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4.0 out of 5 stars
FUNKY STUFF DESPITE THE CIRCUMSTANCES,
This review is from: Burn Me Up (Audio CD)
Contrary to what the name of the band will suggest on the album cover, THESE ARE NOT THE KAY-GEES! If you look at the men on the album cover as well as the name of the personnel in the credits, you'll notice that these are a different group of guys since it doesn't include any of the original members of the real Kaygees. Why would De-lite records exploit the group in this manner. There's nothing more distasteful than a record label putting a group of anonymous people on an album cover and giving them a group name which is already taken. It doesn't stop there as one of the standout cuts "The Rhythm is Hot" even jacks some of Kool & the Gang's and Kaygees lingo with one liners like "jump on the Rhythm and ride". In the immortal words of Chuck D - How low can you go? Was there some animosity between the original Kaygees and De-lite that forced the record label to take a low blow to the band? Only they would know.
Too bad the circumstances surrounding this album is ill advised because these assortment of unknown musicians get the job done and provide the record label with some its tightest set of disco/ funk grooves ever. With Patrick Adams at the helm, it helps give the group a sound that's downright funky as it is danceable- making it attractive to dancers and funkateers alike. The opening "Burn Me Up" is a great example of this as it not only functions as a catchy dance record, but also has the extended keyboard solos to give the song the cerebral musicality that's crucial for a funk record. "You are a Star" and "The Rhythm is Hot" takes the deep disco funk sound to climatic extremes with jazzy sax solos propelling its shouted chants and keyboard flourishes to hysteric heights- especially at the break when they sing "Keep your body movin..." on the latter. "Latican Funk" is a dazzling disco fusion track that combines a deep African bass groove and bongas with Latin salsa breaks and keyboard colorings- kind of like Joe Bataan and King Errisson wrapped in one. The Venus Dodson duet "Sing a Happy Song" is the least intense song of the album and not surprisingly, it comes off sounding a bit languid compared to the other grooves. However, it has its share of breaks and a solid guitar solo that makes it worthwhile. Younger ears may recognize "Heavenly Dream" as being sampled by Kanye West and the song alone stands on its own as a solid piece of quiet storm balladry. The arrangements and melodies foreshadowed how these slow jams will sound in 80's. It almost sound like something Full Force or Cameo would've recorded. Too bad the record label didn't encourage this band to form a distinctive identity because this is one the most stellar disco funk offerings from its time- from a dancefloor standpoint anyway. Credit goes to the band for at least creating an original sound that's radically different from the band whose name they ripped off. Respect is also due to Patrick Adams for finding an almost perfect balance between the bands funky spontaneity and the calculated disco arrangements that made his own acts like Musique and Phreek hits in the nightclubs. While the arrangements on a couple of sings can sound a bit congested at times (such as the case with "The Rhythm is Hot"), the grooves and hooks that's buried underneath the crowded layers of rhythm makes this a minor issue. Bottom line - If you're looking for a bag of incendiary disco funk grooves with some of the most happening production around, Patrick Adams and the (make believe) Kay-Gee's turns Burn Me Up into a four on the floor blow torch.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jazzy Disco Funk,
This review is from: Burn Me Up (Audio CD)
Looks like this one was originally done in 1979, and it sounds like a that Fantasy label Jazz/Funk crossover that was popular at the time (think Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds circa that era... with a bit of Chic thrown in.) Though not the hard sampled funk you probably most associate them with if you have their KEEP ON BUMPIN' and MASTERPLAN albums, this CD is still worth a listen... I think around that time a lot of the great funk groups from the early-mid 70's wave were begining to lose steam... or atleast soften with the times... you can feel a bit of that, however, its still a pretty good album and I'm sure plenty of people were shaking their booties to it at the discos !
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