Author: Zach
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Jheri Curl June: DāM-FunK’s “Searchin’ 4 Funk’s Future”
If J.C.M. Mark I took as its template Prince’s run of early-’80s albums, then Mark II–at least as interpreted by DāM-FunK–sounds more like a high-generation Prince bootleg.
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Jheri Curl June: The Mac Band’s “Roses Are Red”
But just watch the video above, which looks like a group of uncles getting a few wine coolers deep and spontaneously trying to recreate Prince’s video for “When Doves Cry”; these guys clearly had one foot in the mid-’80s, and you know what, I celebrate them for that.
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Jheri Curl June: Sylvester’s “Mutual Attraction”
Look, if Sylvester of all people wanted to take a break from the dance floor, who are we to tell him no?
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Jheri Curl June: Carl Carlton’s “Private Property”
It’s a musical sequel equal parts heartwarming (Carl’s found love!) and offputting; one hopes there’s a third song in the trilogy where he finally realizes that bad mama jamas’ bodies belong to themselves.
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Jheri Curl June: Lucky Rosenbloom’s “Keep Your Faith in God”
Lucky Rosenbloom’s “Keep Your Faith in God” is, unequivocally, Jheri Curl Gospel–J.C. for J.C., if you will.
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Jheri Curl June: Prime Time’s “Anytime is Prime Time (Theme Song)”
Lead singer Jimmy Hamilton kicks off closing track “Anytime is Prime Time (Theme Song)”–yes, Prime Time end their debut album with a song about themselves–by yelling, “What time is it?” as if that catchphrase didn’t already very clearly belong to Morris Day of the Time.
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Jheri Curl June: Gwen Guthrie’s “Peanut Butter”
Guthrie’s sultry vocal and exhortations to “spread yourself over me like peanut butter” feel precision-engineered for the dance floor.
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Jheri Curl June: Surface’s “Falling in Love”
For the past nine years, we’ve harped on a lot about the sonic signifiers that make Jheri Curl Music what it is: your clean bass and rhythm guitar, your programmed drums, your layered synths, and so on. But one sound we’ve never had cause to mention is the flute… that is, at least, until now.
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Jheri Curl June: D-Train’s “‘D’ Train Theme”
“‘D’ Train Theme” may not teach you the names of the 150 original Pokémon, but it is funky as hell, and really, that’s what matters most.
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Jheri Curl June: Tom Browne’s “Funkin’ for Jamaica”
It’s finally time to unleash a new mutation that’s been sitting in my “JCJ ideas” playlist for years: I’m talking, of course, about Jheri Jazz.