Share a favorite song, memory, or your love for all things Zapp/Roger here:

First show I ever went to was a Zapp show in Frisco in '91. I was the tender age of 9, but I still think its the best show I've ever been to. Its still very clear in my mind too; Roger on the talkbox and guitar, Lester on drums, Larry on percussion and bass, Sherman Fleetwood on keyboard.

This joint was a STAPLE at my junior high dances, I don't think I went to a dance in junior high or h.s. that didn't play this at least once:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpXEYfWtNzg



Before I was allowed to have 2pac or hip hop albums in my parents house (grew up in a VERY religious household), I was listening to bumping grooves like this:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5918668863c23658/


(Imagine how much I flipped out when I heard "Keep ya head up," and all the EPMD/Def Squad joints that sampled Zapp and roger!)




This is probably my fav. dedication song to Roger

Dj Quik- ROger's Groove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzpCKsdyYMw


r.i.p.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcFyXJUxETs

(Rotation)
One Way - Wild Night
Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist / Got To Find a Way
CMW - Music 2 Drive By
RAMP - Come N2 Knowledge
Above The Law - Legends
Rick James - Throwin Down

Very nice album! I had the vinyl years ago. Hopefully, the Japanese will reissue this album on cd.

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Roger is the only person that i've met (so far) that i've been truly star struck by.

i can't remember if i opened the show, if my boy did, or if we did it together, but we met him backstage at a concert here in Detroit at the Fox Theater. i'll never forget it. he had on this white suit and i swear to God...it looked like he was glowing, son. dude straight up had an aura of light surrounding him.

i don't recall saying too much too him, but he was definitely cool and cordial. we got to see the whole band doing soundcheck and they sounded JUST LIKE THE RECORDS. straight FUNKY. i was SO geeked to be witnessing that shit.

anyway...after soundcheck, the group came together for a group prayer led by Roger (who, mind you, had the glow like Sho Nuff). i turned and looked around and...it's fuckin' SHIRLEY MURDOCK BEHIND ME, NIGGA.

i had to bounce like immediately after this because i had another gig to run to, so i didn't get a chance to see the actual show...but that was more than enough. if i remember correctly, it was only a few months after that concert that Roger got killed. i couldn't believe it. who would/could kill such a seemingly gentle, FUNKY soul?? shit was crazy.

at any rate, this is a little tribute that i did a few years back.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/59187628c73ef26b/

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j/p but for real tho I don't think I've ever seen you post on the weekend before.


>Roger is the only person that i've met (so far) that i've
>been truly star struck by.
>
>i can't remember if i opened the show, if my boy did, or if we
>did it together, but we met him backstage at a concert here in
>Detroit at the Fox Theater. i'll never forget it. he had on
>this white suit and i swear to God...it looked like he was
>glowing, son. dude straight up had an aura of light
>surrounding him.
>


haha thats exactly how I always picture him too, white suit, mustache and jheri curl. He's somewhere in heavin with that glow around him, waiting to get on stage and jam with Clarence Satchell and dem. Can't wait till I make it to that show!





>at any rate, this is a little tribute that i did a few years
>back.
>
>http://www.zshare.net/audio/59187628c73ef26b/


this is the muthafuckin slaps right here Monotone, way the drums hit is very Zapp-ish. Are they sampled from a Zapp song or are they your own? Either way, I enjoyed it.

>j/p but for real tho I don't think I've ever seen you post
>on the weekend before.

just got the innanet at the crib not too long ago...lol.

>>at any rate, this is a little tribute that i did a few years
>>back.
>>
>>http://www.zshare.net/audio/59187628c73ef26b/
>
>
> this is the muthafuckin slaps right here Monotone, way the
>drums hit is very Zapp-ish. Are they sampled from a Zapp song
>or are they your own? Either way, I enjoyed it.

thanks man. that's all me. sampled my own handclaps and everything...lol.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XhPsi_Tfjo

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One Way - Wild Night
Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist / Got To Find a Way
CMW - Music 2 Drive By
RAMP - Come N2 Knowledge
Above The Law - Legends
Rick James - Throwin Down

My jam! I loved that whole album!

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"when you apply his techniques from Donuts to other types of music besides soul/R&B, the possibilites are endless."- Small Pro

great thread. R.I.P and the DJ Quik song is one of my favouritre songs period, I always liked the voice box but this song mixes both the voicebox and hip hop sensabilities.

.........

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Not just beats but PRODUCTIONS!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVuJ16Tabbk

All of my homeboys here in L.A. were bumpin that in High School more than anything else that was out, LOL...it was goin way too hard. I remember when my dad picked me up from school and told me he had been killed.

R.I.P.!!!!!!

