Future Funk

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Future Funk
Live album by Experience Unlimited
Released	1982
Genre	Go-go old-school hip hop
Length	35:13
Label	Galaxy Unlimited Records[1]
Producer	Robert "Shine" Freeman(exec)
Experience Unlimited chronology
Just the Way You Like It (1981) Future Funk (1982) 2 Places at the Same Time (1986)

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Future Funk is a live album released in 1982 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Experience Unlimited.[3]

Critical reception

The Washington Informer wrote: "Side Two is given over to 'Crankin' At The Go Go'. This is the E.U. groove—nineteen minutes and eighteen seconds of it. Long form, tongue-in-cheek, big fun funk, its raison d'etre is that 'everybody got to do the do.' You know ... the 'do' ... the 'freaky deak' ... Anyway 'Crankin ...' is definitely for pumping up the dance floor."[1]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Wind It On Up" – 6:04
2. "Future Funk" – 6:38
3. "Tell Me Why" – 3:13

Side B

1. "Crankin' at the Go-Go" – 19:38

Personnel

• Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott – lead vocals, bass guitar
• Ivan Goff – keyboards
• Kent Wood – keyboards
• Ricky “Sugarfoot” Wellman – drums
• Genairo "Foxxy" Brown Foxx – congas, percussions
• Timothy "Short Tim" Glover – percussions
• Valentino "Tino" Jackson – electric guitar
• Darryel "Tidy Boy" Hayes – trumpet
• Michal "Go Go Mike" Taylor – trombone

References

1. "REVIEW: E.U. Is Breaking Into New Market". The Washington Informer. 19 (22): 18. Mar 23, 1983.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 232.
3. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

External links

• Future Funk at Discogs