Jungle Fire, “La Kossa”
Jungle Fire, out of LA, play Afro beat and funk, clearly heavily inspired by the usual folks like Fela Kuti and James Brown. Nothing wrong with that! Anyway, this is from their 2017 album on Colemine records, and I really appreciate the drama of this. There’s a lot of Kool & the Gang that I hear, and that works for me.
Lee Alan, “Set Me Free”
Look, not every single Motown put out during their heyday was a slam dunk. But even the goofier ones are still short, at least.
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