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Funk/Soul Friday tune: Skin Tight

The prodigal basketball son of Ohio has returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers, inspiring this Friday’s song from the Ohio Players.  While “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster” has had more success on the charts, the hard driving funk of “Skin Tight” remains the perfect combination of deep bass rhythms wrapped inside the stylized, sensual brass tones.  I have always loved how the Ohio Players indulge in drum flourishes in their songs, using it to change the direction of the long version song.

The Ohio Players were very risque with their lyrics and album covers, but “Skin Tight” was always on the mild side.  Pure Western Addition and Market St. back-in-the-day tune, when girls still carried around fake fur bags filled with hair products and flavored lip gloss from the Walgreens counter.

As to Lebron, you wish you had this much soul.  If the Cavs win, you can thank Kyrie Irving.

Happy Friday!

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