyone is from here! LOL! WOW! I loved this band. I play their songs every day. Reminds me of my teenage days! There grooves were tight and their harmonies were smooth. I will never forget this band ever! Keep on grooving with the Britich funk!

[eldbug]

Only 2 comments on one of the most richly layered club bangers of all time?Fusion,World Music or whatever you call it...SLAMMIN!

[ossiepowers2]

@eldbug spot on mate,check mout 'dove' too.

[avp0713]

@eldbug - that's because so few people actually know the name of this song or the group that made this song. Everyone who listens to old hip hop or old vintage R&B will easily remember this track, it's unforgettable.

[anthrax1218]

first comment on an awesome track

[ossiepowers2]

@anthrax1218 it sure is - thnx for the comment.