Roger | The Many Facets of Roger
The
album dropped on the funk players back in 1981 & the rest was up to
us. I played the album out so bad, I stole Marvin's copy from out of
his garage when mine got scratched. He didn't know it till now. I'm
glad to be out here in Riverside, Cali. 'cause he would have to fly out
this way to get it. And he ain't getting' it back. It belonged to the
REAL funk lovers like me & Marv always messed around. T knew what
was up.
The one thing I always admired about the sound coming from Roger was the amount of time he put on the singles, the tracks. He averaged nearly 8-10 minutes & had assistance from his brother Larry. Gangsta Rap artists jammed the samples right into their mix. I can hear Ice Cube's earlier albums whenever Roger's mixes hit the stereo. Now that is what I call influence. Don't get me started over Dr. Dre & Tupac's "California Love" now. How about EPMD??? It was the bass & the hand clapped driven flow players!
Another outlook is in the way Roger presented the music on stage, away from the studio production. It was more spectacular to see him & Zapp live (I know many of you missed seeing him in concert. I tried to catch him here in L.A. whenever he came to play..) than anything else hot back then. I jotted his tour schedule down on the memo, next to the classic old school 'Kool' Festivals (do you all remember those badd concerts?)
Peace be to the gentleman of the Funk - Roger. I still play back all of his albums & treasure the LP's I bought. A cool cat with a lot, a lot of influence I said, in R&B music. I should go much deeper into his bio, but it will be chilled on ice.
I encourage a play back of this album.
Peace,
Charles F. Sherard
The Urban Music Scene
Available now at Amazon!
The one thing I always admired about the sound coming from Roger was the amount of time he put on the singles, the tracks. He averaged nearly 8-10 minutes & had assistance from his brother Larry. Gangsta Rap artists jammed the samples right into their mix. I can hear Ice Cube's earlier albums whenever Roger's mixes hit the stereo. Now that is what I call influence. Don't get me started over Dr. Dre & Tupac's "California Love" now. How about EPMD??? It was the bass & the hand clapped driven flow players!
Another outlook is in the way Roger presented the music on stage, away from the studio production. It was more spectacular to see him & Zapp live (I know many of you missed seeing him in concert. I tried to catch him here in L.A. whenever he came to play..) than anything else hot back then. I jotted his tour schedule down on the memo, next to the classic old school 'Kool' Festivals (do you all remember those badd concerts?)
Peace be to the gentleman of the Funk - Roger. I still play back all of his albums & treasure the LP's I bought. A cool cat with a lot, a lot of influence I said, in R&B music. I should go much deeper into his bio, but it will be chilled on ice.
I encourage a play back of this album.
Peace,
Charles F. Sherard
The Urban Music Scene
Available now at Amazon!
I'm coming to riverside and get my album back, and all your other albums, all you will have left are the crates you had them in.
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