Saw Mandrill in 1971 at a high school stadium funk festival in Newark, N.J. All I can say is Goddamn they were bad! Much booty shakin was goin on and believe me the Ape was high!
Hey my brothers...seventies. Glad to see this shit on You Tube. Dancin' was an art! Reefer...aka marijuana was inexpensive and Cinzano vermouth and super eight movies were the in thing. Say you want some?
what da deeeal??? jah rastafari Neftali wha` dup bredda?? long time no see. this is yo´homey pedro (PAGE BROWN) I`n´I been livin`in Brazil since `95 .i´ve been working wit international reggae shows and tours Julian marly blackuhuru pato banton groundation midnite etc; hope you get back to me soon my cell # is 5512 91229796 peace PAGE
I think I remember them playing this at lunchtime when I was in school. We had lunch in the all-purpose room and one of the kids I believe brought in a record player. I believe that this is one of the songs that they used to play. (I definitely remember them playing Get On the Good Foot by James Brown) I also remember hearing this song on WDAS here in Philadelphia. I was only 15 when this song was first out.
The year was 1973, I saw Mandrill and Funkadellic three times. I was 15 and had to go alone. Couldn't find anybody to go. So I went alone. The times I had! The Spectrum, gone but not forgotten!
hey don't hate on the jeri curl wearing brothas in the 80's. slave started in 1977 and carried on throughout the 80's along with brass construction, cameo, the dazz band, rick james and many others. no doubt mandrill was bad ass! but don't diss the 80's funk.
Now this is funky!! They put the stink all over it! I'm 51, and I remember jamming at house parties all over North Philly off of these guys. Peacefull times, calm times, O'man, good times!
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Bought their first album as a 33 rpm without even hearing a song on it back in the days. Never was disappointed. Love these guys music to this day. They were Funk,Jazz,Rock,R&B,Calypso,Blues,Soul and more, all bottled up in one solid group.That's what made them unique.They covered the music spectrum.
@memyselfandi3018 ..... Mandrill turned the joint out. what a way to end the concert series @ Ft Dupont. Dag, I cant wait til next year. I love DC summer in the park.
Growing up in the seventies as a teenager in high school ,I participated in several bands at Murphy High School in Atlanta playing trumpet. I was in a funk/jazz band and this was one of the songs we loved to play at school gymnasium dances when a "live" set was done . It was fun to be in the company of your friends and jamming with Croom(Guitar),Alan H.( trumpet), and Danny L.( bass) and Gregory H.( Trombone) And if they are reading this .....you know who this is....I hope. We had fun!
I don't know if Mandrill is still touring but I saw them a few years ago in SF. If you ever get a chance to see them, cancel all your plans and get to that show. Unreal.
Mandrill played Springfeild collage back in the 70's and we were on the floor twenty feet from them dancing and watching. Fudgie had this fretless bass and he was getting this thick rich FUNKY tone out of it that was incredible. Thoes were the days.
Fencewalk For ALL TIME FOR ALL TIME FOR ALL OF TIME (I'm tearin' up excuse me ) I belive GOD DUG FENCEWALK theres nothing left to say except FOR ALL TIME FENCEWALK................................................
Once again the mistake is made in calling a rythym & blues song a funk somg. Nothing could ne further from the truth. Parliment/Funkadelic and Rick James & the Stone City Band were funk groups. Funk beats were very heavy. Not so with groups of the early to mid 70s. And to make sure that you got the beats George Clinton would throw in handclaps. Once again, heavy beats, But it was all fun to listen and dance to.
When I was a freshman at Howard University, the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity's pledge line marched into Aldridge Theater to this song--it will always remind me of the Kappas!
I loved Mandrill when I was a teen, had posters all over my wall, and loved Fencewalk, Hang Loose and Moroccan Nights. Always wanted a horn contest between these guys and Tower of Power. Would pay big money to see both of these groups on the same stage!
Mandrill, what a great band. Remember making out with my girlfriend Charlotte Maness on the couch to this album when it was new and I was in Norfolk, then saw the band several times decades later all over New York. When they announce, "We're gonna walk the fence," everybody, including the bartenders, stop what they're doing and listen in awe.
I love mandrill, this was THE JAM, mad horn section was one of the best out there ! , todays musicians need to get back to the HORNS, tower of power, ohio players, kc & the sunshine band, earth wind & fire, they were really TRUE MUSICIANS !!!!!!!!!!!
