The Original

The Original Artist: Clyde Stubblefield
Label: Liquid 8
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 820041215825
EAN: 0820041215825
ASIN: B0000TAZWE


Release Date: 2004-01-06

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Tracks:

  1. The Original
  2. Hippest March Part 1
  3. You Said
  4. The Difference
  5. The Walking Band
  6. Hippest March Part 2
  7. Special Bridge
  8. Okay
  9. Stubbs' Relentless Groove
  10. Learn To Cook

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Where did the funk go ?.......2006-10-23

I have gloried in Clyde's days with James Brown - recently I got the Live & Loud concert cd from 1968 in Dallas - he was the "master blaster". Clyde still shows he can get on the beat but the album on a whole was disappointment. I expected him to cut loose at any time but there was just more gags and laughing.

5 out of 5 stars CLYDE FINALLY "GIVES HIMSELF SOME"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-07-15

In the past, Maceo, Fred, and Bootsy have released their solo albums and FINALLY!!!, Clyde "the Original Funky Drummer" Stubblefield has his own album, and I am happy to say that he came through with a MASTERPIECE at the right time when Hip-Hop is on life support. To all the Hip-Hoppers who are tired of the same ol'"just-add-water" production that is just simply getting on my last nerve, PLEASE!!!! Do yourselves a favor and cop this CD, and let a real old school James Brown alumnus guide the Hip-Hop Nation

5 out of 5 stars He Is The Original Funky Drummer.......2004-05-29

We are all in debt to Mr. Stubblefield for his massive contributions to modern music. He created the funk beat and raised it as his child, he is the most sampled drummer in the world, and he has his place in the Rock & Roll hall of fame next to James Brown. Produced by Ben Sidran and Leo Sidran, "The Original" is an R&B record you can bump in your car, woo your lover, or cook Cajun to; courtesy of Stubblefield's relentless grooves. The female vocals are smooth as satin, and the horn section skillfully flows between hi-hat and bass drum. Frequent back-and-forth dialogue between the Sidrans and Stubblefield will take you right into the sound booth, looking directly at the man behind the beat. To Mr. Stubblefield, 59 is just a number. "The Original" explores his life from his past days with the "walking band" of Chattanooga Tennessee through the present as a survivor and Madison institution. If you only buy one album this year, this should be it. All content copyright Maximum Ink, 2004.

4 out of 5 stars Grooves galore: Albums are promising for new label.......2004-01-21

By Jim Abbott | Sentinel Pop Music Critic
Posted January 9, 2004

**** Clyde Stubblefield, The Original (Liquid 8/Nardis); **** Various artists, The Down and Dirty (Liquid 8/Nardis): Clyde Stubblefield's funky beats on vintage James Brown tracks have been sampled by thousands of hip-hop acts, but it has taken more than three decades for the drummer to release a solo album.

The Original , a reference to Stubblefield's title as the "original funky drummer," is worth the wait. In addition to being a confident combination of jazz, mannered hip-hop and old-school funk, these 10 songs are an auspicious debut for Nardis, a Minneapolis jazz label directed by pianist Ben Sidran.

Sidran and his son Leo are the principal producers and arrangers on The Original , building tight, intensely rhythmic grooves around Stubblefield's foundation. The drumming isn't flashy, but each snare drum and bass combination is a perfect one-two punch.

Though the beat is the attraction, the unobtrusive melodies are capable of commanding attention, especially the unison tenor sax and trombone in "Stubbs' Relentless Groove."

That groove is extended on The Down and Dirty , a compilation of Go Jazz tracks released separately by Nardis as a companion to The Original . It includes the title track of Stubblefield's album along with songs featuring trumpeter Clark Terry, vocalist Jon Hendricks and guitarist Phil Upchurch, among others.

Upchurch leads the closing "I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin,' " with Stubblefield on drums, the JB Horns (Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis, Maceo Parker) and Prince cohorts Rosie Gaines and Michael Bland.

Nardis plans to release similar compilations with each of its 10 scheduled releases this year. The Down and Dirty is a promising start.

Copyright ý 2004, Orlando Sentinel

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