DJ Quik - Roger's groove
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzpCKsdyYMw

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Zapp and Low rider culture have almost become completely intertwined. Going to one of those car shows, you're almost certain to hear something.

i will never 4get that

Eclectic Soul/Sunday, 2-4 PM est/89.3 WCSB.ORG

I was fortunate enough to see him live once in 85 at a small venue called the Crest Theater. We did a lot of parties there back in the day so we had some contacts and slipped in for the sound check. I remember Roger being in a real good mood. He was walking around joking with the band and at once point even broke into Rick's Cold Blooded on the talkbox. Our boy Sid introduced us and we got to chop it up with Roger for like 2-3 minutes. My impressions of dude were always of the laid back funny and friendly cat we saw that day. Of course he absolutely murdered it on stage that night. The light up jacket was bananas.
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that used 2 kill me
saw him with slave and cameo in 81 when i was 6 yrs old
(parents didnt have a sitter so i tagged along to the shows)
saw him n cicny n 86 @ the jazz festival and he was running across the field in long johns...lol
and then saw him in akron 4 $3 and a losing lottery ticket in 96
DUDE TORE IT UP!!!!
i miss him

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Honestly I don't remember him doing that but the show was fantastic. I felt blessed to see him in a small venue.
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that was one of the best shows i've seen
by 97, he had 2 hours of nothing but hits
and he was working the crowd like it was a 20,000 seat arena
that's a story i will tell my grandkids one day
"i saw roger and zapp for $3 and a losing lottery ticket"
and his music is TIMELESS
more bounce was 29 years ago and still gets folks on the dancefloor
thats a major accomplishment

Eclectic Soul/Sunday, 2-4 PM est/89.3 WCSB.ORG

>and his music is TIMELESS
>more bounce was 29 years ago and still gets folks on the
>dancefloor
>thats a major accomplishment

and to this day i have NEVER switched the station when it came on the radio.

...and get SERIOUSLY mad when they play the short version. lol.

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play the whole da*n thing
that song is hypnotic...very tribal
and when it gets to the breakdown....
it gets me every single time

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Autotune and Roger's talkbox sound a lot different, and he uses it a lot different.

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people forget that ROger could fucking sing man, its just the talkbox was his trademark and what he was most well known for.

his guitar playing is seriously slept on. Often that would be the highlight of a Roger and/or Zapp album.

>his guitar playing is seriously slept on. Often that would be
>the highlight of a Roger and/or Zapp album.

and the highlight of their shows if I might add.

I saw Zapp LIVE in the 90's. Roger and crew rocked the house! I am still a fan of his musicianship and songwriting. I plan on owning all of the albums he worked on.

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One of the most bad ass moments ever pressed to wax.

I mean really.

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the part that was sampled for the MC Breed and Jungle Brothers song is my mothaf*ckin' sh*t.

very little angers me more than hearing them play this song on the radio and playing the short edit or fading it out when the solo comes on.

again...that is my mothaf*ckin' sh*t.

on the short list of my favorite songs ever.

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That shit literally gives me chills.

I hear you on cutting that jam short. That's bullshit. In fact, when I run doubles of "More Bounce..." in clubs, I play the first refrain and then just cut right to the dope part.

RIP ROGER

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>That shit literally gives me chills.
>
>I hear you on cutting that jam short. That's bullshit. In
>fact, when I run doubles of "More Bounce..." in clubs, I play
>the first refrain and then just cut right to the dope part.
>
>RIP ROGER

OOO WEEEE. OOO WEEEEEE.

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When that part of the song came in, I was scratchin "To the beat y'all!!" right on top of it...it was goin hard!

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Michigan State University...

some dude on campus had a something or other (lol...i can't remember what kinda car it was now), but he had chrome on the side (lmao!) and some SERIOUS sounds in that mug. i heard him creeping through campus a few times and all i could really make out was that high pitched synth.

for a brief period, i was wondering why that ni##a was rolling around pumping Belly Dancin' Dina. ni##as (as a whole) wasn't f*ckin' w/sh*t like that...LMAO.

i wasn't wrong...ni##as wasn't fading no Jungle Brothers. LOL.

to the beat y'all.

RIP Roger & MC Breed. (and the straight Afrika Baby Bam.)

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LMAO @ Belly Dancin Dina. That track used to go hard as hell...sorry Michigan, but can the West claim Breed? LOL

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shooks
dribble dribble

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..............damn if they didn't rip that damn stage to shreds. And to hear the brother, with the deep voice, sang, "I can make you daaaaaaaaaaance", and it was so clear, i damn near wet myself lol !!!!! And Roger,was just so hyped !!!!!! Oh man, they tore it up !!!!! I remember the first time i heard his version of, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", on the radio. I remember telling my mom to turn that up, please. She did, and we both jammed all the way to the seward park. I didn't get out the car,until the song was over. Also remember when the radio station had got the long version, and they started playing it. It's funny, cause once they got the long version, i never heard the single version again(even after i had bought, well actually, my mom bought the album for me. I guess that's why i like albums, and didn't really care for 45's or greatest hits packages).

silk.
later

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Tonex-Unspoken/Milton Wright-Friends And Buddies & Spaced/Oneway-Wild Night/Geoffrey Williams-Move Into Soul/Billy Preston-It's My Pleasure/The Brothers Johnson-Winners

you can play that sh*t front to back.

