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░ Artist | Tuxedo
Title | Tuxedo III
Genre | Funk
Source | CDDA
Format | Album
Label | Funk On Sight
Catalog | FOS100CD
Released | 2019
Ripped | 2019
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Size | 68.73 MB ▄▄█████▀ ░░░
Playtime | 33:58 ▄███▄▄▄▄▄ ▄█▀ ▓█▄ ░░
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░ R E L E A S E I N F O R M A T I O N
Throwback funk duo Tuxedo is a collaboration between Los
Angeles-based neo-soul singer/songwriter Mayer Hawthorne and
Seattle-based hip-hop producer Jake One. Influenced by the classic
disco-funk of 70's and early-80's acts like Chic, Shalamar, and
Zapp, the two friends dialed in the all the hallmark sounds of their
vintage inspirations on their party-starting eponymous 2015 debut.
Hawthorne and One began trading mixtapes as far back as 2006, though
the Tuxedo project wouldn't officially surface for another six
years.
The two busy musicians shared a love of Reagan-era funk and disco,
and in 2013 they modeled the rubbery synths and falsetto vocal hooks
of their first single, "Do It", after those nostalgic sounds. A
three-song EP based around the single prompted immediate interest in
the duo. While juggling their individual projects with the growing
body of Tuxedo work, they finally delivered an LP's worth of tunes
in the form of their self-titled debut, which was released by Stones
Throw Records in early 2015.
With their albums, Tuxedo honed in on the hazy, champagne-colored
production of the songs and times they were emulating, so much so
that "Tuxedo III", their third full-length, could at times easily
pass for a forgotten relic of 70's electro-funk. Kicking off with
the cheeky and self-referential "The Tuxedo Way", all the throwbacks
to the Studio 54 era are quickly put front and center. Falsetto
vocal harmonies, prominent interplay between slippery bass lines and
blinking synth patterns, understated horn lines, and tight rhythms
all show up covered in a decidedly nostalgic analog production.
The bumbling synth bass lines and rudimentary drum machine
programming on songs like "You & Me" and "If U Want It" directly
recall early-80's radio funk production, while the Benny
Sings-assisted "Toast 2 Us" reimagines silky quiet storm R&B from
the same time. "Vibrations" gets a little closer to the end of the
80's with a pop bounce reminiscent of where New Edition was taking
commercial R&B at the time.
"Tuxedo III" is a meticulous exercise in genre emulation, which
makes moments like a clunky rap cameo from MF Doom on "Dreaming In
The Daytime" or the occasional lyric with updated slang feel a
little out of place. Overall, however, the songs are nothing but
feel-good fun, continuing Tuxedo's obsessive drive to write dance
floor burners that never were, but should have been.
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01. The Tuxedo Way 3:12
02. You & Me 3:04
03. OMW (Feat. Leven Kali & Battlecat) 2:49
04. Dreaming In The Daytime (Feat. MF Doom) 3:43
05. Extra Texture (Feat. Dam-Funk) 3:10
06. Gabriel's Groove (Feat. Gabriel Garzon-Montano) 1:24
07. Vibrations (Feat. Parisalexa) 3:34
08. If U Want It 2:46
09. On A Good One 3:29
10. Toast 2 Us (Feat. Benny Sings) 3:35
11. Close (Feat. Gavin Turek) 3:12
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