Funkafied

Artist: MC Breed
Label: Wrap
Category: Music

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Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 019011813325
EAN: 0019011813325
ASIN: B000000MAU

Release Date: 1994-06-07

Funkafied

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Tracks:

Underground Address
What You Want
Smokin'
Late Nite Creep (Booty Call)
Teach My Kids
This Is How We Do It 1 - George Clinton
One Time
Seven Years
The Deal Is Da Funk
Shootin' From The Hip
Break Yourself
Back Up In Ya!
This Is How We Do It 2 - George Clinton
Flava Uv Phony
B.R. Double E.D.
Ol' School

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Customer Reviews:

MC Breed Came Thru Here, Maybe His Best.......2007-04-20

Breed came hella tight here on his 1994 joint, Funkafied. He is to rap what George Clinton and Bootsy Collins are to P-Funk. Just look at the cover of the album to see! Lyrically, he has a good flow and a dope raspy voice. His topics are not groundbreaking, weed smoke, girls, and the funk, but he is entertaining. If you like Too Short, his homie, you may just like Breed. Beats are very much funky, many are G-Funk at its purest form. Producers include DJ Flash, Brett Ski, Big C, Swift, The Hurra, and MC Breed (Eric Breed) himself. I love the bouncy P-Funk inflected "Back Up In Ya," a perfect house party jam. "Smokin'" is the hooter joint, nice twangy guitar riff and laid back beat. I love the bouncy Zapp sampled "Flava Uv Phony" (f/ Al Breed from DFC) with a sick battle type rhyme scheme and a sick old-school beat which falls in between a West Coast meets East Coast atmosphere. Occasionally, the album approaches a slight East Coast feel on tracks like "Shootin' From The Hip" and "Seven Years," and those beats are dope also. Overall, a dope album from MC Breed. MC Breed should not be slept on because he is entertaining and can tailor his style for heads on the West Coast, The East Coast, Down South and Up North, like where he's from (Flint, Mi).

It's funky enough.......2007-03-17

This is an album that really grew on me. I remember first hearing it and being quite disappointed. When I buy an MC Breed album, I expect an MC Breed album, and this is certainly a far cry from all the other MC Breed albums. I once read a description of Breed as "the workingman's rapper," which I liked, he's always been an incredibly solid rapper who put out album after album to little recognition. "Funkafied" is by far his most unique and strange effort. Over the years, Breed became more known for following trends than setting them, successfully joining the west coast and dirty south movements during his career despite being a native of Flint, Michigan. But "Funkafied" is totally out there on its own. If you want an idea of what it sounds like, take a glance at the cover and you'll get an idea. This sounds like a blend of George Clinton and Kokane, which definitely threw me off at first, especially because it was released shortly after his "The New Breed" album, which had a heavy g-funk influence and collabos with 2Pac, Too Short, Warren G, and the DOC. "Funkafied" has less noteworthy collabos, but he has two short ones with George Clinton. There are some seriously nice grooves on this album. The production sounds like Parliament and that kind of funk project, and he samples a lot of that style as well. There's a lot of that George Clinton style singing too. The lyricism is surprisingly good too, but what brings it down a little is the delivery; the contrast between the overbearing music and singing sometimes overpowers the verses and takes the spotlight off them. I'm not really sure why MC Breed would make this album, but it's definitely something I've come to really appreciate and certainly recommend.

After the "Underground Address" intro, the album begins with "What You Want," which has whiny synths and an upbeat bassline, setting the stage for the album. "Smokin'" is a highlight for the album, with an incredibly tight saxophone section instrumental and great chorus. "Late Night Creep (Booty Call)" has funky horns and guitars and some nice singing as well, it's a feel good song and grooves really well. The lyrical highlight is "Teach My Kids," which also has a great beat. Breed talks about how kids should be raised and challenges parents who neglect teaching their children "more than their ABCs." After the quick Clinton track "This Is How We Do It 1," Breed follows with the average "One Time," after which comes the very nice "Seven Years." "Deal With da Funk" is also really good, and "Shootin' From the Hip" is another lyrical track about teens with guns with the typically funky production. I like "Break Yourself," but I thought "Back Up in Ya!" was just okay. "This Is How We Do It 2" precedes "Flava Uv Phony," which lyrically is good but sounds too similar to others on this album musically. "B.R. Double E. D." is laidback, and "Ol' School" is a funny beatbox track.

This is a really weird album and doesn't fit logically into Breed's discography at all. But if listened to with an open mind, I think it's really enjoyable. The music is really likable, the grooves are incredibly funky and very catchy. Even if it's not always perfect, I have to give props to Breed for bringing something like this to the table. It's a unique album that stands out among his huge discography as something really different.

HAD TO HOCK IT, AND I REGRET IT, MAN!!!!.......2007-02-14

this is the best thing breed ever did in my opinion. it is funky and raw. great midwest hip hop. very underrated album. i gotta get a hold of this again, man!!!!.

Yo, my homeboy Breed is Kiccin' sum funky beats on this joint!.......2006-04-08

MC Breed's most successful album, Funkafied, an album that astonishingly peaked in the Top Ten of Billboard's R&B chart, is also his most unique and arguably joint of the turning point in his dynamic career like on What You Want which is a tight joint with a classic 90's G-funk beat, Smokin' featuring DFC is a joint about Breed & his homie DFC be smokin' a joint on this song about locin' & smokin', a crazy joint Teach My Kids is about teaching his kids how to shoot with guns, and to think this dude is from Flint, Michigan home to Micheal Moore, The Deal Is Funk is another tight joint with a fresh & funky G-funk that makes this album a classicc.

MC Breed is stirin' up a joint on songs *2, *3, 4, *5, 6, 7, 8, *9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 & 16.

Classic Breed.......2003-04-05

When you first play a Breed track, you invariably think you're listening to something older than it really is. I mean, look at his first album with the DFC. One of the most hype albums you'll ever hear, but it's done completely with a drum machine, a few scratches and some INCREDIBLE lyrical ability. Wherever he gets his beats, whether from an 808 or from an old 45, Breed's style cannot be denied, because his lyrics leave you forgetting about the rest of the track. Not that his tracks are forgettable (I don't care what anyone says, the beats and scratches on I Will Excel are amongst the best I've ever heard come out of a studio), it's just that he's that good.

Now to this album in particular. The album is laid out heavy with some decent funk backgrounds, and some even heavier lyrics. The best part is, even though he's got a smooth flow which makes you think of your standard West Coast acts of the era, he sets himself apart by actually SAYING something. Imagine my surprise when I threw in the tape and heard phrases like "Maybe I should teach my kid how to shoot./Maybe I should teach my kid how to shoot hoops." That lyric alone would have had me hooked, if it weren't for the fact that his Underground Address (reminiscent of Griff's Blax Thanx stylings, except much more creative...even if it does drag a little long) and What You Want already had me floored. Even now, in 2003, I find that I move away from my CDs, MP3s and DVDs and head back to my trusty old ghetto blaster, just to listen to albums like Funkafied, the D.O.C.'s No One Can Do It Better, and Kokane's first album (back when he had to go by "Who Am I?").

If you're looking for a classic album to pick up, I can't recommend this album enough.

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