Zapp, unlike the other P-Funk units, had their own personality divorced from George Clinton, so much so a listener might not get the connection unless they read the album notes. AllMusic Review by Jason Elias: This Dayton, OH, band came to typify swinging, effervescent, and melodic funk in an era when Parliament, Funkadelic, and other outfits were getting bogged down and burned out. The latter is the band's highest chart appearance to date on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No.
Two new songs were also included on the album: 'Mega Medley' and 'Slow and Easy', which were released as singles. The album contains songs Zapp performed as a band from their first four albums, as well as songs from Roger Troutman's solo albums. All the Greatest Hits Artist: Zapp & Roger Title: All the Greatest Hits Release Date: OctoLabel: Reprise Records Catalog: 9 45143-2 Genre: Melodic Funk, R&B, Disco Duration: 01:15:25 Wikipedia: All the Greatest Hits is the first official greatest hits album by American funk band Zapp (then credited as Zapp & Roger), released Octovia Reprise Records. The group received attention in the early 1980s for implementing heavy use of the talk-box, which became one of their most well known characteristics. The original line-up consisted of four brothers-Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Lester Troutman and Terry Troutman-and non-Troutman family members Bobby Glover,Gregory Jackson, Sherman Fleetwood, Jerome Derrickson, Eddie Barber and Jannetta Boyce. Particularly influential in the electro subgenre of funk, Zapp served as partial inspiration toward the creation of the G-funk sound of hip-hop popular on the West Coast of the United States in the early to mid 1990s, with many of their songs sampled by numerous hip-hop artists. Zapp & Roger 1993 - All the Greatest Hits Zapp & Roger Zapp band with Roger Troutman Roger and Zapp 1980 Wikipedia: Zapp (also known as the Zapp Band or Zapp & Roger) is an American funk band that emerged from Hamilton, Ohio, in 1977. These best-ofs were released under the artist name Zapp & Roger.Īll tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. In the early '90s, two Warner-released best-of collections compiled his most popular songs from both monikers: All the Greatest Hits (1994) and Greatest Hits, Vol.
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