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

Roger and Ray Davis recording session for Kareem's NBA music video tribute "I'm So Happy"

See my Kareem Tribute Video: I'm So Happy to hear the finished song.

NBA Entertainment and Warner Bros. selected Roger to perform the song that I wrote for Kareem Abdul Jabbar's Music Video tribute. This was the third and final NBA music video tribute that I made. I started a fourth project, one for Majic Johnson but that project never saw completion.

The late Ray Davis was talented singer who was the original bass singer and one of the founding members of The Parliaments, Parliament and Funkadelic. He also performed in The Original P which consisted of four founding members of Parliament, and he was briefly in 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. Davis left the group after being diagnosed with throat cancer. In later years, he performed with former Temptation Glenn Leonard in Leonard's group, The Temptations Experience. Davis died on the evening of Tuesday, July 5, 2005, of respiratory problems.

I hope you enjoy this behind the scenes footage of Roger and Ray.

Bobby Iovinella

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[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.

[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.

[yawnjones]

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

[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

[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.

[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]

@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!

[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