Tower Of Power - What Is Hip? (Studio Version)

[immortaltecneek]

can you upload what happened to the world that day pleaseee

been looking for my bump city CD can't find it anywhere

[themeleed]

As much as I love their albums, they're so much better in live recordings

[breakingbenjamin2315]

The Bass makes this song!

[89lillyflower]

this is my homework

[robothitcher]

Epic

[Palmerbeepee1]

Interresting FACTOID:

Sly and the Family Stone was the first "black" act to "sing" and "play" their instruments. Prior to Sly, groups (guys or girls) would sing and bands would play - of course Sly was multi-everything.

[thewaffleshirt]

7 years of drum experience and this song is still difficult to play with every detail. I love this

[monakian]

the bass... the bass is insane... he is THE TEMPO

[jonster921]

@monakian I wouldn't go as far to say that. David Garibaldi holds one heck of a back-beat!

[monakian]

@jonster921 nono, im a drummer. But talking about Garibaldi´s tempo is redundant =)

[cedricjamesdj]

@jonster921 the man is driving the bus! gettin it D-I-D!

[cakafella]

its a toss up between ewf chicago and tower as for horns

[visionkingdom]

@cakafella Yea I'm wit dat.Them 3 rite there.The horn game was the thing every 1 then was tryna capitalize on.That was suppose to be mark of excellence.

[senhorsaudade]

There are all these people out there today who wear their stingy brim fedoras, own just about every digital device Apple will market, hell, even wore T-shirts with Jobs' image when he died, are tatted and pierced even in places that have got to be uncomfortable, and live in neighborhoods like Williamsburgh in NYC. But can any of them answer the question posed by this song? Have any of them ever even listened to this song? To paraphrase the lyrics: Sometimes hipness is what you ain't!

[TheKitkatgold]

great...

[theflash1952shodan]

Compare this outstanding stuff to the Hip Hop CRAP being pushed out now and all I can say is, "what the hell happened?"

[jay55also]

That's the SHIT!!!!,Tower of Power,classic.

[lovetruthsoulseeker]

Best funky jazz R&B fusion band ever!

[JGuinnster2309]

Doing this song for jazzband.



[mexicanboy641]

@JGuinnster2309 me too

[madmanhahaha]

this song is especially good on wednesdays. actually Fridays. Actually Thursdays. And Tuesdays. and mondays and saturdays and sundays aw screw it I listen to this song every day at least twice.

[pastorsteele]

Guitar, Drums, Bass, Horns. This song is the test to see if you are "FUNKY" Musician.

[kingoftheforest55]

loonpolice wins !!!! too funny Bro !

[Liton777]

my bass teacher showed me this song

[sander16634]

sickk song!!



[laroger0]

I've been thinking old...I'm 51. I'm gonna start gettin' hip again... gimme that iPod and text messaging!

[TheFacelessActivist]

@laroger0

Dude, that's apple products... Don't embarrass yourself.

[Xenobia10]

PERHAPS THE BEST 'POP' LYRICS EVER WRITTEN-AND I USE THE TERM POP VERY LOOSELY

[tuttifruityxDD]

lenny williams comes to my school every year for a fundraising concert and plays with us (the jazz band) and our notables (advanced choir) and we play this with him. (: its GREAT. and we have prince his keyboardist. (: its great.

[dawnsal]

@tuttifruityxDD You're so ooooo lucky!

[groach22]

DAS SHIST

[MsNothingSerious]

I like the bass, bass, bass, bass

[phlips01]

@MsNothingSerious Ya, so sick

[sander16634]

woohoo great ghosting here!!



[avamp1]

I saw the original band..and they rocked..

[chollis54]

I used to listen to this album in my car in the early 70's..... recorded onto a c90 cassette......... agree that Only so much oil in the ground was THE song Ms Jollycholly.

[Successmate]

Classic!

[MsJollycholly]

there is only so much oil in the ground was THE song which flipped me out when I heard it in my boyfriends room in 1974. He had just bought a Marantz Quadrophinic system and everyone would gather at his place and play TOP over and over, dancing all over the room and annoying the tennants downstairs. Everyone was really skinny in those days because we danced CONTSTANTLY

[laurlu62]

Awesome!!!

[JeniseGrice]

Yeah baby, that bassline, drummer and lead singer! :-D

[JeniseGrice]

Yeah baby, that bassline and lead singer! :-D

[ebf1957]

Like the eternal answer to What is Hip? and How many licks does it take to reach the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? The world never know.

[TheGigmiester101]

@ebf1957 The last line should read "The world may never know".....Just an FYI

[cooldaddyjames2814]

@ebf1957 696 licks to get to the center.

[VictoriaAmberWilver]

my marching band is doing this song for our show, at first i hated it because the version we use is in cut time and I play the highest bass drum for tonal, and its a pain in the neck to count. but now it's my favorite song in our half time show

[monkcapo]

@VictoriaAmberWilver Wow thats really cool, playing Tower of Power with a marching band i mean

[VictoriaAmberWilver]

@monkcapo yeah, we are also playing In The Stone by Earth, Wind, and Fire

[monkcapo]

@VictoriaAmberWilver That IS hip. I wish i had gone to a highschool with marching band ;(

[MarchingBalletDancer]

@VictoriaAmberWilver Holy crap! Your band's doing this song, too?! My band's doing, too!