This is my ultimate favorite song by Mandrill. I grew up on this because my father listened to Mandrill, Spyro Gyra and all those other great bands from that time. It's funny, my professor was shocked when I [all but 19 yo] did my music presentation on Mandrill.
@halioj War and Madrill were the two bands that had class and Made the era have meaning. They spoke about issues in their music as well. Smart person you are to follow in your father music....
It's funk before the label of funk happened. At the time of the release, it was label as R&B. The young generation didn't buy it but the their parents knew of them. "Funk" became a label term two years later. By that time, the album was not being ran in record stores. James Brown sang about the funk long before it became a term for music. I believe the hypocrasy of the industry was the reason. Due to this, Mandrill didn't get the following they deserve. I glad I fond them again.
@emmettk >You are right! I think they were from Brooklyn, NY. I grew up on Long Island and friends would tell me that they knew them from the city. My girlfriend brought this over to my house and I was floored! This was my JAM back in the day during my teenager years! I loved their album covers! They were so talented and so under rated as you stated! This band was so bad! I am so happy this is here so I can relive the good ole days from my teen years! My kids love this song and Hang Loose too!
@debgirl12000 I'm definitely feeling what you say. I grew up in Queens. Back then, everybody was trying to start a band in somebody's basement or garage. My band happened to "play" Hang Loose. Don't know if Mandrill would have appreciated our version, but hey, we had more enthusiasm than talent :)
Mate how good was this ...man o man i was in germany learning gemmology and used to go to baumholder US base and listen to this it was so cool Ty for the memory my God I just felt I was in that place Ty Ty Ty
You again? Damn dawg haha ok where is"Love One Another"? Finally met someone on my musical level of funksmanship. Give it up. Add the track. The world needs to hearm that joint. You the man as usual G.
CLASSIC funk song! BTW - Neftali Santiago (one of Mandrill's drummers) has a YouTube channel where he posts live footage of the band. Many thanks, GStrongRAW, for posting one of the baddest funk tunes of all time by a horribly overlooked band.
Man, when I first got a crybaby wah-wah, and learned this and War's "The World is a Ghetto" on guitar, I knew I had "arrived"! We were very blessed to be hit with some of the best music created!!!!!
this one bad mother blanking song. how many of you almost killed yourselves dancing to this funk? i can see the extra large afros moving to the music.
Gee I've just travelled back .......so far back !!! I can smell the 70's know exactly where I was reliving this part of my life thanks to the dude who uploaded this fantastic track and of course U Tube. Man I nearly 60 and I reckon this was one of the funkiest coolest bands around......and u know what i havn't heard anything anyone come close. man O man thanks for the memory and journey back in time.
@avp0713 We're called Jimmy Hats, have you ever seen us? Most times we're found rolled up on ya penis if you're REAL smart, you would always use us or put us in ya wallet, 'cause some dummies lose us. So don't go bareback, with out the bare facts you'll have creepy crawlers crawlin' on ya nutsack!!! So get tha J-I-M-M-Y to tha Hats it's me & 2 brothas in a pack!!! (Run out & get your Jimmy Hats) Small...& Extra Large!!! (Run out & get your Jimmy Hats) or THIS might happen to YOU!!!
It was Mandrill,Funkedlic, Sly and the Family Stone and a new band from Tuskegee named something like the Commodores...concert in Columbus,GA...me...Shorty Long was GI Joe...Ft Benning,GA
this is one of the most under-rated funk bands of the seventies. all they did was put out good music. I would like someone to post their song called Ratchet off their Beast from the East album.
Loved, missed, never forgotten. This band and Brass Construction was my bands growing up. So missed, they don't make MUSIC like this any more. They sample and steal but never create. Why don't the record labels hear what is being missed...music. Black, powerful, soulful, funky, rhythmic, earthy, beautiful bands like this.
Now We Funkin ! ! ! Represent The Peoples ! ! ! Power Horns & Keys ! Gspot Guitars ! Clavinet & Conga ! ! WTFunk Is Missing ? NUTTIN ! ! ! Express Yourselves Brutha's & Sistah's ! Your Sciences Are So Wondrous ! ! ! Funk - Religion - Science - Architecture - TEACH YOUR CHILDREN ! ! ! Live Long & Prosper - Funk or Perish !
ishine845 2 weeks ago
This is straight up FUNK. I r3member the summer in NYC jamming to this
wrmcfadden 2 weeks ago
Schooly D "King of New York"
211bill 3 weeks ago
yes sir!!! supreme funk!!!
