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Today's artists are an American R&B and funk band whose popularity began in the mid-1970s and ran through the 1980s. Influences included Earth, Wind & Fire; Commodores; Chaka Khan; and Sly and the Family Stone. Signed to Mercury Records in 1976, Con Funk Shun enjoyed a decade of successful national and overseas tours, eleven chart-topping albums, and numerous hit singles on the Top R&B Singles chart....N'Joy
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Con Funk Shun was formed by high-school classmates Michael Cooper and Louis "Tony" McCall, along with Karl Fuller, Paul "Maceo" Harrell, Dennis Johnson, Cedric Martin, and Danny "Sweet Man" Thomas. All of them had been playing together since their high-school days in Vallejo, CA. Felton Pilate, also from Vallejo, joined the group after his band, a local rival, disbanded.
In the early '70s, the group was a backup band for the Soul Children with the name Project Soul. And when they weren't on the road with the Soul Children, they were creatively working with various Stax staff writers. In the mid-'70s, Project Soul made an effort to become a headliner, but they met dead-ends and little success. However, they found good fortune at Audio Dimensions, a Memphis recording studio owned by producer Ted Sturges. Around this time, he group named itself after the title of one of their instrumentals, "Con Funk Shun." During their three-year stint at Audio Dimensions, Sturges, besides owning the studio, was also Con Funk Shun's producer. Their association resulted in the group's first album, Organized Con Funk Shun.
As their sound developed, Pilate and Cooper emerged as the primary lead vocalists. Around the time their first album for Crankshaft Productions, Inc. was being recorded, the eighth member, MC and technician Dennis Johnson, left the group to attend seminary in California. By 1976, the group signed to Mercury, where they remained for ten years. Their first hit for Mercury was "Ffun," written by Michael Cooper as a tribute to the R&B/funk band Brick. One of the premiere party funk bands of its time, they also began recording ballads and instrumental tracks by the early '80s. Aside from being the primary musicians on all their albums, Con Funk Shun also contributed to each of their albums as writers, arrangers, and/or producers.
Burnin' Love, the septet's last album with Mercury, was recorded without their longtime musical center, Felton Pilate, who left the group in 1986 to become a successful producer. (Pilate eventually became the musical force behind MC Hammer.) Melvin Carter, a frequent collaborator of Con Funk Shun, joined the group upon Pilate's exit, and that same year Michael Cooper left for a solo career. Con Funk Shun disbanded after their last album with Mercury, but reunited in the '90s, and began performing at festivals and concerts around the world.
Pilate became the in-house record producer and songwriter for M.C. Hammer and his record label Bust-It Records. He worked on several albums for the company, including Hammer's Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em album, as well as the bulk of Special Generation's 1990 début album, Take It to the Floor. Lead singer Michael Cooper embarked on a successful career as a solo artist, releasing his solo début album Love Is Such A Funny Game on Warner Bros. Records in 1987, and releasing the 1989 album Just What I Like and the 1992 album Get Closer on Warner Bros.' sister label Reprise Records.
As recently as 2013, their eleven Mercury Records albums, along with their Greatest Hits and Best Of Con Funk Shun albums, continue to be remastered and released digitally. In 2015, the More Than Love album was released. Three of the original band members, Michael Cooper, Felton Pilate and Karl Fuller, currently tour as Con Funk Shun. In March 2017, they celebrated their 45th anniversary as a band with four sold-out shows at Yoshi's in Oakland, California
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“Touch” opens up with “Too Tight” an undeniably catchy disco tune that reminds of Earth Wind & Fire’s “Let’s Groove.” The factor most similar between these two songs is that they’re impossible to listen to and not just feel great. The song is without a doubt the highlight of the album, but there is much more great material to follow. The feel good atmosphere established early by Con Funk Shun continues on through the next song entitled “Lady’s Wild,” a more heavy tune backed by hand claps and an especially funky slap bass line. The ballad “Give Your Love To Me” serves as a break in the fast paced action before it picks back up with the stepper “Pride and Glory,” a song that shows what Con Funk Shun was great at. They not only had the danceable beats that the early ’80 market demanded, but also held their instrumentation to very high standards. This is apparent in the song’s instrumental break showcasing guitarist Michael Cooper along with their talented horn section. Of the other finest musical moments on the alum are the title track’s bass line and the keyboard work on the album’s best ballad “Can’t Say Goodbye”. The fine musicianship displayed by Con Funk Shun’s seven members is unquestionable. At a time when cheap synthesizers were the norm and poorly written songs became dance floor hits, Con Funk Shun, despite conforming to the general sound of the ear, stayed true to their history of excellence by having such great playing on their record.
