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VA - Funky Stuff: The Best of Funk Essentials (1993)

Posted By: Designol
VA - Funky Stuff: The Best of Funk Essentials (1993)

VA - Funky Stuff: The Best of Funk Essentials (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 423 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 154 Mb | Scans ~ 70 Mb
Funk, Disco, Quiet Storm, Soul | Label: Mercury, Chronicles | # 514 821-2 | 01:07:21

For those looking to find a crash course in "the funk" – a quick introduction to the fusion of R&B, soul, jazz, blues, good old rock & roll, and all-out outrageousness that creates the ultimate good groove – you can't do much better than the Funk Essentials compilations. Funky Stuff: The Best of Funk Essentials is the perfect portrait. With its contents drawn from the single-band Funk Essentials compilation albums, this clean, clear set provides incredible diversity while keeping the vibe connected. In other words, Funky Stuff is not only an introduction to the heaviest of hitters, but also a nifty, smooth ride for the already initiated.

Cameo - Word Up! (1986) {PolyGram}

Posted By: tiburon
Cameo - Word Up! (1986) {PolyGram}

Cameo - Word Up! (1986) {PolyGram}
EAC 0.99pb3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3u | Full Scans 300dpi | 214MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 87MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Funk, Soul

Word Up! is the 13th studio album by American funk group Cameo, released in 1986. The album reached number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 8 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 1 million copies. It took Cameo to their highest level of popularity, and solidified them as one of the most successful bands of the 1980s. The album includes three of their biggest hit singles, "Word Up!", "Candy", and "Back and Forth".

Cameo - Nasty (1996) {CASTLE 445}

Posted By: tiburon
Cameo - Nasty (1996) {CASTLE 445}

Cameo - Nasty (1996) {CASTLE 445}
EAC 0.95b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3u | Full Scans 300dpi | 450MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 158MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Funk, Soul

Nasty, Cameo's first live recording, showcases Larry Blackmon's musical creativity and futuristic-sounding love songs. Everything is on time – the horns, the sometimes hokey vocals – and that cool New York-flavored lead bass struts on every cut. Guitarist Charlie Singleton's slicker-than-butter falsetto shines on the crowd favorite "Why Have I Lost You." Tomi Jenkins' tenor is steady on the moving and romantic "Sparkle." "Skin I'm In," with its staccato vocals and socially significant lyrics, makes you think. Delight at Larry Blackmon's Sugar Foot Bonner-sounding vocal on the heavily sampled "Candy." Two studio cuts augment the live songs: "Come Fly With Me" and "Nasty." Nasty's caboose is a 6:27 mega-mix of the live sides.

Cameo - She's Strange (1984) {PolyGram}

Posted By: tiburon
Cameo - She's Strange (1984) {PolyGram}

Cameo - She's Strange (1984) {PolyGram}
EAC 0.99pb4 | FLAC tracks level 6 | Cue+Log+M3u | Full Scans 300dpi | 228MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 85MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Funk, Soul

By 1984, African-American popular music had become extremely high tech. The horn-powered funk bands that were huge in the 1970s were out of style, and young audiences were demanding hip-hop, electro-funk, and urban contemporary – not horn bands that sounded like the Ohio Players or Tower of Power circa 1975. Horn bands were still in vogue only in the home of the go-go explosion: Washington, DC. But these changes in the marketplace didn't hurt Cameo; both commercially and creatively, 1984's She's Strange was a winner.

Cameo - The Best Of Cameo (1993)

Posted By: Designol
Cameo - The Best Of Cameo (1993)

Cameo - The Best Of Cameo (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 491 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 187 Mb | Scans included
Funk, Quiet Storm, R&B | Label: Mercury, Chronicles | # 514 929-2 | 01:17:23

Larry Blackmon and his Cameo mates ruled funk's domain for over a decade. Cameo evolved from its origins as a horn-based and dominated ensemble into a synthesizer-oriented group that still featured sturdy basslines and exuberant vocals, but was in tune with urban and black America's new sensibility. These 14 selections range from the formative cuts "Rigor Mortis," "Shake Your Pants," and "It's Over" to the definitive "Word Up," "Candy," and "Back and Forth." Blackmon's alternately sneering, defiant, and aggressive vocals were the constant from Cameo's beginnings in the 1970s to their emergence as funk's reigning champions in the 1980s.

