), was the lead singer of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the Funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene’s heavy sampling of his music over the years. Within five years, the band scored more top ten R&B hits such as Doo Wa. And so it's great that these West Coast legends like Snoop, DJ Battlecat and Kurupt pay homage to Roger's genius and creative abilities on this new record. Computer Love by Zapp Dance Floor by Zapp Do It Roger by Roger Troutman Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) by Zapp Gin and Juice by. Zapp & Roger is tagged as: Roger Troutman (b. Roger and Zapp worked on both group albums and albums Roger released on his own merit. "He loved jazz, he loved instrumental music, but he was also a great producer-arranger in the studio and he developed something that was going to catch the people. "Roger's real instrument was guitar," explains Larry Troutman Jr. 'Zapp VII: Roger & Friend's also includes posthumous performances by Roger himself on 'Red & Dollars' and the beautiful ballad 'Angel', which was pieced together from an early demo tape he made. Two new songs were also included on the album: 'Mega Medley' and 'Slow and Easy', which were released as singles. Talkbox), "Shy" (with Tuxedo), "Make It Funky" (with Bootsy Collins), "Red & Dollars" (with Snoop Dogg) and "After Party" (with Kurupt). The album contains songs Zapp performed as a band from their first four albums, as well as songs from Roger Troutman 's solo albums.
A LIST OF ALL OF ZAPP AND ROGER SONGS FULL
With Roger's signature talk box and synth bass lines in full effect on tunes like "Rock Ya Body" (featuring Mr. Now the funkateers are back with 'Zapp VII: Roger & Friends', which celebrates the 40-year legacy of the band while paying homage to the creative genius of Roger Troutman.
Their 1980 self-titled debut, produced by Bootsy Collins and with input from P-Funk founder George Clinton, went gold and their influential hit single, "More Bounce to the Ounce", would later be sampled by the next generation of rappers and hip-hop stars, including EPMD, The Notorious B.I.G., Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, and Snoop Dogg, among many others. Song List Gett Off, Prince, Funk Got To Be Enough, Con Funk Shun, Funk Got To Give It Up, Marvin Gaye, R&B/Soul Grapevine, Zapp & Roger, Funk Groove. The album continues the band's 40-year legacy of funk with special guest appearances by Bootsy Collins, Frankie J., Tuxedo, Kurupt and Snoop Dogg.īack in 1978, four brothers out of Dayton, Ohio - Roger, Larry, Lester and Terry Troutman - formed the electro-funk band Zapp with the single-minded purpose of getting people out on the dance floor. Princes Friend was tasked with doing a Zapp and Roger - All the Greatest Hits Album Review This funk duo made their mark on music history forever, and now. Zapp salutes the late Roger Troutman on 'Zapp VII: Roger & Friends'.
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