Kamauu (featuring No Wyld) - "Jusfaya" (2015 Hip Hop/R&B/Funk song information, sound file, lyrics)

Kamauu, Aug 26, 2015

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a sound file of composer, singer, and rapper Kamauu's 2015 song "Jusfayu". and presents the lyrics to that song,

This post also presents some information about Kamauu.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Kamauu for his cultural legacy. Thanks to all others who are associated with this tune and this YouTube sound file.
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"Jusfayu" = "Just for you".  

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INFORMATION ABOUT KAMAUU
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamauu
"Kamau Mbonisi Kwame Agyeman, known professionally by his stage name, Kamauu (stylized as KAMAUU, and formerly KAMAU and brother KAMAU), is an American singer and rapper. He released his debut EP, A Gorgeous Fortune, in 2016.

Early life and education

Kamau Mbonisi Kwame Agyeman was born on February 2, 1991, in Washington, D.C.[1] and grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland.[2] His parents introduced him and his two siblings to music at a young age.[1] His older brother is a fellow musician who goes by the stage name, Nkō Khélí.[3] As a child, Agyeman attended school at the Ujamaa Shule in Washington which is described as the "oldest completely independent Afrikan-centered school in the United States". While at the school, he was exposed to a variety of traditional African instruments like the djembe, and he studied African music, history, and culture.[1][4] In 2009, he moved to Brooklyn, New York where he began attending the Pratt Institute to study film. While at Pratt, he met other musicians and artists and was introduced to the artist collective, BiGCiTYBiGCiTY. Members of the collective helped him hone his musical skills.[2] He later graduated from Pratt in 2014 with a BA in Film.[4][5]

Career

In February 2014, Kamauu released a mixtape called TheKAMAU-CASSETTE.[2] In 2015,[6] Agyeman received recognition for his song covers including those for Outkast's "Hey Ya!" and Adele's "Hometown Glory".[7] In May 2016, he released a video for his song, "Jambo". The video was the first in a six-part series of films that would be made for each song on his A Gorgeous Fortune EP.[8] Another single (and its accompanying video) from that collection called "Jusfayu" (featuring No Wyld) was released in June 2016.[9] It would go on to be featured on an episode of the HBO series, Insecure[10] and on the soundtrack for FIFA 17.[11] It has also accumulated over 10 million streams on various platforms as of August 2019.[12] A remix of the song by Lion Babe was released later in June 2016.[13] A Gorgeous Fortune itself came out in July 2016 on Invisible Firm and was followed by a Kamauu summer tour with Lion Babe"...

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LYRICS - "JUSFAYU"

"composer- Kamauu featuring No Wyld

Track 2 on "A Gorgeous Fortune"

Aug. 26, 2015

A song about one-directional romance.

[Intro: KAMAU]

Good Lord

What you don't say, what you don't

I did it just for you

I did it just for you

I did it just for you

And you just don't care

(YEBO)

 

[Verse 1: KAMAU]

All them other dudes by your side

You can let them ride off to the sunset

I'm a sunrise

Why don't you want to collabo-llaborate? (Hey!)

Even though I make mistakes, oh yeah

I'm not a bad guy

I ain't all put together

But if you stick around

You gon' see I'm getting better and

 

[Chorus: KAMAU]

I did it just for you

I did it just for you

I did it just for you

And you just don't care

I did it just for you

I did it just for you

I did it just for you

And you just don't care

[Verse 2: KAMAU]

Mmm this could be a Cinderella story for a fella

If you let a brother come and spend a minute

With you only got a penny and I got from my loafers

Bet if I got something worth a penny, I can invest and

I'd be the best investment you've ever made

I'm invested but you don't care

It's interesting that you don't care

But you care about some less interesting guys

Those guys are wack (Wack!)

Just bring it back

Bring it back to me cause

 

[Chorus: KAMAU]

 

[Bridge: KAMAU]

Get that drank (Get that drank!)

In your cup (In your cup!)

Sip that drank (Sip that drank!)

Lift it up (Lift it up!)

Point your fingers (Point your fingers!)

At your boo (At your boo!)

Say 'baby I did it' (Baby I did it!)

Just for you (Just for you!)

 

[Verse 3: No Wyld]

If you got a minute can you spend it on me? (On me, on me)

Gotta get in 'fore I blow up and I got moneys

Cause you know I'm gon' get it (Gon' get it, gon' get it!)

Yeah, you know I'm gon' get it (Gon' get it, gon' get it!)

Come get it, don't sweat it, celebrate, confetti

Show me love when you're ready

'Til then I'll be chillin'

Speak cause you know I can't read my ions

Can't spend more time unless I [?]

Gotta wait for the stars to realign

You said 'it's all about time'

Girl, I just got signed

Why you gotta be all you, all you?

Soon it's gonna be all me, all me

You gon' see that it's too late and

You gon' say 'I wish we dated'

But I love you so I'm waitin', stop!

Procrastinatin', start appreciatin'

It's not too late

[Chorus: KAMAU]

 

[Break: KAMAU]

Baby, I did it (Baby, I did it)

Just for you (Just for you)

Baby, I did it (Baby, I did it)

Just for you (Just for you)

Did it, did it (Did it, did it)

Just for you (Just for you)

Did it, did it (Did it, did it)

Just for you (Just for you)

 

[Chorus: KAMAU]"

Source- https://genius.com/Kamauu-jusfayu-lyrics
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"Yebo" is a isiZulu (South Africa) word that means "Yes, I agree".  

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The Isley Brothers' 1975 Song - "Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2" (with information, lyrics, & comments)

The Isley Brothers - July 31, 2015

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents information about and a YouTube sound file of the 1975 Funk/R&B song "Fight The Power" by The Isley Brothers.

Lyrics for The Isley Brothers' "Fight The Power" are also included in this post along with a few selected comments from the discussion threads of that sound file. 