777yrogerg 3 weeks ago
Saw Mandrill in 1971 at a high school stadium funk festival in Newark, N.J. All I can say is Goddamn they were bad! Much booty shakin was goin on and believe me the Ape was high!
MrBillc1023 1 month ago in playlist Funky Bands of the 70's and 80's
p-funk on steroids ,what great memories of the 70s,awsome.
fitzbaby11 1 month ago
these guys know how to play,quality funk
bangform 1 month ago
Love this band....live instruments...wide range of sound from these guys...
MrTim017 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Hey my brothers...seventies. Glad to see this shit on You Tube. Dancin' was an art! Reefer...aka marijuana was inexpensive and Cinzano vermouth and super eight movies were the in thing. Say you want some?
Leo55BabyBoomer 2 months ago
OOOOOoooowwwWWEEEE!
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One of my all time favorite funk tunes!
TheDocBoyd 2 months ago
this that real westside step'n shit right here!!!
thechocolatedon 2 months ago
Wow!! High school memories, that was great hangout music on Friday nites with a good joint.
TheChutrit 2 months ago
I think I remember them playing this at lunchtime when I was in school. We had lunch in the all-purpose room and one of the kids I believe brought in a record player. I believe that this is one of the songs that they used to play. (I definitely remember them playing Get On the Good Foot by James Brown) I also remember hearing this song on WDAS here in Philadelphia. I was only 15 when this song was first out.
nanlisa 2 months ago
this is a bad song, i thank whoever posted this madrill tough funk fro m old school let it rip
now.
PASTORKable 2 months ago
First album I ever bought with my own money. Nearly 40 years later, remains one of my favs. Still on rotation at least once a month.
ljcking 2 months ago
The year was 1973, I saw Mandrill and Funkadellic three times. I was 15 and had to go alone. Couldn't find anybody to go. So I went alone. The times I had! The Spectrum, gone but not forgotten!
PhillyGregA 3 months ago
@PhillyGregA I was right across the way in Lawnside (Haddon Heights HS class of 75) and was dying to go!!!
adrianof1 2 months ago
@adrianof1 4 real? u might know my fam. the "ali fam" in lawnside. it's like a million of them
PhillyGregA 2 months ago
@PhillyGregA Oh hell yea---they lived on Charlston Avenue!!! I am Adrian Clark, from the Clarks on Miller Avenue...Brothers George and Carlton
adrianof1 2 months ago
No Joke!!
LT445sw 3 months ago
wow !!!
sexy49able 3 months ago
I wanted to play an instrument so bad when I was a little boy. When this song came out I could play the intro on the car horn.
OKandNOWwhat 3 months ago
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They were Funk,Jazz,Rock,R&B,Calypso,Blues,Soul and more, all bottled up in one solid group
2maxxjazz 3 months ago
hey don't hate on the jeri curl wearing brothas in the 80's. slave started in 1977 and carried on throughout the 80's along with brass construction, cameo, the dazz band, rick james and many others. no doubt mandrill was bad ass! but don't diss the 80's funk.
SOULANAUTS 3 months ago
funkiest record of 1973, i still love Mandrill
jody808 3 months ago
funkiest record of 1973
jody808 3 months ago
Now this is funky!! They put the stink all over it! I'm 51, and I remember jamming at house parties all over North Philly off of these guys. Peacefull times, calm times, O'man, good times!
Robbie521000 4 months ago 4
...Does anyone know they're still together???
TheMoose819 4 months ago
Oooooohhhhhhhhhwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeyyyyyyyy!!!! Now, That is some real raw Funk!!!!!
MrPfunk2000 4 months ago
this is the jam!!!
smilee1505 4 months ago
the year was 1973. senior at mckinley high school in st. louis, mo. no mortgage payments. no car notes. no hard head kids. LIFE WAS GOOOOOOOOOD!
alexalot23 4 months ago
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recordmaster123 4 months ago
só to aqui por causa do away
bruninho325 4 months ago
this is what 70s funk was all about Mandrill
vincent85906 4 months ago
Bought their first album as a 33 rpm without even hearing a song on it back in the days. Never was disappointed. Love these guys music to this day. They were Funk,Jazz,Rock,R&B,Calypso,Blues,Soul and more, all bottled up in one solid group.That's what made them unique.They covered the music spectrum.
princenelson22 5 months ago 7
I remember this jam. My father used to play this all the time. I remember him trying to do the "robot" to this cut! It was classic.
