NAPPYHEAD FUNK ARMY
At Leavy's Last Stop Cafe - Huntington, NY (Long
Island) (6/21/02)
It's the captain of the funk army himself on keyboards......salute "#9"!!!!
At 11:20pm, the Nappyhead Funk Army started
with an introduction of all the members of the superfunk group.......THIS WAS A
NEW ADDITION TO THE SET (A GREAT IDEA)!! The music started with the military
beat of "Funk Army Mesh" (in spirit of the 9/11 tragedy).....The
General's funky bass permeated throughout the entire song, along with an
intergalactic funk synthesizer solo by the great Prez!!! "Funk Infection
2YK2" featured an overload of fast-tempo synthesized riffs by the
Pearl.....Prez tried to outdo The Pearl.......it didn't work!! "Fly on the
Wall" and "Play That Funky Music, White Boy" were great, the
latter being a superfunky treat with s'more tight bass riffs!! "Come
Together" was a funky rock tune with a longer outro........mostly great
vocals by #9, Eric-Jay, Groovalicious, and Red Hot! "Dirty Vamp"
featured the lead guitar madness of Andre LaSalle and a super-superfunky
breakdown by the Nappyhead Funk Army band!!! (YOUR FEET CAN'T RESIST THE
FUNK!!!!) "Tear the Roof Off the Sucka" featured some good
drumming by The Technician!
Mr. Bad-Ass-Keyboardist, "The
Pearl"!!!
The Pearl wore out the speakers in the club with his insane synthesized riffs
on "Every Dog Has Its Day".....Groovalicious provided some funky
scratch guitaring!! "It's What I Do, It's What I Am" was an ode to
all the super funkateers like me.....it was super-funky with an extra-tight,
thumpin' bass intro!! (I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF......MY FEET WERE STUCK ON
AUTO-DANCE!!!) "Red Hot Momma" featured the standard guitar
jamming. "Sexy MF" and "Jungle Boogie" were good.
"Atomic Dog/Pumpin' It Up" included some rapping by Eric-Jay.....he
covered the raps from P-Funk's "Some Next Shit" (the Clip Payne track
from DOPE DOGS) and "Why Should I Dog U Out?"!! Also, "Atomic
Dog" included a bit of "I Got a Thang, You Got a Thang, Everybody's
Got a Thang"! The band did a short version of "One Nation Under a
Groove", before going into "Knee Deep".....the low point was
where the lead vocalists started into the next verse during the "Round and
Round" breakdown!
I left the show around 1:40am because (1) I wanted to check out Days of Wild in
NYC at the Bitter End, and (2) I COULDN'T TAKE
ALL OF THAT FUNK!!! IT WAS TOO MUCH FUNK FOR ME!! MY DAWGS WERE DEAD TIRED AND
BARELY HANGING BY THE BONE!! I THINK I NEED TO INCREASE MY FUNK INSURANCE
COVERAGE, 'CUZ FUNK CAN BE DANGEROUS!! NAPPY FUNK OVERLOAD!!NAPPY FUNK
OVERLOAD!! NAPPY FUNK OVERLOAD!! NAPPY FUNK OVERLOAD!!
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