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Now you know that this is just too funky for words! And that backup group is cooking like nobody's business. All this from a time when songs like this could be heard on the radio all day long. Thank God for YouTube.

Shock G must be a genius if he can put together a jam that people like me--a 62 year old dowopper who grew up on the Last Poets and Gil Scot Herron--can dig. It's funky, funny fast paced, and visually fascinating, with catchy, playful lyrics blessed with real musicianship. Like a lot of folks, I ...

Don't stop; won't stop; can't stop.

Someone sure crankin' out that baseline.

I understand that Defosco "Big Dee" Irwin, the superb soloist on this timeless gem, was a native New Yorker. Anyone know what part of New York he came from and where he learned to sing like this? Always loved his signature hit, "Been So Long" but preferred "So Far Away" for reasons even I have ne...

This is what I call some serious cookin! The folks who were fortunate enough to be at this Philadelphia club date heard themselves one of the great performances of this or any era. What an excellent combo, so soulful, crisp, and assured.

Had forgotten how moving this movie was. Is Robert Townsend still making movies? If he isn't, he really should get back in. He has a nice feel for the genre.

Mary's pipes are out of sight but I'm really diggin' the instrumentals on this one, so textured, syncopated, vaguely Latin, laying down a beautiful groove. The marriage of Mary's superb vocals with this type of self-assured backup is heavenly; I'm afraid that we'll never see such rich and full bo...

In my humble opinion, this is one of the great songs of the last half of the twentieth century, and arguably the Supremes' best performance. Florence and Mary are excellent as always, but never heard Diana sing more grittier or more convincingly. Last but not least, the superb instrumentals by th...

This is too funky for words!

"Real music for real people"

You got that right. After a lifetime of listening to Otis Redding, Roy Hamilton, Mary Wells, David Ruffin, Sarah Vaughn, and other distinctive, soulful voices, excuse me if I decline to listen to the drivel that currently passes for "music." Not to sound like Andy R...

"You Can Have Her" is a song that always takes me back to my childhood Saturday mornings, when my mom would be listening to it on the radio while cleaning house. Roy could really blow, but it sounds like he had some folks who could hang right in there with him. Whomvever was backing Roy up on th...

Great beat, harmony, and sax at the bridge. Sounds like a 10 to me!

Like they say down south: Can sang!

Especially love hearing the hauntingly beautiful voices of the female backup singers.

Gorgeous collaboration with Arline Smith and the Chantels. Could use a better ending though.

That might be the baddest piano intro ever!

This is a classic that cannot be topped. The words and feeling in this song takes my breath away. It's hard to believe, but we heard music like this on the radiio everyday back in the 60s. What really gets me, though, is the number of outstanding soul vocalists that existed and how unique each ...

I'm with you oldschoolruler; this is what rap once was and should be now . That is, celebratory of black genius rather than portraying the debasement of our people. Sadly, nothing to on air today matches the fierce ethnic pride, fearless truth-telling, and rich musicality of the Last Poets. Now, ...

As good as the Persuasions sound doing secular music, the group really shines when it does gospel. They also do a superb job with "Christian Automobile", --another gospel song led by Joe Russell. Sadly, one hears too little of this type of accapella singing--rooted in the southern quartets of th...