Future Funk

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1982 live album by Experience Unlimited

Future Funk

Live album by

Experience Unlimited

Released| 1982
Genre|

* Go-go
* old-school hip hop

Length| 35:13
Label| Galaxy Unlimited Records[1]
Producer| Robert "Shine" Freeman(exec)
Experience Unlimited chronology
| Just the Way You Like It
(1981)  | Future Funk
(1982)  | 2 Places at the Same Time
(1986)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [2]

Future Funk is a live album released in 1982 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Experience Unlimited.[3]

## Critical reception

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The Washington Informer wrote: "Side Two is given over to 'Crankin' At The Go Go'. This is the E.U. groove—nineteen minutes and eighteen seconds of it. Long form, tongue-in-cheek, big fun funk, its raison d'etre is that 'everybody got to do the do.' You know ... the 'do' ... the 'freaky deak' ... Anyway 'Crankin ...' is definitely for pumping up the dance floor."[1]

## Track listing

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Side A

1. "Wind It On Up" – 6:04
2. "Future Funk" – 6:38
3. "Tell Me Why" – 3:13

Side B

1. "Crankin' at the Go-Go" – 19:38

## Personnel

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* Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott – lead vocals, bass guitar
* Ivan Goff – keyboards
* Kent Wood – keyboards
* Ricky “Sugarfoot” Wellman – drums
* Genairo "Foxxy" Brown Foxx – congas, percussions
* Timothy "Short Tim" Glover – percussions
* Valentino "Tino" Jackson – electric guitar
* Darryel "Tidy Boy" Hayes – trumpet
* Michal "Go Go Mike" Taylor – trombone

## References

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1. ^ a b "REVIEW: E.U. Is Breaking Into New Market". The Washington Informer. 19 (22): 18. March 23, 1983.
2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 232.
3. ^ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

## External links

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* Future Funk at Discogs

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Experience Unlimited

Studio albums|

* Free Yourself
* Rock Yuh Butt
* Livin' Large
* Cold Kickin' It
* Make Money
* School Daze Revisited

Live albums|

* Future Funk
* 2 Places at the Same Time
* Go Ju Ju Go

Singles|

* "Da Butt"
* "Shake Your Thang"
* "Buck Wild"
* "Taste of Your Love"

Related articles|

* Go-Go Crankin'
* Good to Go soundtrack
* Go Go Live at the Capital Centre
* School Daze soundtrack
* The Go Go Posse
* Straight Up Go-Go
* Let's Go Go Christmas

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