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to The Isley Brothers for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Pancocojams Editor's Note:
Because pancocojams is a family friendly blog, I usually don't showcase songs that include profanity. However, I've made an exception for this song because of its cultural significance. Although the one curse word that is included in this song can still be heard in this sound file, , I've used amended spelling for that word in the lyrics that are given below.

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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/09/public-enemy-1989-hip-hop-track-fight.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Public Enemy - 1989 Hip Hop Track "Fight The Power" (video, information, lyrics, & comments)".

 

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/09/public-enemy-fight-power-2020-remix.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Public Enemy - Fight The Power (2020 Remix) feat. Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG & QuestLove (video, information, & lyrics)".

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISLEY BROTHERS' SONG "FIGHT THE POWER"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_the_Power_(Part_1_%26_2)  
"Recording

The song was sparked in a 1975 recording session in which guitarist Ernie Isley, inspired by the news, wrote two songs: "Fight the Power" and an anti-poverty ballad titled "Harvest for the World". The group ended up recording both songs on the same day and eventually picked "Fight the Power" as the song to release first. "Harvest" would be featured on the album of the same name and would be released as the first single off that album.

The song was written almost fully by Ernie Isley with additional instrumental background composition by the band's keyboardist Chris Jasper. After playing the track on his guitar to his older brothers, Ronnie, Rudy, and O'Kelly, the vocal trio cut a unison lead vocal track in one take. Ernie was taken aback that Ron had uttered "bullsh&t". When asked why he said the word, Ron simply replied, "because it needed to be said" and "it's what people want to hear."

The song reflected a negative opinion of authority figures, a feeling shared by all the band members, which can explain the intensified vocalizing by Ron, Rudy, and Kelly. Later, the trio added in the background chant, "fight it!" to merge in with the brothers' vocal ad-libbing near the end. Though the track had a unison lead style, onstage during performances, Ron Isley would sing the majority of the song with his older brothers chipping in during some parts...

Release

The song was released in May 1975 and became one of the group's most popular recordings, reaching #1 on the R&B singles chart and crossed over to the pop charts reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Due to its strong dance flavor, the song was played heavily at dance clubs helping the song to land at #13 on Billboard's dance chart.[2] "Fight the Power" gave the brothers their first song to peak in the top 20 on three different charts.

The success of the song also helped its album, The Heat Is On, reach #1 on the pop chart. The song's lyric, "we gotta fight the powers that be", would be interpolated years later by rap group Public Enemy on their 1989 song of the same name.”…

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LYRICS: FIGHT THE POWER
(The Isley Brothers)

[Verse 1]

Time is truly wastin’, there’s no guarantee, yeah

Smile is in the makin’, we've got to fight the powers that be

Got so many voices, saying all the same, yeah

Killing up all around me, faces full of pain

 

[Refrain]

I tried to play my music, they say my music’s too loud

I tried talking about it, I got the big runaround

And when I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground

By all this bullsh&t* going down, hey

Verse 2]

Time is truly wastin’, there’s no guarantee, yeah

Smile is in the makin’, we got to fight the powers that be

I don’t understand it, people wanna say yeah

Those that got the answers, red tape in the way

I could tend to it easy, let’s just have some fun now, now

Seekin’ my satisfaction, keeps me on the run

[Refrain]

[Verse 3]

Time is truly wastin’, there’s no guarantee, yeah

Smile is in the makin’, we got to fight the powers that be

Fight it baby, yeah, woo, hey, even you and I can fight the power

Fight it, fight the power (repeat to end)


Online Source: https://genius.com/The-isley-brothers-fight-the-power-part-1-and-2-lyrics
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*This word is fully spelled out in these lyrics.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THAT SOUND FILE'S DISCUSSION THREAD
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QZvoOqUkqw&ab_channel=TheIsleyBrothersVEVO

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1. solomonsworld
"Before Crack.  You fought The Power with Soul."

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2. Gidget Pompey, 2018
"solomonsworld yeah"

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3. Robin Peavy, 2019
"Amen!"

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4. Caroline Eubanks, 2019
"you aint neva lied"

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5. Dougie Fresh, 2020
"thats a lot deeper then most people truly know"

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6. James C. Lockwood, 2020
"The only thing crack did was make make you escape the power, temporarily.   Until  the man brought all the power down on you."

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2017
7. MELVIN T BRIDGEWATER
"This Song Has More Meaning Now Than Ever"

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8. Lisa Hill
"This is REAL MUSIC!!!"

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9. mrmusic 248, 2018
"Lisa Hill: REAL MUSIC, played on REAL instruments, with NO AUTO TUNE !!!

In other words, it was the 70's."

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10. B. J. Banditt, 2020
"COMPLETELY AGREED, Ms. Hill. As REAL as it gets!!!!!! Please continue 2 FIGHT THE POWER (A.K.A: COVID-19)!!!!!!"

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11. Rob M., 2017
"Such a powerful song that lyrics still ring true today !!!!"

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12. tucknodoogs
"Wow..these guys are the original gangsta rappers...and black lives matter protesters...I remember liking this song as a kid, now that I'm  57 I still like it but I guess I never realized the message in the music."

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13. Spaneen Oomlong, 2018
"Gangsta Rappers?? Come on. More like Rock 'n Roll and Funk, especially with the guitar on the other songs on the album."

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14. gemini woman0
"funny, today after seeing all the protests across the country on fb this song came to mind that I heard as a youngster, I'm 55 now"

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15. Frank Marion
"Bad ASS Funk!"

