THE MIGHTY MOCAMBOS: Showdown (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

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & CHARLIE FUNK feat. KING KAMONZI: It’s My Funk (2012) + video

Ever seen a grown man cry? You’re about to. As far as I can make out this is a digital only release. I say ‘as far as I can make out’ because label ‘What The Funk haven’t exactly plugged their release with one of the founders of hip-hop. The only site I found for a label called ‘What The Funk’ made no mention of AB and you’d think with a legend like that on board they’d make a bit of a fuss. It’s Afrika Bambaataa and friends rapping on a party funk James Brown-sampling beat for god’s sake!! And with remixes byREAD FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM