https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0

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This shit mos def got dat early 80s Prince/The Time vibe.

BTW: They gon be on SNL tonight... I hope Bruno bring his band.

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+call and response

(horn use for zapp outside of heartbreaker)


this song uses both elements strongly

it does reference the whole west coast snap thing by a lot but I would place it close to MD and the Time before Zapp

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this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lK6wOG_aDl8

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with some echoes of One Way thrown in there

I do understand why you would hear Zapp!, though... One Way did rip off Zapp! a little.

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https://andresmusictalk.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/anatomy-of-the-groove-112114-riques-pick-uptown-funk-by-mark-ronson-ft-bruno-mars/

Although, I hear more zapp

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i guess it shows that a lot of what he ripped off also ripped off some stuff and yeah i know there are only so many notes and blah blah blah but come on. you know a frankenstein ass song when you hear it.

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The lyrics have that call-and-response thing Morris (aka Prince) copped from the Black church via James Brown, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sly Stone, George Clinton, et al. And that braggadocio also apes Morris/Prince via Blues acts like Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Screaming Jay Hawkins, et al.

fuck you.

it makes me kinda uncomfortable that black artists can't be this "black" musically but we are more than welcomed to niggas anytime.

cool song tho.

I can tell my mixed crowd is gonna enjoy this way more than my over typical "Turn up" crowd who would much rather scream out "BAKING SODA, I GOT BAKING SODA!"

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Yea.. 25 and under black crowd ain't going for this at all.

Co co

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and it's mainly because they have no connection to it. when i lived in europe and saw these "boogie" par tie sin germany, france and amsterdam i was shocked to see all of these europeans getting down to some of the unknown stuff that i remembered from my childhood.

as the boogie sound has came in into the mainstream (daft punk, bruno, etc) it's been somewhat interesting to see who picks up on it in america. it's definitely some over 30 stuff.

Good morning Miss Lovely...

I just heard this I'm in love with with the coco shit and its like..shockingly sack

I mean...we don't dance. Cats go to the club and do what to this? I can perhaps see it hitting at the strip club but if you don't feel Bruno or think his music is too mainstream or pop

Its you not him

Baking soda line

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i don't view black kids today as having the same influence on things of quality or redeeming artistic value as i think my generation (whether we're talking street or boho shit). but a part of me winces seeing that there are no young black artists digging through these same influences, only whites/euros/others. its almost too formulaic to see bruno with all of those brothers behind him, and kinda twilight zone-ish.

it's just such a weird time for black music, and with music traditionally being somewhat a reflection of black culture's standing on some fronts, it makes me realize how much of a weird time this is for black americans.


Good morning Miss Lovely...

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I must also add...

I don't this would be successful if black artists did it...

Ppl can say they want it... but ultimately the mass market doesn't.. this works for bruno and mark and tuxedo and that ilk because they aren't black...

China never worked for Chris and De Ja Vu never worked for Beyonce

If they were it'd be Dam Funk and relegated to the underground

Could be that maybe its TOO on the nose if a black artist does it... if you do it so well and so close to the source material that there is literally nothing new to it then ppl prolly just go.. thats cool and shrug there shoulders..

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They just aren't allowed to be anachronistically black.

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Filipino, and A QUARTER Puerto Rican.


I mean, look at the cat, he obviously got some negro in him, and sonically, it's even MORE noticeable, but from his background, the tie is tenuous, at best.

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“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

Of course there will never be another MJJ blah blah blah.

But this kid has the best shot of anyone right now at getting close.


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>But this kid has the best shot of anyone right now at getting
>close.

and I'm a (big) fan.

but seriously.... no. lol

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It's either him, JT or Beyonce.


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At this point I just want a song with melody that is dope and doesn't incl the word nigga 89x


does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg

but she's got a better shot than Bruno Mars and especially more than JT, the least talented and interesting of the three.

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only one Elvis.
only one Beatles.
only one MJ.

they retire numbers for a reason.

nobody's next up to replace _____.
beyonce is the first beyonce, not the next ____.


>It's either him, JT or Beyonce.
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another MJ is not a thing anybody can be,
so it should not be used as benchmark.

MJ wasn't the "closest thing" the 80s had to the Beatles.
it was entirely its own thing.

i am not harping on you in particular.

any kind of comparison to MJ's magic and succeed drives me up the wall,
because the comparison does a disservice to JT/ Beyonce/ Usher/ Bruno/ whoever
AND it short changes MJ's legacy.

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maybe ppl that try to figure out who's closest to being the next MJ
just don't know many other artists?

so the only comparison they can draw is MJ?

whatever.

anyway, no.