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2018

16. Raul Green
"This bad funk & rock R&B song, make everybody fight the power."

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17. B. J. Banditt
"Mr. Green; I SALUTE U!!!!!! Please bear in mind that the Isley Brothers gave Jimi Hendrix his biggest break in his music career; w/o the Isley Brothers, there's no Jimi Hendrix whatsoever. Hence, y the Isley Brothers r Rock & Roll HOFers (& deservedly so). The Isley Brothers r TRUE MUSIC PIONEERS!!!!!"
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"HOF"= Hall of Fame

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18. joseph overmyer
"Sisters and Brothers DO NOT GIVE UP"

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19. Ced Bigby, 2019
"Were not✌Thanks"

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20. Vanessa Anderson, 2020
"AMEN"

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21. ken zuck
"Funk at its best. As a kid in 70's - I loved a lot music. This song  and the group - One of the best."

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22. B. J. Banditt, 2020
"Ken: u r so SPOT-ON!!!!!! The song (& its title) SPEAKS 4 ITSELF!!!!!"

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23. Mr Maxxx
"a black national anthem to stand up for,back in the day when not only was the music funky,however you got real talk,the isley Brothers got anthems for ya mind,spirit,soul and music that speaks to the African soul,all the racism,black folks being killed by the police still dealing with Jim Crow tendencies.stay woke"

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24. Nicole Sylvester
"Funky beat and the lyrics are are sooooo real for the current times. Time is TRULY WASTING!!!! STANUP AND FIGHT IT!!!! Together we got the power✊🏾👍🏾 Rip, Trevon Martin, Sandra Bland Ezell Ford Eric Garner John Crawford Michael Brown and all others I didn't mention. 1 luv💕 Fight The Powers That Be and all this Bullsh&t going down 👮🏻 feel me. ✌🏾"

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2019
25. Troy Ellis
"Quinky Dink- I shared this FLASHBACK JAM with a coworker; and he surprisingly told me he was incarcerated with Ronnie Isley in a federal prison in the state of Indiana known back then as the " Gladiator " prison . He said Ronnie's cellmate was a known gangmember of an infamous Chicago gang . It's a small world !"

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26. Phil McCarthy
"Lead off track on one of the greatest  albums of all time . Searing funk on side 1 and liquid love ballads on side 2. The Isley's were on top of their game at this time and only the GO FOR YOUR GUNS album from '77 is at the same level. Either way 44 years later this is still as fresh and funky and soulful as it was in '75 ."

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27. Lisa Whitfield, 2020
"Amen."

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28. KELINA AYERS
I can recall when this song was so hot off the wax and the tracks,
The dances started with the Hustle. Then they called it "The Bus Stop".
Then they renamed it "The Electric Slide". 
But I forget what dances they are doing now, Wow, but those were "The Good Old Days".
"When life was simple" "Life was good" with great fun and excitement
great night clubs, concerts to attend throughout the summer 24/7 ---365 of the
Well it's great to have youtube.com & Pandora to listen to occassionally
& reminisce about the "good times".
Wow why did they have to go.
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This comment was written in all Caps except for the words "youtube.com".

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29. Basil Shahiyd
"Baddest tune they ever did..

Second to none!!!"

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30. Kenneth Scott
"I was born in 1979 ,and this song has it's own meaning for being Black that society will never understand until they attempt to walk in our shoes thru it all. They wont so manifest this power within! That's what black means excellence through adversity. BLACK LUV 4EVER!"

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31. Christopher Hayes
"Part II when they really started fighting the power if your BLACK POWER FIST ain’t in the air for the whole time while you nodding your head u don’t have a soul"

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2020
32. steven strube
"SERIOUS SOUNDS OF THE 70"s !!!!!!!!!!!"

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33. lessly carthan
"This so funky i had to take another shower after getting out the shower"

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34. A Smith "The lyrics in this song from the 1970's applies to the systemic racist atrocities happening in America at this very moment!  Which shows very little has changed all these years in improving race relations in this country.  In fact, it's gotten worse in my opinion.   This song should be played by major-city deejays everyday!   A shame what was relevant in the 70's, is still relevant today!  Fight the power by withholding that almighty dollar bill.  That would make a heck of an impact!!!!!!

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36. Ray Lopez
"Junior high school late 70s early 70s homegirl’s homeboys doing the soul train line throwing the signs up in the air good times"

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37. Jeffrey Chandler
"Wow, I can intensely remember this deep poignant (political song) summer of 1975. I was fresh out of HS. The message among my peers at that time, to "fight the power".  What a time it was, we did not have the tech like today. The essential and prime ingredient was unity among all people. I certainly hope and pray that the young people representative of today will " fight the power".  The world that they are inheriting is far complex and difficult, compared to what we had to deal with in 1975."

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38. Phyllis Hansen
"the drummer on this record did awesome job

Such a powerful song that lyrics still ring true today !!!!

This bad funk & rock R&B song, make everybody fight the power."

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39. Vanessa Anderson
"2020 STILL FIGHTING THE POWER"

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40. Madison Manning
"Sisters and Brothers DO NOT GIVE UP

you gotta fight the powers that be!

The most right on tune that I can think of to truly express my thoughts about the times we live in"

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41. Kar Lar
"And here we go again. But this music got us through back then"

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42. TollFree999
"The song that inspired Chuck D and Public Enemy!"

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43. Sea Pea
"I just learned about it from Chuck D on Vlad TV."

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44. Campbell Young
"Not surprising that the PE interpretation overshadows this track historically, but this is a STROOOOONG tune. Can't believe I haven't heard it til now. Maybe I did? I had a Best Of cassette from the Isleys in the mid 90's, which I've since lost, but I don't remember this tune sticking out.... I'm here cuz Chuck D shouted this tune out in the recent DJ Vlad interview..."

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45. Travel with Tal
"I was Raised with my Fist in the Air and this Song on the Record player!"

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46. James Anderson
"This song is even more relevant now than it was in 1975 "

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Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston" (with video & lyric)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series about Toots And The Maytals, an iconic Jamaican Ska & Rocksteady music group.