Con Funk Shun - Touch (flac 238mb)
01 Too Tight 6:17
02 Lady's Wild 4:53
03 Give Your Love To Me 4:58
04 Pride And Glory 4:29
05 Kidnapped! 3:24
06 Welcome Back To Love 3:55
07 Touch 4:31
08 Can't Say Goodbye 4:19
09 Play Widit 4:18
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Con Funk Shun entitled this album Con Funk Shun 7 to commemorate the seven members in the group and to acknowledge that the number seven represents renaissance -- rebirth, the emergence of something new. The featured track is the R&B Top 20 hit "Bad Lady," with Michael Cooper hovering over the track with his husky tenor. The album has a horde of songs that could have received airplay and chart action. Specifically, "Promise You Love" is a song that transcends several genres of music. It's a ballad that begins with a bass-driven intro which segues into a bluesy pre-verse rhythm and ultimately settles down into a vintage R&B groove. The track features Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate, with Cooper adding a passionate monologue ad lib in the vamp. But this album was fueled by the the ballad "Straight from the Heart." The song speaks for itself. It's beautifully written and arranged, led by Felton Pilate's supplicating falsetto and Michael Cooper's compassionate tenor. Though the single was not a mega seller and was also preceded by "(Let Me Put) Love on Your Mind" from a previous album, it set the stage for a string of unreleased and uncharted ballads to follow. Moreover, the group experimented with a little rock on the track "California 1," featuring Pilate on vocals and his rock-flavored electric guitar.
Con Funk Shun - 7 (flac 257mb)
01 Bad Lady 4:09
02 I'll Get You Back 5:12
03 Body Lovers 4:40
04 Promise You Love 7:34
05 If You're In Need Of Love 6:35
06 Straight From The Heart 4:39
07 A Song For You 5:00
08 California 1 4:36
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Known for their up-tempo party songs, Con Funk Shun came strong on this album too. However, it was with the funk-driven ballad "Love's Train," with a lead by Michael Cooper's husky, yet smooth tenor. Although the ballad was funk-driven, the romance in the song is manifested by the guitar and piano rhythms. Also noteworthy is the ballad "Everlove," which features co-leads by Cooper and Felton Pilate. Although this song was never a release, it is a favorite among quiet-storm radio. Con Funk Shun's only uptempo hit from this album was "Ms. Got-the-Body," which is reminiscent of the Dazz Band's "Let It Whip." Nonetheless, the song offers a good vocal and arrangement. Aside from the aforementioned, the remainder of the album seems more experimental; however, Con Funk Shun maintains a high standard of musical quality.
Con Funk Shun - To The Max (flac 348mb)
01 Ms. Got-The-Body 3:51
02 Let's Ride And Slide 4:30
03 Everlove 4:06
04 Hide And Freak 4:23
05 You Are The One 3:38
06 Take It To The Max 5:01
07 Love's Train 5:12
08 Ain't Nobody Baby 5:32
09 T.H.E. Freak 4:23
10 Ms Got The Body (12") 6:46
11 Ms Got The Gody (Instrumental) 5:21
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This was unlike any album Con Funk Shun had recorded to date. Not only did the group contribute minimal writing, but the only production credit was the uncharted single "Turn the Music Up." Intending to try something new without forsaking their appeal and sound, the group solicited various producers, even though group members Felton Pilate and Michael Cooper were credited as arrangers on a couple of selections. And after nearly a two-year absence from the R&B Top Ten, the group returned with the number four single "Electric Lady," with veteran producer Larry Smith at the helm. The synthesized single is basically a rap song, led by Michael Cooper's monotone vocals. During its time, it was one of the closest any R&B group had come to recording a rap song. The follow-up, "I'm Leaving Baby," was an urbanized ballad featuring Cooper's lead vocals. Electric Lady also spawned the number 47 single "Tell Me What You're Gonna Do." With its electronic synthesizer approach, the Felton Pilate-led single was also produced by Smith. This album is full of competent selections; any one of them, such as "Pretty Lady" and "Don't Go," would have been a wise choice as a release.
