Show 751

September 27, 2013

"Got to learn how to dance": WEFUNK rediscovers the famous and forgotten funk dances, from the '67 hit "Funky Broadway" all the way to Morris Day's "Oak Tree", with a special nod to the prolific Rufus Thomas, Willie Henderson, and New Orleans cats like Lee Dorsey, The Meters, Eddie Bo and Eldridge Holmes. Plus foundational ol skool classics by Malcolm McLaren and Jazzy Jay, a Gladys Knight mainstay "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" retouched by Mr Carmack, and Roy Ayers' strangely erotic "Programmed for Love".

DJs & GUESTS

DJ Static, Professor Groove

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PLAYLIST

  • intro
  • j. cole feat. nas - made nas proud
  • talk (over live percenters - science of the city instrumental)
  • boogie down productions - hip hop rules
  • k.r.s.-one - a friend
  • afu-ra feat. cocoa brovaz - d&d soundclash
  • fatback band - got to learn how to dance
  • harvey scales - broadway freeze
  • dyke & the blazers - funky broadway
  • dennis lee & the notables - funky penguin
  • rufus thomas - do the funky penguin
  • willie henderson & the soul explosion - funky chicken
  • rufus thomas - do the funky chicken
  • popcorn wylie - funky rubberband
  • eddie bo & the soul finders - the rubber band
  • meters - stretch your rubber band
  • lee fields - funky screw
  • dyke & the blazers - funky walk
  • gaturs - funky funky twist
  • michael jay - the electric twist
  • chosen few - funky buttercup
  • eddie bo - we're doing it (thang)
  • willie henderson - break your back
  • willie henderson - loose booty
  • willie henderson - let's merengue
  • eldridge holmes - pop popcorn
  • james brown - the popcorn
  • oddisee - own appeal
  • humble giants - we do it
  • malcolm mclaren - world famous
  • jazzy jay - def jam
  • maestro fresh-wes - another funky break (from my pap's crate)
  • m.c. serch - practical poetry
  • brand nubian - to the right
  • eddie bo - hook and sling
  • don (soul train) campbell - campbell lock
  • vibrettes - humpty dump
  • lee dorsey - gator tail
  • meters - ride your pony
  • lee dorsey - four corners
  • meters - do the dirt
  • alvin cash & the hundred dollar bills - doin' the creep
  • aretha franklin - rock steady
  • thunder & lightning - bumpin' bus stop
  • fatback band - (are you ready) do the bus stop
  • hidden strength - hustle on up (do the bump)
  • ronnie hudson - west coast poplock
  • morris day - the oak tree
  • gladys knight & the pips - i heard it through the grapevine (mr. carmack remix)
  • yasiin bey - niggas in poorest
  • talib kweli & z-trip - letter from the government
  • david dallas feat. freddie gibbs - caught in a daze
  • black sheep - elevation
  • d-sisive - orin's house
  • talk (over grooveman spot - take back)
  • potatohead people - love hz
  • roy ayers - programmed for love

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