Part II presents information about the Toots And The Maytals' song "Funky Kingston". This post also showcases a YouTube video of Toots And The Maytals performing "Funky Kingston", and includes the lyrics to that song.

Update: April 17, 2019: The Addendum to this post presents a (music) definition for the word "funk" and information about "Funk music".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-about-iconic-jamaican-ska.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about Toots And The Maytals and showcases a YouTube video of the group's song "54-46 That's My Number." Information about that song is included in this post along with a link to that song's lyrics.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/toots-and-maytals-funky-kingston.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases a YouTube sound of file of Toots And The Maytals' "Funky Kingston" and documents selected comments from the discussion thread of that sound file.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Toots And The Maytals for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Funky Kingston - Toots and the Maytals



connectartists, Published on Aug 23, 2009
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Statistics: as of April 16, 2019 2:13 PM EST
total views - 547,411
total likes - 3,300
total dislikes - 25
total comments - 157

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALBUM AND SONG "FUNKY KINGSTON"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Kingston
"Funky Kingston is the name of two albums by reggae singing group Toots and the Maytals. The first was issued in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in 1972 on Dragon Records, DRLS 5002, a subsidiary label of Island Records, owned by Chris Blackwell.[2] A different album, with the same cover and title, was issued in the United States in 1975 on Mango Records, MLPS 9330. That album peaked at #164 on the Billboard 200 and was voted the eleventh best album of 1975 in the annual Pazz & Jop poll.[3] In 2003, the American version was placed at number 378 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[4]

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Context
When the music for this album was recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston, reggae music was little known outside of its native Jamaica, other than in musical circles. The first international release by The Wailers, Catch A Fire, would not be until 1973. Awareness of reggae began to change in 1972 with the release of the seminal film The Harder They Come (1972), which became a cult hit that year in the UK, with its soundtrack featuring two numbers by the Maytals.[7] The Maytals had been consistent hit makers in Jamaica during the 1960s, and had even given the genre its name with their single "Do the Reggay". As he would with the Wailers the following year, producer Chris Blackwell tailored the Maytals for the international market on this album.[8]

Appearances in other media
The title track, "Funky Kingston", appears in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game soundtrack, on the fictitious radio station K-Jah West. It also features as the opening theme for the reality show Miami Ink. It was the basis for the "Funky Vodka" track, which in turn fueled "Don't Stop The Party". The song can be heard in the film "Notes On A Scandal" where the Hart family can be seen dancing to it. The song "Time Tough" was featured on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Project 8.”...
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The song “Funky Kingston” is a track on Side One of the album with the same name.
“Funky Vodka” was recorded by ___
“Don’t Stop The Party” was recorded by Pittbull

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LYRICS: FUNKY KINGSTON
(Frederick "Toots" Hibbert)

Everybody, give it to me! Uh!
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey!
Yeah! Oh yeah
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey!

I want you to believe every word I say
I want you to believe everything I do
I said music is what I've got to give
And I've got to find some way to make it
Music is what I've got baby
I want you to come on and shake it
Shake it, shake it baby
Oh yeah, hey
Na na na
Oh yeah! Na na na

Funky, Funky, Funky
Funky Kingston, is what I've got for you
Oh yeah
Funky Kingston, yeah, is what I've got for you
Funky Kingston, oh yeah
Oh!
Uh! (x9)
Lemme hear your, funky guitar
Eh Eh! Eh Eh! Eh Eh!
Yo reggae
Hear the piano, stick it to me, stick to me

Na Na Na Na
Oh yeah, alright, oh yeah
Watch me now
You watch me now
Playing from east to west yeah
I just play from north to south, yeah
I love black America
People keep on asking me for, Funky Kingston!
But I ain't got none
Somebody take it away from me


Source: https://genius.com/Toots-and-the-maytals-funky-kingston-lyrics

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ADDENDUM- (MUSIC) DEFINITION FOR "FUNKY" AND INFORMATION ABOUT "FUNK MUSIC"
Funky
a) of or related to funk music

b) something or someone that is "cool", "hip" (and the same or similar newer superlatives)
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These definitions are different from the "smelly", "odorous", "nasty", "stinky" (and "stinking") meaning of "funky". However, if music is really funky, it will cause people to sweat while they "get down", i.e. dance/perform soulfully without inhibitions, including dance close to the ground. Also, “getting down and dirty" means playing music and dancing with all your heart. In so doing, those people and that place will smell funky (stink).

Note that one contemporary African American vernacular meaning of "nasty" is to perform or otherwise do something very well.

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Excerpt #1:
From https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17228/where-does-funk-and-or-funky-come-from-and-why-the-musical-reference answered by Callithumpian Mar 22 '11
"As the Wikipedia entry on Funk indicates, Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson has posited an African origin to the musical use of funky. Here is an expanded quote from his 1984 work, Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy:

The slang term 'funky' in black communities originally referred to strong body odor, and not to 'funk,' meaning fear or panic. The black nuance seems to derive from the Ki-Kongo lu-fuki, 'bad body odor,' and is perhaps reinforced by contact with fumet, 'aroma of food and wine,' in French Louisiana. But the Ki-Kongo word is closer to the jazz word 'funky' in form and meaning, as both jazzmen and Bakongo use 'funky' and lu-fuki to praise persons for the integrity of their art, for having 'worked out' to achieve their aims. In Kongo today it is possible to hear an elder lauded in this way: 'like, there is a really funky person!--my soul advances toward him to receive his blessing (yati, nkwa lu-fuki! Ve miela miami ikwenda baki) Fu-Kiau Bunseki, a leading native authority on Kongo culture, explains: 'Someone who is very old, I go sit with him, in order to feel his lu-fuki, meaning, I would like to be blessed by him.' For in Kongo the smell of a hardworking elder carries luck. This Kongo sign of exertion is identified with the positive energy of a person. Hence, 'funk' in black American jazz parlance can mean earthiness, a return to fundamentals.