Con Funk Shun - Electric Lady (flac 230mb)
01 Turn The Music Up 4:36
02 Rock It All Night 4:17
03 I'm Leaving Baby 5:40
04 Tell Me What You're Gonna Do 3:55
05 Electric Lady 3:54
06 Don't Go (I Want You Back) 4:45
07 Circle Of Love 4:11
08 Pretty Lady 4:55
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Today's artists are an American R&B and funk band whose popularity began in the mid-1970s and ran through the 1980s. Influences included Earth, Wind & Fire; Commodores; Chaka Khan; and Sly and the Family Stone. Signed to Mercury Records in 1976, Con Funk Shun enjoyed a decade of successful national and overseas tours, eleven chart-topping albums, and numerous hit singles on the Top R&B Singles chart....N'Joy
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Con Funk Shun was formed by high-school classmates Michael Cooper and Louis "Tony" McCall, along with Karl Fuller, Paul "Maceo" Harrell, Dennis Johnson, Cedric Martin, and Danny "Sweet Man" Thomas. All of them had been playing together since their high-school days in Vallejo, CA. Felton Pilate, also from Vallejo, joined the group after his band, a local rival, disbanded.
In the early '70s, the group was a backup band for the Soul Children with the name Project Soul. And when they weren't on the road with the Soul Children, they were creatively working with various Stax staff writers. In the mid-'70s, Project Soul made an effort to become a headliner, but they met dead-ends and little success. However, they found good fortune at Audio Dimensions, a Memphis recording studio owned by producer Ted Sturges. Around this time, he group named itself after the title of one of their instrumentals, "Con Funk Shun." During their three-year stint at Audio Dimensions, Sturges, besides owning the studio, was also Con Funk Shun's producer. Their association resulted in the group's first album, Organized Con Funk Shun.
As their sound developed, Pilate and Cooper emerged as the primary lead vocalists. Around the time their first album for Crankshaft Productions, Inc. was being recorded, the eighth member, MC and technician Dennis Johnson, left the group to attend seminary in California. By 1976, the group signed to Mercury, where they remained for ten years. Their first hit for Mercury was "Ffun," written by Michael Cooper as a tribute to the R&B/funk band Brick. One of the premiere party funk bands of its time, they also began recording ballads and instrumental tracks by the early '80s. Aside from being the primary musicians on all their albums, Con Funk Shun also contributed to each of their albums as writers, arrangers, and/or producers.
Burnin' Love, the septet's last album with Mercury, was recorded without their longtime musical center, Felton Pilate, who left the group in 1986 to become a successful producer. (Pilate eventually became the musical force behind MC Hammer.) Melvin Carter, a frequent collaborator of Con Funk Shun, joined the group upon Pilate's exit, and that same year Michael Cooper left for a solo career. Con Funk Shun disbanded after their last album with Mercury, but reunited in the '90s, and began performing at festivals and concerts around the world.
Pilate became the in-house record producer and songwriter for M.C. Hammer and his record label Bust-It Records. He worked on several albums for the company, including Hammer's Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em album, as well as the bulk of Special Generation's 1990 début album, Take It to the Floor. Lead singer Michael Cooper embarked on a successful career as a solo artist, releasing his solo début album Love Is Such A Funny Game on Warner Bros. Records in 1987, and releasing the 1989 album Just What I Like and the 1992 album Get Closer on Warner Bros.' sister label Reprise Records.
As recently as 2013, their eleven Mercury Records albums, along with their Greatest Hits and Best Of Con Funk Shun albums, continue to be remastered and released digitally. In 2015, the More Than Love album was released. Three of the original band members, Michael Cooper, Felton Pilate and Karl Fuller, currently tour as Con Funk Shun. In March 2017, they celebrated their 45th anniversary as a band with four sold-out shows at Yoshi's in Oakland, California
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“Touch” opens up with “Too Tight” an undeniably catchy disco tune that reminds of Earth Wind & Fire’s “Let’s Groove.” The factor most similar between these two songs is that they’re impossible to listen to and not just feel great. The song is without a doubt the highlight of the album, but there is much more great material to follow. The feel good atmosphere established early by Con Funk Shun continues on through the next song entitled “Lady’s Wild,” a more heavy tune backed by hand claps and an especially funky slap bass line. The ballad “Give Your Love To Me” serves as a break in the fast paced action before it picks back up with the stepper “Pride and Glory,” a song that shows what Con Funk Shun was great at. They not only had the danceable beats that the early ’80 market demanded, but also held their instrumentation to very high standards. This is apparent in the song’s instrumental break showcasing guitarist Michael Cooper along with their talented horn section. Of the other finest musical moments on the alum are the title track’s bass line and the keyboard work on the album’s best ballad “Can’t Say Goodbye”. The fine musicianship displayed by Con Funk Shun’s seven members is unquestionable. At a time when cheap synthesizers were the norm and poorly written songs became dance floor hits, Con Funk Shun, despite conforming to the general sound of the ear, stayed true to their history of excellence by having such great playing on their record.
