TRUMP DAWGS: The Art of Crushin'

Trump Dawgs

The Art of Crushin'

© 2001 slaphappysoljur music (789577091726)

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Tectonic Funk--a seamless integration of rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop, and soul, with the lyrical depth of folk, topped off with pop sensibilities.

tracks

1 Cold Day
2 Last Straw
3 5:11
4 Whisper
5 Wishing Well
6 Ching-a-Ching
7 Castle Bounce
8 New Song #2
9 Locomotive
10 Lam Jam
11 Selah
12 Lullaby
13 (blank)
14 Hidden Jam

notes

Trump Dawgs is a ensemble that combines the rage of rock with the groove of funk and the unbridled adventure of prolific jam band experimentation. The cultural diversity of it's members is expressed vividly in the sonic hybrid they like to call "tectonic funk."

You haven't heard anything like us--guaranteed. This band of some of Kansas City's most gifted players was providentially formed in 2000 and sent on a cosmic, musical mission from God. This mission is to make music that conveys "all that is funky, all that is heavy, and all that is beautiful." Trump Dawgs is a sort of funked out jazz band with brutal modern rock tendencies and a flair for progressive vocals hooks. Driven by mounds of experience in their local music scene and the music industry at large, Trump Dawgs' members are a strangely natural collection of musical hybrids. What if Soundgarden got together with Stevie Wonder and P-Funk wondered in with Jeff Buckley, D'Angelo, and Pedro the Lion. This is the very type of gumbo that Trump Dawgs has concocted. Whether you see them live or hear them recorded, prepare yourself for a virtual minefield of influences communicated with cohesive style.

Influences: P-Funk, Stevie Wonder, King's X, Soundgarden, d'Angelo

Similar to: Lenny Kravitz, P-Funk, Prince, Soundgarden, King's X, the Roots

Band Members
Kenny Carter: lead vocals, guitar
Donald Carter: percussion, bgv, MC
Anthony Case: bass, bgv
Lester Estelle: drums
David Kelly: DJ
Luke Sullivant: guitar, bgv

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  • These are some very talented guys
    author: Wess K.

    I love the sound that these guys have. The tight groves and and great guitar riffs and nice harmonies. This is a fun cd to listen to. I thin 5:11, Whisper, and Castle Bounce are my favorite songs. I definitely recommend this cd.

  • AWESOME
    author: Hannah E.

    This CD has so much soul and feeling. It's funky and rockin' all at the same time. Awesome job!

  • Man, these funky dawgz are so phat they're almost obese
    author: creative funk musician taki76

    If ya dig it u can listen 2 my funk also http://cdbaby.com/cd/taki76

  • author: creative funk musician named taki76

    this is some futuristic type heavyfunk in the tradition of funkadelic yo!Check my funk out 2 and let me know what you think http://cdbaby.com/cd/taki76 Thanks

  • Layers of music, rhythm and poetry. I've listened to it at least 100x's
    author: Mike from KC

    This is definitely one of my favorite albums of all time...and I'm 50! I love the seamless layered blend of the heavy and the smooth. It is spiritual in the very best sense of the term. Every song is unique and the members of the band really complement each other. There're just tons of creative energies, vocals, melodies, harmonies, poetry and rhythm crafted and presented with ingenious artistry. Each musician brings a fresh expression of his art to this project. This may be the best band to never get noticed...but I hope not. There's a place in this world for the music of Trump Dawgs. (And their live show is very fun.)

  • Prepare yourself for some crunchy soul
    author: Vinny V

    I got this CD from Doug Pinnick (King's X). He said it would be right up my alley, being a fan of 24-7 Spyz, Fishbone, Sly, King's X etc...he was right too. TRUMP DAWGS are the sh*t. It is as crunchy as it is smooth. Great chord changes...great lyrics...all the factors needed for this type of soul-rock. If you like SPYZ, especially their CD "6"...you will be all over this CD like white on a wedding dress. I went on a search for the TRUMP DAWGS and this is the only place besides their website to get this'n..you found it, baby. PICK IT UP!!