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Excerpt #2:
From https://uselessetymology.com/2017/11/25/the-etymology-of-funk/
....“a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).”...

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Excerpt #2: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk
"Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths.

Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with heavy emphasis on the first beat of every measure ("The One"), and the application of swung 16th notes and syncopation on all bass lines, drum patterns, and guitar riffs.[2] Other musical groups, including Sly and the Family Stone, the Meters, and Parliament-Funkadelic, soon began to adopt and develop Brown's innovations. While much of the written history of funk focuses on men, there have been notable funk women, including Chaka Khan, Labelle, Lyn Collins, Brides of Funkenstein, Klymaxx, Mother's Finest, and Betty Davis."...
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The words that are written in italics were given that way in this article.

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What "Don't Fake The Funk On A Nasty Dunk" REALLY Means

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is the third of a three part series about the word "funk". Part III presents comments about the meaning of the saying "Don't Fake The Funk On A Nasty Dunk" and includes a video of a commercial in which Shaquille O'Neil uses that saying.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/how-funky-came-to-mean-something-good.html for Part I of this post.

Part I provides information and comments about the Latin etymology and the Kongolese etymology for the word "funk". That post also provides several definitions for the word "funk" and the word "funky".

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/how-funky-came-to-mean-something-good.html.
Part I provides information and comments about the Latin etymology and the Kongolese etymology for the word "funk". That post also provides several definitions for the word "funk" and the word "funky".

Part II features a video and lyrics of the 1992 Hip-Hop song "Fakin The Funk"(remix) by Main Source. That post also includes my comments about the meanings of certain words in that rap.

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All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those quoted in this post, all those featured in the video and the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO:

Shaq Reebok Commercial



Juan Martin, Uploaded on Oct 4, 2006

shaq reebok superbowl commercial(1993),shaq and the test with some nba legends and shaq and the backboard again,spectacular commercial.
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Shaq is professional basketball player Shaquille O’ Neal.
Selected comments from this video:
Comments:

Riccardo Perozzi, 2007
"chamberlain,russel ,walton, jabbar .... WOW!!!"

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truepinoytamaraw, 2010
"5 greatest centers in the NBA!!!!! :) shaq, wilt, walton, kareem, russell!!!!!!!!!"

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[Comment from another uploading of that video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-vPBqLplg:
FireStormTrooper, 2007
"awesome commercial: shaq paying his dues to the legends (bill russell, wilt chamberlain, kareem abdul-jabbar and bill walton)."

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WHAT "FAKIN THE FUNK ON A NASTY DUNK" MEANS
The meaning of "fakin the funk" from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fakin+the+funk by Nabru, September 14, 2005
"fakin' the funk
When you are pretending to be something you are not, capable of a skill or trait you do not possess, or in some other way misrepresenting yourself. See fronting.

KRS-ONE is an old school rapper who dislikes so-called "Gansta" rappers who are just fakin' the funk."

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The meaning of the basketball term "dunk" (also known as "slam dunk")
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam_dunk
"A slam dunk, also dunk or dunk shot, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball(s) above the horizontal plane of the rim, and guides the ball(s) downward through the basket with one or both hands contacting the rim.[1]

This is considered a normal field goal attempt; if successful it is worth two points. Such a shot was known as a "dunk shot"[1] until the term "slam dunk" was coined by Los Angeles Lakers announcer Chick Hearn.[2]

The slam dunk is the most efficient basketball shot. Moreover, it is a crowd-pleaser."...

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The meaning of the saying "Don't Fake The Funk On A Nasty Dunk"
This saying was used as a password to enter the gymnasium for exceptionally skillfull basketball centers. The password was a warning that anyone who wanted to be considered to be on the same level as those basketball greats better have his (or her) "A" game on as there would be no way that that person could pretend to have those skills. In my opinion, this saying can be extrapolated to mean "Be yourself, don't try to pretend to be someone who you're not, because eventually you'll be put to the test and found to be faking."
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Commenters about "Don't Fake The Funk On A Nasty Dunk" have different opinions about the meaning of the word "nasty". Some examples of that are given in the additional comments section below.

I believe that in the early 1990s when this commercial was filmed, the word "nasty" meant "very bad" (as in not good at all). I think that "nasty" still has that meaning, unlike the slang meaning of the word "sick" which in the 2000s can mean "very good". When Shaquille O'Neal made that great slam dunk in the commercial, he proved to those basketball greats that he belonged in their presence. In other words, by making that slam dunk, he proved that he wasn't faking the funk.

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT THIS SAYING
From http://www.sportscenteraltar.com/phrases/usage.asp?ID=125
"This one is from Shaq's first commercial when he got to the NBA. It was a Reebok commercial. Everybody was calling him the next great center, and Reebok played on that, showing Shaq appear at like a private gym or something... He's asked what the password is and says, "Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk." He's then allowed into a gym with Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Jabbar. They toss Shaq a ball and say, "show us," and he runs up to a basket, dunking the ball and tearing down the rim."

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"This goes way back before Shaq, though he got the phrase back in action. Darryl Dawkins used to say it a loooooong time ago.

Are we talking about a time when nasty was a bad adjective to have modifying the status of your dunk? Or has the nastiness of one's dunk always been an admirable goal? If nasty is undesirable, then the phrase clearly means you should not fake the funk if you have just made an average, perhaps slightly malodorous, dunk. If nasty is something to strive for, then it is saying one shouldn't force the funk of any particular dunk and let the funk stand on its own merits."

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"It's obvious what the phrase means: not all dunks look good. If yours doesn't, don't act like a badass when you come down off the rim - cause you ain't got the FUNK, and funk is a good thing to have."

