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Acid-jazz collective Brooklyn Funk Essentials was first conceived in 1993 by producer Arthur Baker and bassist/musical director Lati Kronlund; by the following year, the group was a staple of the New York City club scene, with early lineups also including singers Joi Cardwell, Sha-Key, and Papa Dee, poets Everton Sylvester and David Allen, DJ Jazzy Nice, keyboardist Yuka Honda, (soon to co-found Cibo Matto), trumpeter Bob Brachmann, trombonist Joshua Roseman, saxophonist Paul Shapiro, drummer Yancy Drew, and percussionist E.J. Rodriguez. Brooklyn Funk Essentials' debut album Cool and Steady and Easy followed in the summer of 1994, scoring an underground hit with its rendition of Pharoah Sanders' "The Creator Has a Master Plan"; when Caldwell exited to mount a solo career, she was replaced by vocalist Stephanie McKay. In the Buzz Bag followed in 1998, and two years later, the group returned with Make 'Em Like It. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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Track List: Make Them Like It

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1. Make Them Like It

2. Mambo Con Dancehall

3. Date With Baby

6. Confirm Reservation

8. Jump Around Sound

9. Hard To Stop / Feelgood

10. Vinyl Crisis

11. To My Peeps

13. Bill's Playground

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Track List: In The Buzz Bag

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2. Istanbul Twilight

3. Magick Karpet Ride

4. In The BuzzBag

5. Keep It Together

8. You Don't Know Nothing

9. Freeway To Uskudar

10. Zuma Preserve

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Track List: Cool And Steady And Easy

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1. Take The L Train (To Brooklyn)

2. The Creator Has A Master Plan

3. The Revolution Was Postponed Because Of Rain

5. Brooklyn Recycles

6. Mizz Bed-Stuy

7. A Headnaddas Journey To The Planet Adidi-Skizm

8. Big Apple Boogaloo

9. Blow Your Brains Out

10. Stickman Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge

11. Dilly Dally

12. Take The L Train (To 8 Ave.)

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Track List: Bellybuttons T & A (Radio Single)

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1. Bellybuttons T&A

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Track List: Watcha Playin'

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1. Need

3. Bellybuttons T&A

4. The Day Before Adidi

5. Dibby Dibby Sound

7. For A Few Dollars More / Faya

8. Dance Free Night

9. Wendell Wedding

11. My Jamaican Girl

12. Rude Boy Shuffle

13. The Park (Matthias

14. S-Curved (Nicole Moudaber Dub Mix)

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Comments

saucepan

Dont forget keyboardist extraordinai r e A.T.N. Stadwijk

2 years ago

James Wax Bogart

Cool and Steady and Easy is an unequivocal masterpiece. Everything that followed pales in comparison.

2 years ago

Kelly Cat

I love it....
I got cash
Diddy diddy...
will be listening to more....

4 years ago

Christopher Ryan

I love these guys and just saw a "new" album dated 2008 called Watchya Playin.
Not sure if it's old stuff repacked or what

4 years ago

MJRydsFast

BFE is MF Badass!

4 years ago

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