NateWicks 5 months ago
I wish that there was "music" like this and not all of that
noise that's beingf produced now.!
sp4armyguy1 5 months ago
HOT...HOT...HOT!
MelMediaServices 5 months ago
The definition of "Funk"!
0009206 5 months ago
Heaviest Funk Band of the 70s!
eisenyeo 5 months ago
does not get better that that I was fifteen and funk was what was up!!!
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formlessfighter 5 months ago
Masters of ceremony-Dynomite useed this as a sample- brought me here. this is funky, was not hip to this group at all.
MrKenny1940 5 months ago
Where are the lyrics for this song???? I don't understand the words!
coopy00 5 months ago
brilliant if i was a dj i would play this everyday!!!!!!!!!!!!
kyleplastock 6 months ago
anybody knows what year this song's from???
isuriadireja91 6 months ago
@isuriadireja91 I want to say 1973 from the "Composite Truth" Album...damn this is some quality funk.
aedgar5000 6 months ago
@isuriadireja91 1973
oldschoolbx1970 5 months ago
pat on the back for this one!
HotRadioDJ 6 months ago
Spark Mandrill from Mega Man brought me here. I like!
PsychoTomHoang 6 months ago
GET TIN DOWN....THEY ARE
sometimes350 6 months ago in playlist AYANNA
Zero dislikes "Thumbs Up" That's what I'm talkin bout.
Prostylefilms 6 months ago
Wow.. Thanks. Incredible.
noodlam 6 months ago
DAMN!!!!
Coffeeboy918 6 months ago
this was the group, real funk, not that Jeri
curl funky disco of the eighties that the so called oldie stations play!
RAkapsi 6 months ago 6
LOOK @ ME MOM, IM FENCEWALKING!
summerbabetoo 7 months ago 2
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summerbabetoo 7 months ago
420 likes at this moment, just saying
religioniam 7 months ago
MANDRILL @ FT DUPONT PARK ON SATURDAY AUGUST 13 @ 7:00 PM. THE CONCERT IS FREE. CANT WAIT SO EXCITED.
summerbabetoo 7 months ago 2
@summerbabetoo I will be there today. I had to look them up on youtube because I didnt know what songs they sung. Thanks for the info.
memyselfandi3018 6 months ago
@memyselfandi3018 ..... Holler @ you after the show! Mother Nature please wait until after I get off the fence, that could be slippery :)
summerbabetoo 6 months ago
@memyselfandi3018 ..... Mandrill turned the joint out. what a way to end the concert series @ Ft Dupont. Dag, I cant wait til next year. I love DC summer in the park.
summerbabetoo 6 months ago 2
completely funkedup !!
brainsareus 7 months ago
Thanks for that I will be in Detroit to see them
mello60ful 7 months ago
August 11/2011 at BB King NYC...oh wish i could go
claudia974 7 months ago
My moms still has this on lp after buying it on 45. I'm glad this became absolutely perfect for B-Boying.
oldschoolbx1970 7 months ago
this jam made me want to learn how to play guitar
jody808 7 months ago
They will be performing at the Detroit Jazz Festival Labor Day weekend. Free no pay!
Bigboi47 7 months ago
GREAT HORNS, as were the norm in the 70s - EWF, AWB, Chicago, Tower of Power, and every funk band in the biz. LOVE this cut!
bcksc 7 months ago
Growing up in the seventies as a teenager in high school ,I participated in several bands at Murphy High School in Atlanta playing trumpet. I was in a funk/jazz band and this was one of the songs we loved to play at school gymnasium dances when a "live" set was done . It was fun to be in the company of your friends and jamming with Croom(Guitar),Alan H.( trumpet), and Danny L.( bass) and Gregory H.( Trombone) And if they are reading this .....you know who this is....I hope. We had fun!
2047thelaw 7 months ago
The greatest Mandrill song in my humble opinion.
blaknificent09 7 months ago
Real funk!
MrGoDisco 8 months ago
can we say james brown.
JDOOOG9 8 months ago
man this is wene music was on.