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"Nasty, in this context, is a bad adjective... it's the only way it would make sense."

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"Yo, you boys need some old schoolin' going on, back in my days in the NBA, dunks weren't "nasty", thats come about from you whippersnappers, back then, "nasty" meant what "fugly" means now.."

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"The phrase means that you shouldn't front. If your dunk was nasty, be real about it. Do not fake the funk. This applies to everything, not only dunking."

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From https://themightyf.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/faking-the-funk/, June 4, 2012
"Faking the Funk
...Of course more recently we remember this phrase from a TV commercial featuring former Kazaam star and basketball legend, Shaquille O’ Neal. Shaq says DFtFoaND as a password to gain entry to some sort of mysterious slam-jam showcase lair, shortly before throwing down a nasty dunk that destroys the backboard and impresses some older b-ball fogeys. The commercial was culturally significant on many levels …, but perhaps most important was the introduction of DFtFoaND into our vernacular. Clearly the phrase was awesome – but what does it mean to fake the funk, and how does one avoid doing so?

Much has been written on the topic. Scholars have debated its true and exact meaning, but this much is true – faking the funk in its most general sense means to try to be something you’re not. Faking the funk is exuding a bravado that is not commensurate with your qualifications. It’s being phony-baloney.

Sure the phrase has a more direct meaning in basketball parlance (when you slam-jam, do so with authority, or do not attempt a slam at all), but for those of us unable to perform a nasty dunk, or even so much as a mild dunk, there is still much to be gleaned from DFtFoaND. The takeaway from this wise phrase is to just be yourself, and to do your best.

Don’t try to be someone you’re not, don’t worry about trying to impress others. That’s the essence of DFtFoaND, and a tremendous piece of life wisdom"...
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Italics and bold font were in the original article.

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Main Source - "Fakin The Funk" (remix), Hip Hop video, lyrics, & lyric explanations)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is the second of a three part pancocojams series about the word "funk". Part II features a video and lyrics of the 1992 Hip-Hop song "Fakin The Funk"(remix) by Main Source. That post also includes my comments about the meanings of certain words in that rap.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/how-funky-came-to-mean-something-good.html for Part I of this post. Part I provides information and comments about the Latin etymology and the Kongolese etymology for the word "funk". That post also provides several definitions for the word "funk" and the word "funky".

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-dont-fake-funk-on-nasty-dunk.html for Part III of this series.

Part III presents comments about the meaning of the saying "Don't Fake The Funk On A Nasty Dunk" and includes a video of a commercial in which Shaquille O'Neil uses that saying.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric and cultural reasons.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those quoted in this post and thanks to Main Source for this record.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO:  

Main Source - Fakin' The Funk (1992)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMeqyLDs1u4&ab_channel=BlackUrbanGrooves

Black Urban Grooves, Feb 15, 2019
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The video clip that was posted by DiggindCratez Uploaded on Oct 22, 2011 which was originally published in this post is no longer available. Here's a quote from that summary as well a comment from that video's discussion thread. 

White Men Can't Jump Soundtrack ©1992 Wild Pitch Records/EMI
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This record is considered to be classic (old school) Hip Hop.

Here's a comment from that video's viewer comment thread:
TheReIntegration, 2014
"A lot of people never knew that this version is actually the "Remix" not the original version. This version got more hype cause this version was based on the sound track!"
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This song is included in the soundtrack of the "White Men Can't Jump" movie, and is heard on the car radio while the character Wesley Snipes is portraying is driving.

Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgB3jRdcyeQ for a sound file of the original version of "Fakin The Funk" by Main Source. Unlike the remix which was made for the for the soundtrack of the "White Man Can't Jump" movie, the original version contains profanity.

Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Source for information about the Hip Hop group Main Source.

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LYRICS: FAKIN THE FUNK (remix)
(as recorded by Main Source)
(feat. Neek the Exotic)

[Large Professor]
Now I've never been one to knock the next man for getting his
You know what I'm saying? (Right, right)
And I do realize that now hip-hop is a form of showbiz (Uh huh)
But this has always been something with which you have to be true
So in the year on 1992...(this is how we do!)

[Large Professor]
At the age of 19, heard the scene
A lot of M.C.'s that do not come clean
Fronting on dealing hard times in rhymes
You see him in the streets and you see no signs
Of the hell, and they get on stage and tell
Some cornball war story, ring the bell (word)
You're fakin the funk
Talking that extra hard junk, you're probably a punk
And Imma let you know, that this way
You just don't cut with the artificial flow

[Neek the Exotic]When fakes try to front, they get smoked like blunts
My rhymes penetrate like skunk
Ayo word up, I think you're fakin' the funk
Neek the Exotic breaks backs and necks

[Large Professor]
You're fakin the funk! (You're fakin the funk)

[Chorus:]
Yo! You're fakin' the funk! (You're fakin the funk) [x6]

[Large Professor]
You do a song about a current event
Get on television and seem hesitant to represent
And that's what we call fraud
You can't kick the streets with a look I sold out a board (word)
And everywhere has streets
That's not trying to hear the same wack rhymes
Over the same stink beats
Cause times are real, and I can't feel
Putting...down on the reel to reel

[Neek the Exotic]
Now I'm a let you know
With those weak style of raps, it's time to go
I eject rejects that step
I'm a vet ready to snap your neck
I shine and rhyme at the same time
The mastermind of the sport called the rhyme
Now it's my time to dump chumps that front
(Ayo Professor what's up?)