  • Is it good? Yes. Is it funky? Mais oui!
    author: Sweaty B

    Fine instrumentation, great songs, this CD has it all.

  • Great CD!
    author: davenyc

    Check out the samples, but the CD is even better.

  • This is a cd of some brand new funk.
    author: Bustin' Bob Mitchell

    It’s 2002; and standing on the verge at the vertex of the next wave of this festive celebration of wide-open jam, rhythm and groove we collectively call funk/rock are the Trump Dawgs. Formed in Kansas City in late 2000 & Brought To www.TheFunkStore.com By Parliament-Funkadelics BOOGIE MOSSON , the group describes its sound as a mission to ‘keep it real with music that conveys all that is funky, all that it heavy, and all that is beautiful’. But talk is cheap, unless you back it up. And if “The Art of Crushin’” is any indication, this taut 5-man invasion force goes way beyond the call of booty to unleash a wicked mélange of gritty funk gumbo, urban sensibilities, country-fried harmonic, sonic string masterstroking and revolutionary percussive expressions. All bent upon tearing the roof off the sucker with melodies just as ecstatic and blissful, earthy and airy, as they are wickedly thick and meaty. Indeed, let the demolition begin. Although the band’s influences are many, this is a cd of some brand new funk. Kenny Carter (vocals, guitar, keys, farfisa organ) kicks off into the set on “Cold Day” with all of the vocal energy and cadence of Michael Jackson circa the “Destiny/Shake You Body Down” days. Take a long toke of this musical potpourri and enter a netherworld full of Anthony Case’s super-elastic Bootsy-inspired bass earthquake exploits on tracks like ‘5:11’ and ‘Locomotion’. The band simply goes for broke from the onset. ‘The Last Straw’ begins with a slowed down vocal track, ala Prince’s ‘Temptation’ or Funkadelic’s ‘Red Hot Momma’. In fact, Carter’s vocals often come off as spacey, wiry, spooky, spell-binding and bone tingling on tracks like ‘Locomotion’ and ‘Whisper’, where the groove melts down into a country swagger of improvisational guitar chords. Lester Estelle (drums, musical face breaking) and Donald Carter (percussion, background vocals, front line mc) engorge you into an ultra-rhythmic, percussive segue into track #5, ‘Wishing Well’. The guitar-powered groove again seduces you into a high-end sonic overload. The track then seems to deliquesce into a tonal soup of chicken-scratch guitar twanging and bass vamping. With all of the current music industry BS and fluff gasping at an all time apex, it is more than refreshing to see a group unafraid to wave its freak flag so high!!! They literally crank up a jam called ‘Ching-a-Ling’ only to count off into a sub-bottom bass workout and snap, pop drumming of ‘Castle Bounce’ where you can “dance till the sun has lost its shine, romance right into these arms of mine”. Like ‘New Song#2’, where the outlandish guitar dexterities enhances upon Carter’s sprightingly delivered vocal chops, the jam closes with a splattering of Santana-like axe harmonizing. The tragedy of life is not that we die too soon, but we wait so long to start living. Never have I heard grooves so gratifying, fulfilled and just plain joyous, yet so rugged and rigorous as these. The band, rounded out by Luke Sullivan (guitar, f/x, catch phrases) and the cuttin’ and scratchin’ of ‘wax archivist’ David Kelly, closes out the set with an extensive jam session over ‘Lullaby’. This may be one of my faves off the set, more stringy, and stretched guitar soloing of layered chords over a lightheartedly cool groove. Wait; what’s this, there seems to be a bonus track on here not listed on the liner notes. Whoa, another one of Case’s mutron-laced soirees. Guitars starting to get wah-wah wicked again and you’re invited to this ghetto picnic for a sample of some tasty Trump Dawg grub.

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