JDOOOG9 8 months ago
Yes, I agree the music is fantastic! Let me show how old I am, I remember dong the dance, the fence walk.
capeltonfire 8 months ago
I don't know if Mandrill is still touring but I saw them a few years ago in SF. If you ever get a chance to see them, cancel all your plans and get to that show. Unreal.
oakland2949 8 months ago
I'm from Queens too, and remember when this record came out, then we made a dance called the Fencewalk, naturally! I love Mandrill!!!!!
Sydelle66 8 months ago
I'm so glad you remember the dance too! Boy did we dance our behinds off back then. No wonder we were all so small!
capeltonfire 8 months ago
@capeltonfire I remember that dance! And you're right about dancing our butts off.lol!
MrBigpapi01 7 months ago
@Sydelle66 i would love to see this...
BreezesofConey 7 months ago
Mandrill played Springfeild collage back in the 70's and we were on the floor twenty feet from them dancing and watching. Fudgie had this fretless bass and he was getting this thick rich FUNKY tone out of it that was incredible. Thoes were the days.
God bless his soul.
Mr00destruct0 8 months ago
I think Tommy Davidson used this as his theme for his Kung Fu sketch on In Living Color.
ReminisceTheSankofa 8 months ago
@everyone...Mandrill for all Time!!
guinreese 9 months ago
Mandrill OWNED NY back in the 70's. No other band can match what they did to NY.
MugsySkull 9 months ago 2
It's 1973, and the Wilson Brothers have Brooklyn and the rest of NYC on fire! Sweat y'all.
scumber56 9 months ago
Fencewalk For ALL TIME FOR ALL TIME FOR ALL OF TIME (I'm tearin' up excuse me ) I belive GOD DUG FENCEWALK theres nothing left to say except FOR ALL TIME FENCEWALK................................................
1larrydrums 10 months ago
Are there nite clubs that still have live music in AMERICA ??? I miss those days !
MrRick5690 10 months ago
Yes, LAWD!
dggd 10 months ago
Once again the mistake is made in calling a rythym & blues song a funk somg. Nothing could ne further from the truth. Parliment/Funkadelic and Rick James & the Stone City Band were funk groups. Funk beats were very heavy. Not so with groups of the early to mid 70s. And to make sure that you got the beats George Clinton would throw in handclaps. Once again, heavy beats, But it was all fun to listen and dance to.
IRONMANHONDO87 10 months ago
@IRONMANHONDO87 It's all about the pocket
rocknrollhoochiekoo1 10 months ago
@rocknrollhoochiekoo1 I agree.
IRONMANHONDO87 10 months ago
Back in 1974, in my college dorm, you could always hear this in the hallway. This and Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man".
ssur55 10 months ago
RIGHTEOUS FUNK!!! PEACE&LOVE!!! CMF TRIBE!!!
zarchild777 10 months ago
now...THIS WAS MANDRILL IN THEIR PRIME!
cheyney79 11 months ago
When I was a freshman at Howard University, the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity's pledge line marched into Aldridge Theater to this song--it will always remind me of the Kappas!
tmwilliams54 11 months ago
in case it hasn't been said, ice cube used this sample on death certificate for the "jimmy hats" comercial
okithen 11 months ago
I loved Mandrill when I was a teen, had posters all over my wall, and loved Fencewalk, Hang Loose and Moroccan Nights. Always wanted a horn contest between these guys and Tower of Power. Would pay big money to see both of these groups on the same stage!
Sydelle66 11 months ago 2
Mandrill, what a great band. Remember making out with my girlfriend Charlotte Maness on the couch to this album when it was new and I was in Norfolk, then saw the band several times decades later all over New York. When they announce, "We're gonna walk the fence," everybody, including the bartenders, stop what they're doing and listen in awe.
dantonjump 11 months ago
this is the FUNK !! Good old fashioned Down and Dirty Funk.. damn this is hot
66KITT66 11 months ago
Masters of Ceremony. Grand Puba Doctor Who and Don Baron
muggledon1 11 months ago
wasnt this used on an in living color skit
cmw1623 11 months ago
@cmw1623 Yes, on SWEET TOOTH JONES skits.
sexigirlphi 11 months ago
@cmw1623 yes!!!!! i thought I was the only one to remember that. tommy davison was the kung fu master. lmao.
davidshareef 11 months ago
I love mandrill, this was THE JAM, mad horn section was one of the best out there ! , todays musicians need to get back to the HORNS, tower of power, ohio players, kc & the sunshine band, earth wind & fire, they were really TRUE MUSICIANS !!!!!!!!!!!