Con Funk Shun - Touch (flac 238mb)
01 Too Tight 6:17
02 Lady's Wild 4:53
03 Give Your Love To Me 4:58
04 Pride And Glory 4:29
05 Kidnapped! 3:24
06 Welcome Back To Love 3:55
07 Touch 4:31
08 Can't Say Goodbye 4:19
09 Play Widit 4:18
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Con Funk Shun entitled this album Con Funk Shun 7 to commemorate the seven members in the group and to acknowledge that the number seven represents renaissance -- rebirth, the emergence of something new. The featured track is the R&B Top 20 hit "Bad Lady," with Michael Cooper hovering over the track with his husky tenor. The album has a horde of songs that could have received airplay and chart action. Specifically, "Promise You Love" is a song that transcends several genres of music. It's a ballad that begins with a bass-driven intro which segues into a bluesy pre-verse rhythm and ultimately settles down into a vintage R&B groove. The track features Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate, with Cooper adding a passionate monologue ad lib in the vamp. But this album was fueled by the the ballad "Straight from the Heart." The song speaks for itself. It's beautifully written and arranged, led by Felton Pilate's supplicating falsetto and Michael Cooper's compassionate tenor. Though the single was not a mega seller and was also preceded by "(Let Me Put) Love on Your Mind" from a previous album, it set the stage for a string of unreleased and uncharted ballads to follow. Moreover, the group experimented with a little rock on the track "California 1," featuring Pilate on vocals and his rock-flavored electric guitar.
Con Funk Shun - 7 (flac 257mb)
01 Bad Lady 4:09
02 I'll Get You Back 5:12
03 Body Lovers 4:40
04 Promise You Love 7:34
05 If You're In Need Of Love 6:35
06 Straight From The Heart 4:39
07 A Song For You 5:00
08 California 1 4:36
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Known for their up-tempo party songs, Con Funk Shun came strong on this album too. However, it was with the funk-driven ballad "Love's Train," with a lead by Michael Cooper's husky, yet smooth tenor. Although the ballad was funk-driven, the romance in the song is manifested by the guitar and piano rhythms. Also noteworthy is the ballad "Everlove," which features co-leads by Cooper and Felton Pilate. Although this song was never a release, it is a favorite among quiet-storm radio. Con Funk Shun's only uptempo hit from this album was "Ms. Got-the-Body," which is reminiscent of the Dazz Band's "Let It Whip." Nonetheless, the song offers a good vocal and arrangement. Aside from the aforementioned, the remainder of the album seems more experimental; however, Con Funk Shun maintains a high standard of musical quality.
Con Funk Shun - To The Max (flac 348mb)
01 Ms. Got-The-Body 3:51
02 Let's Ride And Slide 4:30
03 Everlove 4:06
04 Hide And Freak 4:23
05 You Are The One 3:38
06 Take It To The Max 5:01
07 Love's Train 5:12
08 Ain't Nobody Baby 5:32
09 T.H.E. Freak 4:23
10 Ms Got The Body (12") 6:46
11 Ms Got The Gody (Instrumental) 5:21
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This was unlike any album Con Funk Shun had recorded to date. Not only did the group contribute minimal writing, but the only production credit was the uncharted single "Turn the Music Up." Intending to try something new without forsaking their appeal and sound, the group solicited various producers, even though group members Felton Pilate and Michael Cooper were credited as arrangers on a couple of selections. And after nearly a two-year absence from the R&B Top Ten, the group returned with the number four single "Electric Lady," with veteran producer Larry Smith at the helm. The synthesized single is basically a rap song, led by Michael Cooper's monotone vocals. During its time, it was one of the closest any R&B group had come to recording a rap song. The follow-up, "I'm Leaving Baby," was an urbanized ballad featuring Cooper's lead vocals. Electric Lady also spawned the number 47 single "Tell Me What You're Gonna Do." With its electronic synthesizer approach, the Felton Pilate-led single was also produced by Smith. This album is full of competent selections; any one of them, such as "Pretty Lady" and "Don't Go," would have been a wise choice as a release.
Con Funk Shun - Electric Lady (flac 230mb)
01 Turn The Music Up 4:36
02 Rock It All Night 4:17
03 I'm Leaving Baby 5:40
04 Tell Me What You're Gonna Do 3:55
05 Electric Lady 3:54
06 Don't Go (I Want You Back) 4:45
07 Circle Of Love 4:11
08 Pretty Lady 4:55
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