LEGENDS OF GO GO! GO GO MICKEY & JUNGLE BOOGIE

LEGENDS OF GO GO! THE ESSENCE LEGENDS @ BYRNE MANOR

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[trenillo]

@DCBOOBAS

There wouldn't be no Mickey with out Boggie. Mickey did turn out to be more skillful then Boggie, but Boggie was the Congo player that we all got the pocket style from. It's like trying to compare Mayweather with Sugar Ray. Sugar Ray is a legend that Mayweather might have studied from, but you can't compare them. That's why we say that Boggie is the best of all time, because he birth the style. Mickey took what Boogie had and took it to another level.

[QuillisVerizon]

Now I'll be the 1st to admit that many of the early Go-Go Bands had excellent conga players, it just so happened that Jungle Boogie & Mickey both played for the most popular bands in the city. (RE & Ayre Rayde) Brothers and sisters, listen to other old-school conga players like Rock Steady, Skin Tight, Foxy Brown, Spanky, Walker Redds, and you will notice each drew from each other but had their own unique pockets.

[AnikaT29]

@trenillo Very well said

[flaflaflohiii]

Damnnn this shit right here gave me the chillllsssssss!!!

[Never83]

Mickey took it to another level, redefined, advanced, REFINED, and some more shit. Yeah I've seen Jungle Boogie, Mickey, Loveboat Boogie, Spanky, Rocking Ron (AM/FM), Rock Steady, Foxy Rob, Foxy Brown, Heartbeat (that was my MAN), Walker Redds, Go Go Billy (Petworth), Howdy Doody (Prophecy), White Boy Elroy, Funky Stuff Wayne, Wink, Sauce, Smoke, T-Bone, Elmo, Big Chuck, Kenny when he was on Progression and Proper Utensils...Mickey on his best vs their best? Mickey all day.

[Never83]

Man whatever. Grandmaster Melle Mel is credited with being the progenitor of the rapping style that people borrowed from heavily through the early 80s, then Rakim came along and took it to another level - but you never hear people talking about Melle Mel is the greatest emcee ever. Respect Ty for being credited with essentially creating the pocket, but he is nowhere near Mickey's level. Mickey in 1989 is completely different than Mickey in 1996, for example.

[hopedream11]

Let Jungle Boogie put his touch on this beat right here. No pun intended, however, Mickey sound horrible

[GrumpyBlack]

As for lead talker, there is only Funk or Benny, period. Funk is the standard bearer cause his vocal style is what everybody imitated and Benny was the Cab Calloway of Go-Go, he was a for real Bandleader. Benny wanted outfits and choreographed moves and precision. God Bless all the Go-Go bands of my youth because they are part of the soundtrack of my life from 12 years old til 45 now. They are part of us and we are part of them...

[GrumpyBlack]

And even after I saw Fox at the Coliseum with the white gloves on and they turned out the lights and Foxy was getting busy and all you could see was his hands like glowing in the dark, even after that incredible performance, Boogie still my dude just like Sugarfoot Rick is my drummer even though JuJu is a monster and Footz had that pocket. And ain't nobody f'n with T-I-N-O on the guitar (respect to Whiteboy). Horns is hard too but I'll take DC on sax any day and Funky Ned/Sugar Bear is a tie.

[GrumpyBlack]

If you from a certain era, then you gonna go with what you were raised on. I know that Mickey is a great percussionist, I know that Mickey played both congas and rolling toms so he did what both Boogie and David did by himself and not taking anything from Mickey or Foxy or Heartbeat or Steady or Walker or none of those great players, but in my heart, Boogie is my dude. He was the first I heard and the first I saw live and he is just who I think of first when the subject comes up.

[bigchip68]

@trenillo Well spoken! Church right there!

[DenoJoe2Def]

@cees3500

It's not the water dance per say. It's the sound effect from the sound board.