Zapp was formed in 1978 by the 5 Troutman brothers. They churned out a series of hits and basically inspired the west-coast G-funk sound mainly because of Roger Troutman's unparalleled and incredibly impressive use of the talkbox. Actually, the other night I was playing some zapp songs and this guy kept coming up to me and enthusiastically asking "What's the name of this beat!? This is some real west coast shit!"
Zapp found most of their fame in the 1980's mainly because of Roger's composition "More Bounce To The Ounce" and sold their first album platinum.
They scored a number one spot on the R&B Charts in 1982 with "Dance Floor" and by 1985 had over four gold records.
The 1990's led way to many rap artists sampling Zapp's work, for instance EPMD's "You Gots To Chill" and of course everyone can recognize Roger's talkbox on 2Pac's "California Lovin'"
Zapp disbanded in 199 after Larry Troutman killed his brother Roger and then killed himself.
However, Zapp's sound lives on and their songs are still some of the best dance records of all time.
Zapp & Roger Troutman - More Bounce To The Ounce |DIV|
Zapp & Roger Troutman - Dance Floor |DIV|
Zapp & Roger Troutman - In The Mix |DIV|
2 comments:
computer love is the jam.
Such a shame to end it when it was so good. God bless you Lester and Roger.
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