what up yall? i had a bit of time to kill today so i went diggin.
after going thru a pile of scratched up air supply and spandeau ballet 45s, i stumbled across this cover of Funky Broadway by the Tilt Down Men (the Sotto Brothers - big up Val and Tito!)...it's always a good day when you find a funky OPM 45...
here's the original version of this track by Dyke and the Blazers. I'm still trying to get my hands on this one though...apparently, this track is considered the breakthrough song for the "FUNK" genre...
the Sotto Brothers knew what the funk was up!
...After the untimely death of Dyke and the Blazers' bandleader (Arlester Christian), members of the group formed the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band...they gave us this funky joint...
which was sampled by Dr. Dre for this NWA jam...
when NWA split up, Eazy E found these guys...
who were later idolized by these guys...
..who happen to have more hits on this video than the bone thugs one...that's fuckin gangsta!
by the way, does anyone have spare tickets for the bone thugz concert tomorrow? or know if Juan Thugs is playing anywhere in Manila?
- UMPH
