Zapp & Roger - We Can Make You Dance: Zapp & Roger Anthology
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Free Music Review: Zapp Anthology
Hit: 5 Stars
Classic Roger and Zapp. This is truly and anthology that includes ALL of their classic hits and even some that I had forgotten about. I got fast delivery from Amazon, at a great price! Now I can "Funk Out" everywhere I go. Can you wear out a CD? I'm gonna try, so keep another one on hold for me!Free Music Review: Beautiful Music!!
Hit: 5 Stars
If all the music in the world disappeared & and I was only allowed to have one album... this would definitely be it!!
If you want something that can bring you back to life & let's you listen with your soul... this is it!!
Free Music Review: Lots of different funk styles!
Hit: 5 Stars
I confess: This double CD set is the only Roger Troutman/Zapp material in my collection, so maybe I'm missing out out some of the long or alternate versions of the songs, as many other reviewers have complained. However, almost all of the songs in this set are very, VERY long (a 10 minute jam, anyone?), so I hardly think that they're "radio edits"!My introduction to Roger Troutman was via a homemade CD that a co-worker gave me that contained two versions of his hit song "Computer Love." I instantly fell in love with the funky, heavy grooves and especially Roger's signature talkbox sound. Later, I would find out that Roger had played the talkbox on Tupac's song "California Love," which was pretty much the only thing that made that song good, IMO! A lot of people mention the influence that Roger had on later rap artists like Dre, Tupac, and Snoop Dogg (who made a song based on "Doo Wah Ditty" with L'il Kim and some other artists), and it's really incredible to listen to this set and hear the grooves and hooks that were wholesale ripped off by later artists. Case in point, I immediately recognized one of LL Cool J's latest songs when I heard "Be Alright." Although Roger & Zapp hailed from Ohio and are properly grouped with other great funk acts from the area like Lakeside and the Ohio Players, to a young person like myself, this set sounds extremely "West Coast"! In a way, listening to Roger & Zapp is like listening to Snoop or Dre's funkiest, most groovalicious songs, but without the curse words or references to gatts and ho's, etc. This is 100% POSITIVE music that will make you feel happy on the inside! Roger's joy of living and musical/production genius radiate from the songs like sunbeams.
Another great feature of this set is the diversity of the material. It includes a handful of early songs from Roger's first group, Roger and the Human Body, that sound like classic P-Funk or Parliament material, and goes all the way up to the late 80s/early 90s on disc 2. I'm not so crazy about some of the later material (which even features some crummy mid-school rap), but the H-Town cover of "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" (featuring Roger on talkbox and the beat from "Computer Love") that concludes this set is a surprise treat!
If you like electro-funk, BUY THIS CD NOW! Roger was a true technological pioneer, and his crisp production and synth-soaked grooves sound funky and fresh, never "over-computerized"!
Free Music Review: Where's ALL the long versions?
Hit: 4 Stars
This collection is slightly better then the "All the Greatest Hits" CD but it has some major flaws that the "All the Greatest Hits" share. The positives that you get the long version of "More Bounce to the Ounce" and "Do it Roger" two major jams by Zapp. You also get the long version of "Heartbreaker" another plus. You get the album version of "Doo Wat Ditty(Blow My Thing) which is also a plus. But this collection fails to give you the long version of "Dancefloor" which I feel is just as a major jam as "More Bounce..". Good thing I have the 12" version of "Dancefloor" on another CD. Also, it would've been nice they gave us the album version "I Can Make You Dance". This is an area where the "All The Greatest Hits" album drops the ball also. Because of "Dancefloor" and "I Can Make You Dance", I had to deduct a star from my rating. But this CD is still a better buy then "All the Greatest Hits" CD.Free Music Review: Roger Lives On
Hit: 5 Stars
I think that this collection is great and it has been a long time since we have heard the long versions of songs and I think that they should come out with some unheard tacks on a diiferent cd. If you are a fan of Roger and Zap buy this cd you will not regret having it in your cd collection.
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