[Large Professor]
You're fakin' the funk

[Chorus 1/2]

[Large Professor]
The era of the wack M.C.
Is getting shut down when the Main Source stomps through your town
Cause we don't play the role of a clown
And keep things jumping with the real rap sound

So to all the people stealing beats (You're fakin the funk)
To the crossover rapper with the pleats (You're fakin the funk)
To all the chumps that's claiming the streets (You're fakin the funk)
Fronting incredible feats (You're fakin the funk)
To the girl acting like a prostitute (You're fakin the funk)
Wearing that hooker type suit (You're fakin the funk)
To the rapper with the big space suit (You're fakin the funk)
To the artist that doesn't pay dues (You're fakin the funk)

[Neek the Exotic]
Cause, exotic and then you're torn with the hyper tone
I can't be blown because my rhymes are hard like stone
So prepare for the scare, because I'm you're worst nightmare, punk
Cause you're fakin the...

[Chorus]

Source: http://lyrics.wikia.com/Main_Source:Fakin'_The_Funk

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EXPLANATION OF VARIOUS TERMS FROM THAT RAP
(given in order of their use in the rap with the lyrics given in parenthesis)

fakin the funk [title of rap & refrain]
From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fakin+the+funk by Nabru, September 14, 2005
"fakin' the funk
When you are pretending to be something you are not, capable of a skill or trait you do not possess, or in some other way misrepresenting yourself. See fronting.

KRS-ONE is an old school rapper who dislikes so-called "Gansta" rappers who are just fakin' the funk."

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"come clean" [A lot of M.C.'s that do not come clean] = tell the truth
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frontin [Fronting on dealing hard times in rhymes] = pretending, faking
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Front [When fakes try to front] = show a fake visage
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[when fakes try to front they are smoked like blunts] = blunts= marijuana cigarettes; The fake M.C.s are "smoked" meaning inhaled and used up without any real effort
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[ring the bell (word)]= similar to "Tell the truth", "Tell it like it is", with someone else responding "word" [similar to That's right", "Yeah", or "Un hun".
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Yo! = in this context, an interjection that in this context means the same as "Yeah".
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represent [seem hesitant to represent] = to be a representative for; speak on behalf of a community and/or a group of people
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streets [And everywhere has streets] = people from the streets [the 'hood, particularly refers to people from lower income/working class neighborhoods]
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wack [That's not trying to hear the same wack rhymes] = weak, silly, inauthentic, in this context
lyrics that don't convey the reality of the streets (the 'hood)
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Ayo word up = "Ayo" and "word up" were interjections that were common among African Americans in the early 1990s, with "word up" and "word" (meaning "That's right!) being more common than "Ayo".
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blown (I can't be blown because my rhymes are hard like stone) = can't fail (can't fall down)
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hard rhymes = lyrics that convey the hard life of the streets, lyrics that aren't wack
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pay dues = put in hard work, blood, sweat, and tears to become a success

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How "Funky" Came To Mean Something Good (African American Vernacular English Meanings)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest Revision- Nov. 19, 2020

This is the first of a three part pancocojams series about the word "funk". Part I provides information and comments about the Latin etymology and the Kongolese etymology for the word "funk". That post also provides several definitions for the word "funk" and the word "funky".

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/main-source-fakin-funk-remix-hip-hop.html for Part II of this series. Part II features a video and lyrics of the Hip-Hop song "Fakin The Funk" (remix) by Main Source. That post also includes my comments about the meanings of certain terms that are found in that song's lyrics.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-dont-fake-funk-on-nasty-dunk.html for Part III of this series.

Part III presents comments about the meaning of the saying "Don't Fake The Funk On A Nasty Dunk" and includes a video of a commercial in which Shaquille O'Neil uses that saying.

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AFRICAN & AFRICAN AMERICAN ORIGINS AND MEANINGS OF "FUNK", "FUNKY", AND "PUT SOME STANK ON IT"[revised Nov. 18, 2020]
Here are two schools of thought about the etymology of the word "funk", "funky", and "put some stank on it". These quotes are numbered for referencing purposes only. Previously I wrote that "I've numbered and labeled these schools of thought giving preference to the one that I feel is the most valid (recognizing that others may disagree)." However, in re-reading these quotes (on Nov. 19, 2020), I believe both of these theories about the origin of the African American Vernacular English origins and meaning of the word "funky" are equally valid.

I. Etymology For "Funk" #1: Kongolese (African) source
Excerpt #1: From http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17228/where-does-funk-and-or-funky-come-from-and-why-the-musical-reference [Hereafter given as "stackexchange: funk/funky"], Callithumpian, edited Mar 22 '11 at 12:19
..."Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson has posited an African origin to the musical use of funky. Here is an expanded quote from his 1984 work, Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy:

The slang term 'funky' in black communities originally referred to strong body odor, and not to 'funk,' meaning fear or panic. The black nuance seems to derive from the Ki-Kongo lu-fuki, 'bad body odor,' and is perhaps reinforced by contact with fumet, 'aroma of food and wine,' in French Louisiana. But the Ki-Kongo word is closer to the jazz word 'funky' in form and meaning, as both jazzmen and Bakongo use 'funky' and lu-fuki to praise persons for the integrity of their art, for having 'worked out' to achieve their aims. In Kongo today it is possible to hear an elder lauded in this way: 'like, there is a really funky person!--my soul advances toward him to receive his blessing (yati, nkwa lu-fuki! Ve miela miami ikwenda baki). Fu-Kiau Bunseki, a leading native authority on Kongo culture, explains: 'Someone who is very old, I go sit with him, in order to feel his lu-fuki, meaning, I would like to be blessed by him.' For in Kongo the smell of a hardworking elder carries luck. This Kongo sign of exertion is identified with the positive energy of a person. Hence, 'funk' in black American jazz parlance can mean earthiness, a return to fundamentals."

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In the context of this quote "having worked out" means to exert yourself so hard (to put so much of yourself into your actions) that you sweat, and therefore smell earthy. "Earthy" is a smell that is considered "stinky" (odorous), but it is proof that you "returned to fundamentals". Another way of saying "returned to fundamentals" is that "You got down to the real nitty gritty" (the essence, the heart and soul of the matter".