1959cutcreator 11 months ago
heavy!
walkandskank 11 months ago
Now that's music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sydelle66 11 months ago
Sweet Tooth Jones theme song from in living color
putabarata 11 months ago
now I remember where I was in 71
surf2ya 1 year ago
VET !
Hanzi63 1 year ago
THIS IS PURE RAW FUNK !!!
TheBrian215 1 year ago
damn.....im funked up right about now....
smush48 1 year ago 2
Do you smell that?? That is PURE FUNK! Love this
AKCTION 1 year ago 2
This is my ultimate favorite song by Mandrill. I grew up on this because my father listened to Mandrill, Spyro Gyra and all those other great bands from that time. It's funny, my professor was shocked when I [all but 19 yo] did my music presentation on Mandrill.
halioj 1 year ago 15
@halioj War and Madrill were the two bands that had class and Made the era have meaning. They spoke about issues in their music as well. Smart person you are to follow in your father music....
TNICK1957 5 months ago
okay I'm almost feeling funky but I need more!! Already!
MrHarveyWise 1 year ago
NOW TELL ME YALL NOT FEELING FUNKY.GO HEAD,TELL ME.
MrTrackfreek 1 year ago
There better be no damn dislikes on this master jam dangnabit!!!
MrVeesworld 1 year ago
super funk
ioaberro 1 year ago
This is the ONE
philipbourne 1 year ago
It's funk before the label of funk happened. At the time of the release, it was label as R&B. The young generation didn't buy it but the their parents knew of them. "Funk" became a label term two years later. By that time, the album was not being ran in record stores. James Brown sang about the funk long before it became a term for music. I believe the hypocrasy of the industry was the reason. Due to this, Mandrill didn't get the following they deserve. I glad I fond them again.
jehjeh007 1 year ago
One of my classics!
TheFatyBella 1 year ago
this is my shit here!!
lensanks1 1 year ago
One of me favorite tunes. Others include ape is high, house of wood, hang loose, get it all and there all here. Thanks for this very special up load.
lewilmer 1 year ago
among the the sickest clavinet solos
baldev108 1 year ago
GREAT GREAT SONG AND GROUP,,VERY VERY UNDER RATED,,,BETTER THAN THE GROUP WAR. their music was too hard for radio
lcolby11 1 year ago
GREAT GREAT SONG AND GROUP,,VERY VERY UNDER RATED,,,BETTER THAN THE GROUP WAR
lcolby11 1 year ago
Mandrill- One of the most underrated funk bands of the 70's. Their sound was tight back then and it still sounds good today.
emmettk 1 year ago 12
@emmettk Yes sir ree one of the best of the best. Real funk. :)
jeannie20001 9 months ago
@emmettk >You are right! I think they were from Brooklyn, NY. I grew up on Long Island and friends would tell me that they knew them from the city. My girlfriend brought this over to my house and I was floored! This was my JAM back in the day during my teenager years! I loved their album covers! They were so talented and so under rated as you stated! This band was so bad! I am so happy this is here so I can relive the good ole days from my teen years! My kids love this song and Hang Loose too!
debgirl12000 9 months ago
@debgirl12000 I'm definitely feeling what you say. I grew up in Queens. Back then, everybody was trying to start a band in somebody's basement or garage. My band happened to "play" Hang Loose. Don't know if Mandrill would have appreciated our version, but hey, we had more enthusiasm than talent :)
emmettk 9 months ago
@debgirl12000 For those of you trying to keep up, in the 20th century, BAD meant good.
oakland2949 8 months ago
Mate how good was this ...man o man i was in germany learning gemmology and used to go to baumholder US base and listen to this it was so cool Ty for the memory my God I just felt I was in that place Ty Ty Ty
czechmate51 1 year ago
just call this grown-folks music.
really jazz-funk and it was even a dance
mistycat57 1 year ago
Funking tremendous.
The early 70's was the golden era for funk, I highly doubt we'll ever see anything like it again.
SlickFunker 1 year ago
raw shit. funk at its best. funk you forever,lol.
vscol 1 year ago
goddamn.. this is when music was real and funk was king. Long Live Mandrill and the Funk.
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make you want to smack your mother wizzy born 57
char3749 1 year ago
make you want to smack your mother
char3749 1 year ago
You again? Damn dawg haha ok where is"Love One Another"? Finally met someone on my musical level of funksmanship. Give it up. Add the track. The world needs to hearm that joint. You the man as usual G.
