Elfen’s TBT R&B Funk 1984 The Gap Band VI
This week I had a hard time choosing a TBT R&B until one of my favorite R&B Funk bands of all times started playing on iPad The Gap Band. I believe The Gap Band is one of the best R&B Funk bands of the 20th century.
Group members Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson giving props to their home town street Greenwood, Archer, and Pine) in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in the brothers’ hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group shortened its name to The Gap Band in 1973. Sadly brother Robert Wilson passed away in 2010.
Hits include:
- Party Train
- Early Morning
- Oops Upside ya head
If you’re reading this and you’re a gamer You probably heard
“You Dropped a Bomb on Me” was featured in the hit 2004 videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), playing on the fictional funk radio station Bounce FM.
“Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” was featured in DiRT 3 (2011).
“You Dropped a Bomb on Me” was featured in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies In Spaceland (2016)
The Gap Band songs have been sampled by many hip hop artists like Snoop Dog.
Since the 1990s, many of The Gap Band’s hits have been sampled and covered by R&B and hip hop artists such as II D Extreme, Brand Nubian, Tyler, the Creator, 69 Boyz, Ashanti, Big Mello, Blackstreet, Mary J. Blige, Da Brat, Ice Cube, Jermaine Dupri, Mia X, Nas, Rob Base Shaquille O’Neal, Snoop Dogg, Soul For Real, and Vesta. Other musicians inspired by The Gap Band include Guy, Aaron Hall, Jagged Edge, Bill Heausler, Mint Condition, R. Kelly, Ruff Endz, Keith Sweat, Joe Miller, GRiTT, The Delta Troubadours, and D’Extra Wiley.
Producer Heavy D sampled “Outstanding” for “Every Little Thing” a 1995 hit single by his boy band prodigies Soul For Real which reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lead singer Charlie Wilson who affectionately nick named Uncle Charlie has a successful solo career teaming up with Snoop Dog and many others.
But anyway ya’ll give The Gap Band a listen!! Next week Alexander O’Neal
Bio Source Wikipedia : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap_Band