{"id":3876,"date":"2015-09-25T16:55:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T20:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2015-10-08T09:13:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T13:13:25","slug":"dam-funk-invite-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/dam-funk-invite-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Dam-Funk <br>Invite the Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk-invite_the_light.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3877\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk-invite_the_light.jpg\" alt=\"Dam-Funk, Invite the Light\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk-invite_the_light.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk-invite_the_light-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>As the rap group Whodini once stated, \u201cFunk ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 but a four letter word that\u2019s often said but seldom heard!\u201d Damon Riddick, better known as Dam-Funk, has built a carrier around his fervent belief that what the world needs now is funk, sweet funk. And to accomplish that goal, he\u2019s become a one-man funk factory. His 2009 full-length debut, <i>Toeeachizown<\/i>, was a 24-song double album, which lead to a release of earlier unreleased material (<i>Adolescent Funk<\/i>), followed by a collaborative album with Slave\u2019s Steve Arrington (<i>Higher<\/i>) and a side project with Snoop Dogg (<i>7 Days Of Funk<\/i>.) He\u2019s also worked as a remixer and put out a variety of singles, yet somehow he still has enough left in the tank for his official full-length follow-up, the 20-track <i>Invite the Light<\/i> (Stones Throw Records).<\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, Dam-Funk doesn\u2019t traffic in the type of guitar- and bass-heavy workouts that are typically attributed as the foundations of funk. Translation: if you\u2019re looking for George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic style of funk, keep moving. Instead, Dam-Funk is much more a practitioner of the West Coast electro variety (more keyboards, more drum machines, just as funky), which is fitting given his time as a session musician for West Coast rappers during the G-Funk era. However, he\u2019s well versed on all manners of funk as seen by his tapping of Junie Morrison, who played with both The Ohio Players and P-Funk, and The Sylers\u2019 Leon Sylers III, who produced a laundry list of R&amp;B acts in the early \u201880s. There\u2019s also a fair amount of channeling early Prince and the Minneapolis Sound. In fact, there are even a number of songs where Riddick could be mistaken for Morris Day.<\/p>\n<p>Dam-Funk is an undeniable product of his influences, and you\u2019d think it would be a detraction to be able to spot the influences in such an overt way. But on <i>Invite the Light<\/i>, he finds a way to make it feel fresh. It\u2019s even more notable because so many of the songs are extended workouts, as opposed to concise songs. It\u2019s like he decided to let the tape roll and vamp out. If the funk is about getting deep into the groove, then Dam-Funk is in up to his neck. Plus, he\u2019s a strong enough presence to make his guests (Q-Tip, Kid Sister, Joi, Ariel Pink, Nite Jewel, Jody Watley, etc.) seem like the most natural and logical extended musical family. He also switches hats from lover man to everyman and from futurist to motivational speaker. It should feel disjointed, but there\u2019s never a misstep. <i>Invite the Light<\/i> is expansive, but tightly focused, something that in less capable hands would have deflated like a fallen souffle. Dam-Funk may not be able to save the world with his funk, but he\u2019s damn sure making a good effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the rap group Whodini once stated, \u201cFunk ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 but a four letter word that\u2019s often said but seldom heard!\u201d Damon Riddick, better known as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,124,624],"class_list":["post-3876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-dam-funk","tag-stones-throw-records"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dam-Funk Invite the Light - The Agit Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/dam-funk-invite-the-light\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dam-Funk Invite the Light - The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the rap group Whodini once stated, \u201cFunk ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 but a four letter word that\u2019s often said but seldom heard!\u201d Damon Riddick, better known as\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/dam-funk-invite-the-light\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-25T20:55:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-10-08T13:13:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk-invite_the_light.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dorian S. 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