Make 'Em Like It

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Some bands are exactly what they say they are. The Brooklyn Funk Essentials are an 11-piece outfit who hail from Brooklyn, have the funk, and, given half a chance, will definitely make you like their music. The opening track has what it takes: dynamic, bustling drum & bass, slick horns, and an uptempo, feel-good vibe. There's a celebratory mix-up of slinky Cuban and gruff Jamaican rhythms called "Mambo Con Dancehall," but the vocal tracks are where the album really kicks off. A couple of members of the Brooklyn Funk Essentials are dub and slam poets, and "Date with My Baby" and "I Got Cash" feature what are quite possibly the best lyrics of 2000. Not only are they very pointed, wickedly funny, and deadly accurate, but they're delivered over slick, boiling-point funk with more cool, suss and style than should be scientifically possible. --Amazon.co.uk

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What Happen To The Funk?
I got cash $$$$$$$$
Pornography? I don't think so!!
Make 'Em Like It? It will be awhile before I like it...
Captivating

Make 'Em Like It
Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Manufacturer: Shanachie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SBWL
Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

Make Them Like It
Mambo Con Dancehall
Date With Baby
Woman Thing
I Got Cash
Confirm Reservation
Kik It
Jump Around Sound
Hard To Stop/Feelgood
Vinyl Crisis
To My Peeps
Martha
Bill's Playground

Amazon.com

Some bands are exactly what they say they are. The Brooklyn Funk Essentials are an 11-piece outfit who hail from Brooklyn, have the funk, and, given half a chance, will definitely make you like their music. The opening track has what it takes: dynamic, bustling drum & bass, slick horns, and an uptempo, feel-good vibe. There's a celebratory mix-up of slinky Cuban and gruff Jamaican rhythms called "Mambo Con Dancehall," but the vocal tracks are where the album really kicks off. A couple of members of the Brooklyn Funk Essentials are dub and slam poets, and "Date with My Baby" and "I Got Cash" feature what are quite possibly the best lyrics of 2000. Not only are they very pointed, wickedly funny, and deadly accurate, but they're delivered over slick, boiling-point funk with more cool, suss and style than should be scientifically possible. --Amazon.co.uk

Customer Reviews:

What Happen To The Funk?.......2007-05-11

I grew up with funk, and this is not it! Sounds more like neo-raggae. Good musicians, but this is NOT funk! They need to change the band's name.

I got cash $$$$$$$$.......2006-08-28

Another album that I purchased because of a song that I heard on tv. I GOT CASH!!!! Everyone who considers themselves real, should listen to this song. I call it the ultimate kiss off to yuppies who think they are better than everyone else.

Pornography? I don't think so!!.......2003-03-02

..."I Got Cash" is [really] hilarious. Lines like "I hope you choke to death on your designer bagel from Balducci's--cholesterol-free, naturally" make this the finest send up the pseudo-lefty bourgeois-cracy since...well, I can't think of anything as good.

Make 'Em Like It? It will be awhile before I like it..........2002-08-09

Disappointing. After "Cool Steady and Easy" and listening to "Make `em like it" I thought "the king has no clothes." Some good cuts, but doesn't flow like CSE. And trust me, I am NO prude, but I think "I got cash" is not art, it is pornography. Come on guys! You are extremely talented! You can express yourselves more articulately than using "gangsta rap" lyrics.

I was going to blindly order ANYTHING this group did. From now on I will review the sound clips first.

Go buy "Cool Steady and Easy." It is vastly superior.

Captivating.......2002-03-16

This is one of the best, most engaging albums I've heard in a long time. The various styles and genres meld seamlessly here, creating an album that holds your attention without causing you to say, "Oh, look - they're playing a salsa tune now." The two highlights are "I Got Cash" and "Confirm Reservation." The latter is a unique take on (and choice of, for that matter) reggae great Gregory Isaacs' original, while the former is an ironic, venomous and darkly funny (albeit blue-streaked) tongue-lashing at the supposed liberal nouveau riche. But above it all, it'll make ya head bob. It's one of those records that makes you hit play again the moment the record's ended. Well worth buying.

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Make 'Em Like It
Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Manufacturer: Dorad
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TLVH
Release Date: 2000-07-24

Tracks:

Make Them Like It
Mambo con Dancehall
Date With Baby
Woman Thing
I Got Cash
Confirm Reservation
Kik It
Jump Around Sound
Hard to Stop/Feelgood
Vinyl Crisis
To My Peeps
Martha
Bill's Playground

Album Details

Jazzy/experimental Funk. 'make them Like It' is an Exhilarating, Wide Eyed Concoction that Incorporates a Melange of Styles Including Elements of Jazz-fusion, Soul, Drum 'n Bass; Latin Flavored Grooves, Ragga, Funk and Spoken-word Musings.