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Be Alright
Heartbreaker 1&2

My all-time favorite Roger joints....

Not to mention 'Do You Really Want An Answer?' from the 1st album.

Maaaan...

Dude was a stone cold genius.

RIP.




Mark Jacobson:Hey, what do you want to have on your epitaph? What do you want your legacy to be?

Leroy Barnes: I’ll tell you what I want them to say on mine. I want them to say: "Boy oh boy, he was old. Goddamn, he was old."

thats my JAM
when dude breaks out with 'somebody told me they saw u at the clu-ub' gets me everytime

Eclectic Soul/Sunday, 2-4 PM est/89.3 WCSB.ORG

>Not to mention 'Do You Really Want An Answer?' from the 1st
>album.
>
>Maaaan...
>
>Dude was a stone cold genius.
>
>RIP.
>
>

silk.
later

>Heavy Rotation:
Tonex-Unspoken/Milton Wright-Friends And Buddies & Spaced/Oneway-Wild Night/Geoffrey Williams-Move Into Soul/Billy Preston-It's My Pleasure/The Brothers Johnson-Winners

Mark Jacobson:Hey, what do you want to have on your epitaph? What do you want your legacy to be?

Leroy Barnes: I’ll tell you what I want them to say on mine. I want them to say: "Boy oh boy, he was old. Goddamn, he was old."

I Wanna Be Your Man?

We need to talk
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Mark Jacobson:Hey, what do you want to have on your epitaph? What do you want your legacy to be?

Leroy Barnes: I’ll tell you what I want them to say on mine. I want them to say: "Boy oh boy, he was old. Goddamn, he was old."

I dunno ... I just hate it's what a lot of white folks think of when you mention Roger
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>I dunno ... I just hate it's what a lot of white folks think
>of when you mention Roger

for years he had only "heard" Roger, and it was the first Roger video The Doc had ever seen. Didn't even know there were videos for the songs on The New Zapp IV U until recently.

Where they are on the roof of their studio? I figured you being from Ohio would have seen that for sure.
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>Where they are on the roof of their studio? I figured you
>being from Ohio would have seen that for sure.

unfortunately, while The Doc was able to hear a lot of these acts on the radio, he was living in places (W. NY and IN) where if you were lucky enough to see a Black artist's videos it was post-Prince and MJ, and only "main line" artists like Rick James and the like. It would have to be on a music show that sometimes showed clips like Solid Gold or the like.

and The Doc used to be scared of MTV, LOL...so he didn't watch it.

>I dunno ... I just hate it's what a lot of white folks think
>of when you mention Roger

that song is the sh*t regardless.

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I thought Computer Love was the one that white folks knew well?
Go figure. LOL

Computer Love though?

:-\

As soon as the hook comes in:


"Shoo be doo bop/ shoo doo bop/I wanna love you"

I saw a 'Becky driving through Center City saingin' that Shirley Murdock part like her life depended on it!




Mark Jacobson:Hey, what do you want to have on your epitaph? What do you want your legacy to be?

Leroy Barnes: I’ll tell you what I want them to say on mine. I want them to say: "Boy oh boy, he was old. Goddamn, he was old."

I remember the white dude that managed my apartments back then thought he was a new artist.
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Zapp MUST be on in the ride in some shape or form.

The Doc remembers hearing Roger on the radio in Cleveland doing a live commentary, shortly before he died in '99...

...dude is one of The Doc's musical heroes without questions, and The Doc will be back w/links if need be.

n 1982, they would do a 1/2 hour of roger and zapp cuts @6pm every day
we loved us some roger and zapp

Eclectic Soul/Sunday, 2-4 PM est/89.3 WCSB.ORG

>n 1982, they would do a 1/2 hour of roger and zapp cuts @6pm
>every day
>we loved us some roger and zapp

.

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im gonna get up in this post more after work
appreciate this man

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The Troutman Brothers' first group. Funky shit, it goes without saying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2iEpZ_22nY&feature=related.

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I'm thinking Larry and Roger might have been the greatest brother combination in music, there's Zapp obviously, but when you consider the Human Body stuff too... its not even close

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSLkzsQZPzM

Forgot the title but the chorus goes something like ..

'And we miss you
You're part of everything We do'



using a talkbox of course

blasting the shit out of 'do it Roger'

Zapp and low rider culture have all but been fused together... mixes well like cigar paper and chronic

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hard to believe a decade. oh back in the day we wore out his albums and would play musical chairs to Roger and Zapp. his multi instrumentalist ability is so under-appreciated. dude was bad, but the talk box and his light-hearted approach kept him so cool and real.


he just stayed real and down to earth right down to the troutman apartment buildings they had back in the day.

but sadly family and business ain't always a good mix. sad and hard to believe it's been 10 years. dude was only 47.

RIP

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