Factory Yoyo presents: "Knock It Off"

I think Sir Nose would say this is pretty fly. When you were born, did your parents drop you off in a basket on a doorstep in Harlem?  Almost made me want to dance...

I knew by the end of the first bar i would like this and i did. I would have liked more bottom end, but as you described James all the ingredients are there and i can now season to taste.

I think you may have snuck a just little more than one part JB in there, but that is never a bad thing. My ears thank you!!

Remarkable. You captured a great vibe. This worthy of GFR.

I listened loud.

Loved the vocals and and bgv. And of course the drums, bass and mix.
 
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 I think the funk is your roots.

OOOWWWA!!! Jump back!  Kiss mysef!!!  WHA!!!

this was cool stuff James!

Very creative, JYoYo.   I couldn't think of that stuff if my life depended on it.    Mix and creativity get an A+.

Some of my earliest recollections of music involve our basement, our 45rpm player, my older sisters grooving to Sly and the Family Stone and Stevie Wonder in the very early 70s. While I don't profess to have listened all that much to funk in the subsequent years, it is deep in my musical subconscious, and I guess it shows...

Dave:
My hometown is next to the first real black suburb, Hempstead NY. So if they did drop me off they didn't have to go that far!

Stuart:
There is a ton of low end on my sub, though if you listen to those records there was not a lot of low end ever captured until the late 70s.

Daryl:
re: the horns...samples are your friends, never forget that.  The bass line, the drums, percussion and most of the guitars are samples. I played organ, clav, and a single rhythm guitar.  But I wrote the song around those horn lines.

Excellent work Mr. Yoyo.That's some funky sheeeet..... Amazing work on the horns.

Funktastic!

Frank, Tim, Mark, James:

Thanks guys.

Pete:

Based on your comments on the Pugtones tune, I could give a rat's ass what you think.

yes, and considering he expects low latency and top quality out of the realtek soundcard with Guitar Tracks, I think you should take that into consideration when you read anything he has to say about people's music. 
 
he's a troll.  nothing more.

Really nice tight groove, and good use of your vox.

My only crit would be using that roomy kick with that ultra-piccolo snare sound, but that's a purely preference thing.

But what's not to like here?

Excellent.

Epic producer skills in evidence here. 

Maybe could be tapped on the head a bit earlier as it gets repetitive. 

The vocals are very peculiar, an acquired taste maybe.

James Brown vibe nailed here 100%. Its all tight

"Time to show our manifesto.." ha

There are so many different genius parts in this but I would say that there is too many, they contrast a little too much and make the song start and stop a little too much. Wasn't too fond of the answering melody line at the start e.g. @ "dont go striking matches near..." feels like it shouldnt go low.anyway.

On the fade out is that a kind of tremolo stereo organ? sounds great.

Top drawer as usual Jim.

Cian

Incredible!