[madmanhahaha]

@MarchingBalletDancer no way my band's doing it too!

[GreenDotProductions]

@madmanhahaha What?!? This is what my band DOES!

[doc2skate]

Hard to believe smooth jazz artists Greg Adams, Richard Elliot, and Euge Groove were horn section members in TOP. Well, maybe not.

[potentperson]

god bless you for uploading this

[ashmarii1]

No question was ever asked with such "GREATNESS"!!. You know that you've been there(and some are still trying to figure it out), done that. "Found the right road"..............Y'ALL!! Hope so.

[cgord37]

fonky ass bass!

[sp00nix]

ha, when the song ended i almost got up to stop my turn table.

[if66was99]

Man, haven't heard these guys in YEARS! Funk-kay!

[IRLPOKERBRAT13]

never heard of these guys,,,sounds good

[bravehart95]

I'm in a hip trip!, and Tower Of Power is hipper than hip!! However 5 people haven't been smoking the best weed.

[JBOSK100]

this shit started hip hop

[loonpolice1]

I hope when Jesus returns he opens with this song.

[trumpetgirl5]

@loonpolice1 lmfao, I love you

[cedricjamesdj]

@loonpolice1 oh hell yes! LMAO he'll have the fella's backin him up!

[EsotericAlumnus]

Genius suggested this group to me, it's sick!

[anon6952]

Bands like T.O.P. make me think I was born in the wrong decade

[stymie86]

I always wanted to know what hipness is...now I know!!! Great shit man, thanks for posting.

[MCGEHEE1]

Classic!

[MusiqueLeTeddyZ]

THIS IS HIP! WHAT IS HIP?! yay :D awesome song right here :D

[sladest72]

1 person doesn't know what is hip!

[Dthrawnolivares]

Sweet song. Playing it in my high school jazz band. Sounds stronger when we play it; this version needs more brass.

[Dthrawnolivares]

Nice song. Playing it in my HS jazz band. Sounds stronger when we play it. Needs more brass.

[ljayzee]

Thanks for posting this!

[marshall1974]

The tightest band I ever heard live, saw them when I was part of a brass band early '75 and '76, than I would have to Rush was the second.

[Nicklas1212]

groovy bassline, love it!

[MrHi1000k]

dude but isn't there like... soul vaccination and squib cakes that kick ass?

[cottonfever1221]

Sorry to say,LOVE Rocco's stuff,But sad to say this is the only song they play to ME(me and not anyones elses)that has any balls,everything else is weak,this is one of the best songs ever in any genre,but this is where it ends for TOP in my book

[Nicklas1212]

@cottonfever1221 what about the song ebony jam... it's epic stuff man you have to listen to it

[nc183d]

What is hip? My Man!!! THIS is hip!!!!!

[r0b0tj0n3s]

this is what it's like to have an eargasm

[MultiGuarddog]

@r0b0tj0n3s truuuuuuuuuuuuuuee that . what is hip oh yeah.

[yoseewails]

I just wet myself on those Tower of Power Horns.....any one have a kleenex????

[ChowMeinChowdown]

Hip Hip Hooray!

Funk you man, till the end of days.

[tech4441]

NO DISLIKES. GOOD. THAT MEANS EVERYONE IS HIP.

[Typet360]

I now know why they are called "Tower of Power," cause I just got a boner.

[IRONMANHONDO87]

@Typet360 Dude, we didn't need to know that.

[aarontrombone]

@IRONMANHONDO87 Yes we did

[TheFlicka28]

@Typet360 Yep. Had to change my panties. :)

[locustloco]

I only smoke the best weed tower of power, shit!

[sactiger]

Damn, Rocco's bass line is f'n INSANE!! :)

[buterarick]

One of the greatests jams ever!

[IFenderFatStrat]

glad to see still no dislikes. Everbody knows what hip is ... heh heh. Damn straight.

[iampsalmbody]

Hal Jackon's Soul Classics just hipped me to this yesterday! :)

[evidenceunseen1]

THIS BAND TOOK THOSE SIXTEETHS TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND MADE 'EM WALK AND TALK THE BEAT OF FUNK AND SOUL----- LONG LIVE---- "ONE O AND DA"---- IN THE GENRE OF FUNK AND SOUL!!!!!

[HendrixPrinceFlea89]

Take a page out of James Jamerson's book of groove

[garyn1953]

@HendrixPrinceFlea89 I think this is you Homz :-D

[zaputzaput1]

What is hip? It's Tower Of Power, baby!

[dergeier117]

I love that layered sound.

[mxmontiel]

646 views???? did the whole world forget it roots?

[Master9805]

@mxmontiel i know,right. jazz was and still is one of the best types of music ever. if people turn to that new crap then this would be lost forever.

[birdlivesnh]

@Master9805 this isn't jazz, it's funk. and at the time it was released, people thought of this as "new crap"

that said, this tune is fucking great. otherworldly-tight rhythm section

[jumpjiver02]

theodopolopodopolus is right. Lenny was where it's at. TOP has to be one of the best funk bands ever!

[theodopolopodopolus]

Lenny Williams was the best vocalist TOP had I reckons

[ShadowCloud143]

what is hip?

[lowriderbandfan]

@ShadowCloud143 , SecondHelping74 is hip for posting this! Peace.