RikJamezBich 1 year ago
This song ranks up there as the best of funk from the 70s... and the later groups from the 80s.
chessdrummer 1 year ago
CLASSIC funk song! BTW - Neftali Santiago (one of Mandrill's drummers) has a YouTube channel where he posts live footage of the band. Many thanks, GStrongRAW, for posting one of the baddest funk tunes of all time by a horribly overlooked band.
elc1960 1 year ago
Man, when I first got a crybaby wah-wah, and learned this and War's "The World is a Ghetto" on guitar, I knew I had "arrived"! We were very blessed to be hit with some of the best music created!!!!!
6402680 1 year ago
this one bad mother blanking song. how many of you almost killed yourselves dancing to this funk? i can see the extra large afros moving to the music.
alexalot23 1 year ago
Gee I've just travelled back .......so far back !!! I can smell the 70's know exactly where I was reliving this part of my life thanks to the dude who uploaded this fantastic track and of course U Tube. Man I nearly 60 and I reckon this was one of the funkiest coolest bands around......and u know what i havn't heard anything anyone come close. man O man thanks for the memory and journey back in time.
God Bless You All
Mike
czechmate51 1 year ago
These cats back in the day, wasn't sampling shit, all OG, feel me, musicians today if I can call you that, get off our shit and get yo own!!!
LilBigable 1 year ago
One of the best horn sections n da biz, along wit Tower Of Power, Kool & The Gang, Chicago & EWF
LilBigable 1 year ago
so this is where ICE CUBE got this sample from,NICE thanx 4 posting
dulaone 1 year ago
@dulaone
What song did Cube use this sample in mate?
SlickFunker 1 year ago
@SlickFunker "Nappy Dugout"
dulaone 1 year ago
@dulaone
Thanks for the info mate.
SlickFunker 1 year ago
@dulaone - yep, Ice Cube
avp0713 1 year ago 2
cen1276 1 year ago
@SlickFunker Givin' up the Nappy Dugout, from the Death Certificate album.
cen1276 1 year ago
@cen1276
Cheers Cen, thanks for the info.
SlickFunker 1 year ago
This is SO Funked up!
MrBluesrules 1 year ago
man, i played this 45 till it ashed over white.....pure musical funk...
smush48 1 year ago
somebody open up a window PEWUUUUUUUUUUU! 4:50 breakdown toostank!
pocket1960 1 year ago
This is the real deal.. down and dirty FUNK. Awesome.
66KITT66 1 year ago
It was Mandrill,Funkedlic, Sly and the Family Stone and a new band from Tuskegee named something like the Commodores...concert in Columbus,GA...me...Shorty Long was GI Joe...Ft Benning,GA
dragoneye2569 1 year ago
so run out and get your JIMMY HATS...small and extra LARGE!!!
dogshit71 1 year ago
Well Ray Ray one day maybe I'll hear some of your original work. Not a shabby gig though. haha
RikJamezBich 1 year ago
Ok Sav here is #1
bonemas 1 year ago
this is one of the most under-rated funk bands of the seventies. all they did was put out good music. I would like someone to post their song called Ratchet off their Beast from the East album.
cobra2000ification 1 year ago
Absolutely classic :D
Too0masz 1 year ago
Nice i remember this cut from the 73`s at club 54 n,y,c
Floydalbert 1 year ago
It dont get no funkier than that. Mandrill is the shit and will always be next to Earth Wind and Fire.
vscol 1 year ago
Much better than "Peanut Butter with a Baseball Bat"
chessdrummer 1 year ago
I used love these guys back in the mid 70s along with EWF, Isley Brothers and AWB
cappy2008 1 year ago
Loved, missed, never forgotten. This band and Brass Construction was my bands growing up. So missed, they don't make MUSIC like this any more. They sample and steal but never create. Why don't the record labels hear what is being missed...music. Black, powerful, soulful, funky, rhythmic, earthy, beautiful bands like this.
ebonknight 1 year ago
Top class guitar solo from Omar Mesa, now one of the recognised classic solos. This guy played from the heart and not a text book.
stef555stef 1 year ago
Classic funk!
Mardigraz718 1 year ago
Man!! I need to take a shower after listening to this cuz it is TOO FUNKY!!! I can definitely dig it!
jehrall 1 year ago