Also, theoretically, people who "have returned to fundamentals" don't mind how they smell or look. At that point, they aren't pretending to be sophisticated, or formal, or something that they aren't. Instead, they are "being for real" (They're the "real deal"). This meaning is the source of the phrase "Don't fake the funk" = Don't pretend to be something that you're not.

More comments about "Don't fake the funk" are found in Part II and Part III of this series.
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Excerpt #2: Focus on the African American Vernacular English phrase "put some stank into it"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk#Etymology
..."In early jam sessions, musicians would encourage one another to "get down" by telling one another, "Now, put some stank on it!". At least as early as 1907, jazz songs carried titles such as Funky. The first example is an unrecorded number by Buddy Bolden remembered as either "Funky Butt" or "Buddy Bolden's Blues" with improvised lyrics that were, according to Donald M. Marquis either "comical and light" or "crude and downright obscene" but, in one way or another, referring to the sweaty atmosphere at dances where Bolden's band played."
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One meaning of the word "stank" is the past tense of the verb "stink". However, in African American English "stank" was and is still a noun that means "to stink really bad." "Stank", like "funky" can be something that is considered very good or very bad (not good).

Telling musicians to "Put some stank on it" means to play music in such a way that dancers go all out (or, to use another African American vernacular phrase "go all in") to the extent that they become soaked with their sweat, and therefore stink. That dancers sweating as a result of their exertions is a sign that the music has touched their soul (the music is soulful).

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UPDATE: February 5, 2015
A comment about the official video for Sean Paul's "Get Busy" record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmxD7jDuPR0 serves as a perfect example for the source* of the African American English meaning of the word "funky":

AmericanRattlesnake, 2011
"i love this song but damn it must stink in there with all that ass shaking in such a crowded little room."
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Click html http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/black-house-parties-then-now-part-ii.html "Black House Parties Then & Now (Part II: Sean Paul's "Get Busy" Video)" for a pancocojams post on that video.

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II. Etymology For "Funk" #2: Latin (European) source
Excerpt #1:
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk#Etymology
"The word funk initially referred (and still refers) to a strong odor. It is originally derived from Latin "fumigare" (to smoke) via Old French "fungiere" and, in this sense, first documented in English in 1620. In 1784 "funky" meaning "musty" is first documented, which, in turn, led to a sense of "earthy" that was taken up around 1900 in early jazz slang for something deeply or strongly felt.[4][5][6]"

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Excerpt #2:
From http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=funky
"funky (adj.) ..."old, musty," in reference to cheeses, then "repulsive," from funk (n.2) + -y (2). It began to develop an approving sense in jazz slang c.1900, probably on the notion of "earthy, strong, deeply felt." Funky also was used early 20c. by white writers in reference to body odor allegedly peculiar to blacks. The word reached wider popularity c.1954 (it was defined in "Time" magazine, Nov. 8, 1954) and in the 1960s acquired a broad slang sense of "fine, stylish, excellent."funk (n.2) Look up funk at Dictionary.com"bad smell," 1620s, probably from the verb funk in the sense "blow smoke upon; stifle with offensive vapor" (though this is not recorded until later 17c.). It is from dialectal French funkière "to smoke," from Old French fungier "give off smoke; fill with smoke," from Latin fumigare "to smoke" (see fume (n.)).

Not considered to be related to obsolete funk (n.) "a spark," mid-14c., fonke, a general Germanic word (compare Dutch vonk, Old High German funcho, German Funke. The Middle English word is probably from Low German or from an unrecorded Old English form.

In reference to a style of music felt to have a strong, earthy quality, it is attested by 1959, a back-formation from funky (q.v.)."
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FumbleFingers, writing in "stackexchange:funk/funky" on Mar 21 '11 at 15:06 also indicates that African American musicians "co-opted" (took, borrowed) the "stinking" meaning of "funk" from Latin sources:
"funky originally meant pungent / earthy, with relatively positive associations to "passive" qualities such as the smell of a cheese, which just sits there mouldering away. Since being co-opted into jazz slang it's acquired the more "active" overtones of actual movement in the sense of lively, rootsy, etc. (funky music encourages dancing & foot-tapping)."
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I'm not convinced that the Latin meaning for "funk" preceded the Kongolese meaning of "funk" among Black folks in the United States.

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"FUNKY" REFERRING TO FASHION SENSE
From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=funky, Sissy J. Depp February 25, 2005
funky 
"Unconventionally modern and stylish.

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From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=funky, Steagles February 12, 2006
funky
1. Something thats cool or admirable (this usage has fallen out of popularity)
2. A bad smell, normally an odor of pubic must*

. Whoa, baby, you smell funky (compliment in 1976)
2. Whoa, baby, you smell funky (NOT a compliment in 2006)
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The word "must" is probably a typo for "musk".

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From http://www.yourdictionary.com/funky
"Funky
adjective
1.The definition of funky is something that smells bad or it is something artistic, modern, unconventional or cool.

a.Old smelly socks are an example of something that would be described as funky.
b.The cool, hip apartment of a young artist is an example of something that would be described as funky."

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FUNK MUSIC
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk
"Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths.

Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with heavy emphasis on the first beat of every measure ("The One"), and the application of swung 16th notes and syncopation on all bass lines, drum patterns, and guitar riffs.[2] Other musical groups, including Sly and the Family Stone, the Meters, and Parliament-Funkadelic, soon began to adopt and develop Brown's innovations. While much of the written history of funk focuses on men, there have been notable funk women, including Chaka Khan, Labelle, Lyn Collins, Brides of Funkenstein, Klymaxx, Mother's Finest, and Betty Davis."...
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The words that are written in italics were given that way in this article.

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