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Track Listing
1. Take the L Train (To Brooklyn)
2. Creator Has a Master Plan, The
3. Revolution Was Postponed Because of Rain, The
4. Bop Hop
5. Brooklyn Recycles
6. Mizz Bed-Stuy
7. Headnaddas Journey to the Planet Adidi-Skizm, A
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.)
Album Notes
Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Papa Dee, David Allen (vocals); Everton Sylvester (spoken vocals); Lati Kronlund (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drum programming, samples); Paul Shapiro (vocals, flute, saxophone); Yancy Drew (vocals, drums, percussion); E.J. Rodriguez (vocals, congas); Bassy Bob Brockmann (trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards); Joshua Roseman (trombone); DJ Jazzy Nice (samples).
Additional personnel: Joi Cardwell, GTO, Austin, Andrea Davis, Paulette Bell, Dasez, Black, Craig, Sheri, Xan Abeyratne (vocals); Michigan & Smiley, Sha-Key (spoken vocals); Skip McDonald, Mattias Torell, Kennan Keating (guitar); Maceo Parker (saxophone); Barbara Snow (flugelhorn); Lenny Pickett & The Tower Of Power Horns (brass); Merv De Peyer (piano); Kristoffer Wallman (synthesizer); Bill Ware III (vibraphone); Doug Wimbish (bass); Keith Le Blanc (drums); Bashiri Johnson (congas, timbales); Arthur Baker (samples).
Producers: Lati Kronlund (tracks 1-3, 11-12); Lati Kronlund, Arthur Baker (tracks 4-10).
Recorded at Shakedown Sound, New Jersey, Star Trak, New York and Star Trak, London.
All songs written or co-written by Lati Kronlund except "The Creator Has A Master Plan" (Sanders/Thomas).
Industry Reviews
...surefire funk furies....
Jazziz (12/01/1995)
...Rather than just flesh out a few retro grooves with bop-inflected horn solos, the BFE crew goes for true fusion...bringing a real sense of swing to the samples and loops...
Musician (11/01/1995)
...syncopated Jamaican-influenced vocals and updated hip-hop rhythms...
Option (01/01/1996)
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