Cameo - Ugly Ego (1978) [Japanese Edition 2018]

Posted By: gribovar
Cameo - Ugly Ego (1978) [Japanese Edition 2018]

Cameo - Ugly Ego (1978) [Japanese Edition 2018]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 229 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 86 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Funk, R&B | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UICY-78763)

As Cameo rode both the critical and commercial success resulting from their debut, Cardiac Arrest, Chocolate City took the group straight from the road and right into the studio to record its follow-up. Because of this, the overall quality of Ugly Ego suffers mildly. It's uneven at points, but this easily could be attributed to erratic song sequencing, something that thankfully can be rectified in the digital age by the custom programming button. The band was developing its definitive sound at this point - the sound later heard on Secret Omen that would usher Cameo from being just another funk band to funk overlords. The uptempo "Insane" would later go on to be a fan favorite, and the slower moments found on "Give Love a Chance," "Friend to Me," and "Two of Us" prove that Cameo were more than just a good-time party band, but serious soulful balladeers when the time was appropriate.

Cameo - We All Know Who We Are (1978) [Japanese Edition 2018]

Posted By: gribovar
Cameo - We All Know Who We Are (1978) [Japanese Edition 2018]

Cameo - We All Know Who We Are (1978) [Japanese Edition 2018]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 237 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 85 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Funk, R&B | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UICY-78762)

Cameo's second album, We All Know Who We Are, is uneven, but it has its moments, both in the quiet storm field ("Why Have I Lost You") and the disco-funk category ("It's Serious"). Much of the record sounds like filler, but the best moments illustrate that Cameo is beginning to grow and refine their own sound.
An outlandish, in-your-face stage presence, a strange sense of humor, and a hard-driving funk sound that criss-crossed a few musical boundaries earned Cameo countless comparisons to Parliament/Funkadelic in their early days. However, Cameo eventually wore off accusations of being derivative by transcending their influences and outlasting almost every single one of them. Throughout the '70s and '80s, the group remained up with the times and occasionally crept ahead of them, such that they became influences themselves upon younger generations of R&B and hip-hop acts…

Cameo - Alligator Woman (1982) {2008 Universal Japan}

Posted By: TestTickles
Cameo - Alligator Woman (1982) {2008 Universal Japan}

Cameo - Alligator Woman (1982) {2008 Universal Japan}
WEB Rip | FLAC (no CUE or log) | scans | 206 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 70 mb
Genre: R&B, soul, funk

Alligator Woman is the 1982 album by New York City soul/funk band Cameo, originally released on the Chocolate City/Casablanca label. It featured the hit songs "Flirt", "Just Be Yourself" (listed on the album as "Be Yourself") and the title track. This is a Japanese pressing remastered, reissued and released in 2008 by Universal as part of the Surfer Soul Around 1980 series.

VA - The Casablanca Records Story (4CD) (1994) {Casablanca/Mercury Chronicles} **[RE-UP]**

Posted By: TestTickles
VA - The Casablanca Records Story (4CD) (1994) {Casablanca/Mercury Chronicles} **[RE-UP]**

VA - The Casablanca Records Story (4CD) (1994) {Casablanca/Mercury Chronicles}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 1.98 gb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 700 mb
Genre: disco, R&B, soul, modern pop

The Casablanca Records Story is a 4CD box set exploring the soul and disco sides of Neil Bogart's Casablanca Records. Released in 1994, this is dedicated to just their soul and disco sides, not the rock side so no Kiss or Angel. This was taken from the promotional version of the collection so no booklet, as it was packaged in a thick case (clam shell).