>maybe ppl that try to figure out who's closest to being the
>next MJ
>just don't know many other artists?
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>so the only comparison they can draw is MJ?

But that's exactly the reason they will never be it.

MJ had influences like anybody else... but he didn't become MJ by being a copy of anybody else.

Bruno Mars makes a song and video like "Treasure" or Justin releases Justified and everybody says they're the next Michael Jackson because they make "Michael Jackson-sounding music."

But the only reason Justin even made Justified is because the Neptunes gave him the songs Mike turned down because even HE wasn't interested in making "Michael Jackson-sounding music."

I'm gonna give Beyonce some props because she has perfected certain moves that belong to her. She has a persona that is immediately recognizable and associated only with her. And she is taking on the beyond-mortal stature of MJ, Elvis, Prince, etc.

She's not the next Michael but I believe she will be a god of music, if she's not already.

Bruno and JT are not gods and they never will be. They're just competent performers.

Well... Bruno is, anyway.

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>MJ had influences like anybody else... but he didn't become MJ
>by being a copy of anybody else.
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like Janet or Whitney were in comparison to MJ/Prince/Madonna.

fuck you.

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The thing keeping Beyonce from becoming a godhead figure is her music.

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yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists

Elvis, MJ and Madge have sold more than 250 million records.

Elvis has sold like 600 million records.

Yonce?

no.

fuck you.

they weren't in the social media era, but they had huge and dedicated fanbases.

fuck you.

I regretted it soon after I said that.

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fuck you.

Once all the girls run to the floor for her songs and all the dudes have to leave it kind of became limiting to how big she can actually be.


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Katy Perry is like Michael Jackson because she had five number #1 singles from one album just like MJJ.

See, I made the comparison and the world didn't collapse.

I think Bruno Mars can be like MJJ in that he could have a diverse global fan base that cuts across race, genres of music and ages.

I was at a resort that hosted alot of weddings last summer and Bruno Mars was the only artist that every single wedding rocked out to. Young Black People, Old White People, Europeans, etc.

My 73 old dad digs him as much as I do.

We are not desecrating the sacred memory of MJJ by saying that there could be another star as big as MJJ.



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But I'm talking about cultural impact and icon status.... that's not necessarily "sentimental" but it's definitely something very real.

Because Michael Jackson is more than just stats.

Garth Brooks has had a gazillion #1s but it's not like you can go to the most undeveloped corner of the Third World and find kids without access to electricity singing "Friends in Low Places."

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There is so much talent out there, I wish some of these cats would go harder on doing their own thing.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Some artist have purposely made tracks that try to make tracks that sound like MJJ tracks but this song doesn't sound like a MJJ song. It does sound like an attempt to cross genres and appeal to a wide age group by employing retro sounds.


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His voice was perfect for a song like that. Pleasant surprise

And I loved that "Uptown" song. Bangs hard.

First time hearing both of them.

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i was on fleek

...whatever that means

But I've been lead to believe it means good sooooooo umma go with that

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>i was on fleek

I mean, you're using it wrong lol. But I'm surprised that you're using it at all.

She's using it wrong?
I've never uttered the word but I imagine if I found a reason to use it, I'd definitely say something something "on fleek".
Ugh, I'm old.

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i don't know what the hell I be sayin'

Shit, I just got THOT down

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>i was on fleek
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Just fuck the new slang allllll the way up

Smhlol


does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg

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+ horn-driven funk sounds like an odd combo but they nailed it.

remember that alphabet song he did?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgn53ogEm98

I love the whole james brown/maceo parker meets rap mashup

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b/c that record clearly borrows production elements from James Brown records.

if the Gaye family wins then the Browns might be able to successfully sue Ronson for making a record that sounds like Brown even if it doesn't include any samples or interpolations of James Brown records.

fuck you.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Mystikal..

on SNL...

in 2014..

with Choreographed "Bernie Dance"...

These things happened.. and it was awesome

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Yeah, I agree. Another damn good performance on SNL by Bruno Mars and company.

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You know it's drama, but it sound real good.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Which is one of the things that ruins it for me.

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'Some have lives that haven't gone the way they planned, and some are trapped in situations they can't stand...'

this song is gonna be big though

Let's see, Zapp & Roger, Morris Day and the Time, MJ, maybe Frankie Smith, Trinidad James ... I probably missed some.

Track is aight but I miss when originality was halfway striven for. I mean a lot of these songs today are mash-ups of stuff that already existed, in a way that even hip hop isn't.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

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