{"id":37757,"date":"2015-09-30T13:10:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=37757"},"modified":"2015-10-02T02:21:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T07:21:43","slug":"dam-funk-invite-the-light-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/09\/30\/dam-funk-invite-the-light-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dam-Funk: Invite The Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37755\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk.jpg\" alt=\"Dam-Funk\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a>Born in the early \u201870s, Damon Riddick has grown up through eras of funk, soul, hip-hop, R&amp;B, and electronic. Otherwise known as Dam-Funk, the seasoned DJ and producer includes elements from all of the above seamlessly into his latest craft <em>Invite The Light. <\/em>Signed to Los Angeles-based label Stones Throw Records, prestigious for releases from Madlib and J Dilla among others, Dam-Funk released his first full-length <em>Toeachizown<\/em> in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>With feature appearances from Q-Tip, Flea, Ariel Pink and Snoop Dogg, <em>Invite The Light <\/em>transcends genres. The album starts and ends with \u201cJunie\u2019s Transmission\u201d and \u201cJunie\u2019s Re-Transmission\u201d featuring Junie Morrison. \u201cI\u2019m Just Tryna Survive [In The Big City]\u201d converges hip-hop and funk with a special verse from A Tribe Called Quest\u2019s Q-Tip. Featuring Flea and Computer Jay, \u201cFloating on Air\u201d starts with Flea laying down a soulful groove and cascades into a SBTRKT-esque synth haven. One of the best album cuts is \u201cThe Hunt &amp; The Murder of Lucifer,\u201d showcasing Dam by his own damn self. His production embodies one part Flying Lotus and two parts Tobacco on this track.<\/p>\n<p><em>Invite The Light <\/em>then evolves into more mellow tracks like \u201cIt Didn\u2019t Have To End This Way\u201d and \u201cMissing U\u201d featuring Daft Punk-like vocoder sounds and unforgettable instrumentals. Dam\u2019s brand of soul, funk, and hip-hop returns in his collaboration with Ariel Pink in \u201cActing.\u201d Snoop finally bears his head in \u201cJust Ease Your Mind From All Negativity\u201d which additionally features Joi Gilliam. Snoop and Dam go back together, having released collaborative album <em>7 Days of Funk <\/em>together in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed a \u201cmodern funk guru\u201d by <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/5-10-15-20\/9714-dam-funk\/\">Pitchfork<\/a>, Dam-Funk brings a refreshing take on hip-hop in weaving together sophisticated instrumentals and pulling from an eclectic musical background. Recording and releasing his own material only since 2006, Dam has decades of music running through his veins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended If You Like: THEESatisfaction, Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu, Madlib<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Tracks: 6 (Floating On Air), 4 (I&#8217;m Just Tryna Survive [In The Big City]), 3 (Somewhere, Someday), 12 (O.B.E.), 9 (It Didn&#8217;t Have 2 End This Way)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do Not Play: 5 (Surveillance Escape), 7 (HowUGonF***AroundAndChooseABusta), 14 (Just Ease Your Mind From All Negativity), 15 (Virtuous Progression)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by Harrison Hipp on 09\/30\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in the early \u201870s, Damon Riddick has grown up through eras of funk, soul, hip-hop, R&#038;B, and electronic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1602,"featured_media":37755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,4,3235,3230],"tags":[3635,2639,3636],"class_list":["post-37757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hopelectronic-rotation","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","tag-dam-funk","tag-harrison-hipp","tag-invite-the-light"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Dam-Funk.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1602"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}