MUSTAFA AKBAR: Get Down Wit It

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ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE: Varied Funk (2015)

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AFRIKA BAMBATAA feat. GRANDMASTER FLASH, MELLE MEL & KURTIS BLOW: We Funk This Party Out (Qdup & AGFA Remix) (2013) Free download

Having all your favourite first wave of NY hip-hop emcees together on one record holding forth about the ‘pioneers’ and how ‘everyone dances when they hear the funk drop’ would sound a lot more convincing were it not happening over a nineties house beat. Someone should really do something about that. Oh wait…they have. Step forward Qdup and the All Good Funk Alliance who bring the…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE: Pop It (AGFA vs. JM Jackmaster) (2013) Free download

“If disco makes you move, this should make you groove” claims an early lyric in this All Good Funk Alliance re-edit of JM Jackmaster‘s Pop It (with some justification, it has to be said) as the stateside production team work their magic on the Dutchman’s number. Squelching synths, fuzzy funk guitars and a bedrock of solid neo-disco percussion all vye with lyrics urging one to, “Pop whatcha got,”…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE: Sock It To The Man – 2009 – EP review

THE ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE: Sock It To The Man – 2009 – EP review
RATING: 2/5
Whatever wellsprings of funk AGFA draw inspiration from they’re not the same as mine. If consuming squelchy disco-influenced jazz-funk is your thing you’ll probably all over this like a rash, all the more so if you like your squelchy disco-influenced jazz-funk to be particularly bland. If, like me, you’d rather…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM