Truth In Rhythm

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 260 (Part 1 of 2): Producer, artist and DJ Ben Cenac, better known as Cozmo D – and best known as a primary member of 1980s electro-funk hip-hop group Newcleus. The group rocked radios, clubs and parties across the nation with the 1984 classic, “Jam on It” and also gained notoriety with tracks like “Jam on Revenge (the Wikki-Wikki Song),” “Computer Age (Push the Button),” “Destination Earth” and “Automan.”  Newcleus has continued to perform and a couple of years ago dropped the “Summer of ‘79” single. Here, Cozmo lays down some serious hip hop history and knowledge. RECORDED JULY 2022 LEGAL NOTI

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 259 (Part 2 of 2): Stuart Gray, who has spent decades traveling the world as a touring road and production manager for dozens of high-profile funk, R&B and hip-hop acts. Having worked especially closely with the Commodores, other artists include Rick James, Teena Marie, Cameo, the Bar-Kays, the Fatback Band, Slave, the O’Jays, Maze, the Ohio Players and Con Funk Shun.  Gray shares his unique vantage point, perspectives and stories. They include the origins of the Commodores, the demise of Rick James, and his personal crusade to help preserve funk music and honor giants of the underserved gen

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 259 (Part 1 of 2): Stuart Gray, who has spent decades traveling the world as a touring road and production manager for dozens of high-profile funk, R&B and hip-hop acts. Having worked especially closely with the Commodores, other artists include Rick James, Teena Marie, Cameo, the Bar-Kays, the Fatback Band, Slave, the O’Jays, Maze, the Ohio Players and Con Funk Shun.  Gray shares his unique vantage point, perspectives and stories. They include the origins of the Commodores, the demise of Rick James, and his personal crusade to help preserve funk music and honor giants of the underserved gen

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 258 (Part 2 of 2): Original members Willie Triplett (percussion and vocals) and Gerald Valentine (drums) of one of the most popular R&B-funk bands of the 1980s – Ready for the World!  Storming out of the gate in 1985 with their platinum-selling, self-titled debut album, the group scored 10 R&B Top 30 hits, including the charts-topping, crossover smash “Oh Sheila.” Other popular dance and slow jams included “Digital Display,” “Love You Down,” “Tonight,” “Deep Inside Your Love,” “My Girly” and “Can He Do It (Like This, Can He Do It Like That).”  RFTW dropped a new single a couple years bac

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 258 (Part 1 of 2): Original members Willie Triplett (percussion and vocals) and Gerald Valentine (drums) of one of the most popular R&B-funk bands of the 1980s – Ready for the World!  Storming out of the gate in 1985 with their platinum-selling, self-titled debut album, the group scored 10 R&B Top 30 hits, including the charts-topping, crossover smash “Oh Sheila.” Other popular dance and slow jams included “Digital Display,” “Love You Down,” “Tonight,” “Deep Inside Your Love,” “My Girly” and “Can He Do It (Like This, Can He Do It Like That).”  RFTW dropped a new single a couple years bac

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 257 (Part 2 of 2): Trumpeter Michael Ray, best known since 1978 as a member of legendary jazz futurist Sun Ra’s group known as Arkestra, and for his longtime association with Kool & the Gang.  In addition, he leads his own band called Cosmic Krewe and over the course of several decades has contributed his horn playing to artists that include Patti LaBelle; the Delfonics; the Stylistics; Kleeer; Instant Funk; Jimmy Cliff; Stanton Moore; Aquarium Rescue Unit; Widespread Panic; Deep Banana Blackout; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Porno for Pyros; Barenaked Ladies; and U2. RECORDED JUNE 2022 LEGAL

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 257 (Part 1 of 2): Trumpeter Michael Ray, best known since 1978 as a member of legendary jazz futurist Sun Ra’s group known as Arkestra, and for his longtime association with Kool & the Gang.  In addition, he leads his own band called Cosmic Krewe and over the course of several decades has contributed his horn playing to artists that include Patti LaBelle; the Delfonics; the Stylistics; Kleeer; Instant Funk; Jimmy Cliff; Stanton Moore; Aquarium Rescue Unit; Widespread Panic; Deep Banana Blackout; Medeski, Martin & Wood; Porno for Pyros; Barenaked Ladies; and U2. RECORDED JUNE 2022 LEGAL

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 256 (Part 2 of 2): Singer Melba Moore – an iconic entertainer who has left a lasting imprint as a recording artist, a Broadway performer, and in television and film. First gaining acclaim in the late 1960s in the original stage cast of the rock musical “Hair,” she released her first album in 1970.  From 1976 through 1990, her vocal talent and style carried seven albums into the Top 40 of the R&B charts and she notched more than 20 Top 30 R&B singles, including the No. 1 hits “A Little Bit More,” with Freddie Jackson, and “Falling.”  And she is not done yet, not by a long shot. Teaming up

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 256 (Part 1 of 2): Singer Melba Moore – an iconic entertainer who has left a lasting imprint as a recording artist, a Broadway performer, and in television and film. First gaining acclaim in the late 1960s in the original stage cast of the rock musical “Hair,” she released her first album in 1970.  From 1976 through 1990, her vocal talent and style carried seven albums into the Top 40 of the R&B charts and she notched more than 20 Top 30 R&B singles, including the No. 1 hits “A Little Bit More,” with Freddie Jackson, and “Falling.”  And she is not done yet, not by a long shot. Teaming up

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 254 (Part 4 of 4): Drummer Michael Bland, best known as a member of Prince’s New Power Generation band and his subsequent work with the superstar as well as associated acts. Here in the first of an epic four parts spread over two TRUTH IN RHYTHM episodes he shares a candid, insider account of the man, the band and the music. Bland has also carved out a very impressive career holding the beat down for a broad range of well-known artists, including Phil Upchurch, Foley, George Benson, Maxwell, Jef Lee Johnson, Jonny Lang, Soul Asylum, Mandy Moore, Miley Cyrus, Indigenous, Nick Jonas, the Backstree

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 254 (Part 3 of 4): Drummer Michael Bland, best known as a member of Prince’s New Power Generation band and his subsequent work with the superstar as well as associated acts. Here in the first of an epic four parts spread over two TRUTH IN RHYTHM episodes he shares a candid, insider account of the man, the band and the music. Bland has also carved out a very impressive career holding the beat down for a broad range of well-known artists, including Phil Upchurch, Foley, George Benson, Maxwell, Jef Lee Johnson, Jonny Lang, Soul Asylum, Mandy Moore, Miley Cyrus, Indigenous, Nick Jonas, the Backstree

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 254 (Part 2 of 4): Drummer Michael Bland, best known as a member of Prince’s New Power Generation band and his subsequent work with the superstar as well as associated acts. Here in the first of an epic four parts spread over two TRUTH IN RHYTHM episodes he shares a candid, insider account of the man, the band and the music. Bland has also carved out a very impressive career holding the beat down for a broad range of well-known artists, including Phil Upchurch, Foley, George Benson, Maxwell, Jef Lee Johnson, Jonny Lang, Soul Asylum, Mandy Moore, Miley Cyrus, Indigenous, Nick Jonas, the Backstree

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 254 (Part 1 of 4): Drummer Michael Bland, best known as a member of Prince’s New Power Generation band and his subsequent work with the superstar as well as associated acts. Here in the first of an epic four parts spread over two TRUTH IN RHYTHM episodes he shares a candid, insider account of the man, the band and the music. Bland has also carved out a very impressive career holding the beat down for a broad range of well-known artists, including Phil Upchurch, Foley, George Benson, Maxwell, Jef Lee Johnson, Jonny Lang, Soul Asylum, Mandy Moore, Miley Cyrus, Indigenous, Nick Jonas, the Backstree

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 253 (Part 2 of 2): Keyboardist, producer and composer Wes Boatman. During the 1980s, he recorded, collaborated and performed with some of funk’s top artists, including Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Junie Morrison, Midnight Star, Dayton, Mico Wave, Roger Troutman, Heatwave, Sun, Slave, Lakeside, the Dazz Band, Pieces of a Dream and the Ohio Players.  He then went on to become an Emmy-winning television music composer. His recent credits include Bootsy’s 2020 album The Power of the One.  RECORDED JUNE 2022 LEGAL NOTICE: All video and audio content protected by copyright. Any use of this material

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 253 (Part 1 of 2): Keyboardist, producer and composer Wes Boatman. During the 1980s, he recorded, collaborated and performed with some of funk’s top artists, including Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Junie Morrison, Midnight Star, Dayton, Mico Wave, Roger Troutman, Heatwave, Sun, Slave, Lakeside, the Dazz Band, Pieces of a Dream and the Ohio Players.  He then went on to become an Emmy-winning television music composer. His recent credits include Bootsy’s 2020 album The Power of the One.  RECORDED JUNE 2022 LEGAL NOTICE: All video and audio content protected by copyright. Any use of this material

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 252 (Part 2 of 2): Jazz, R&B, rock and pop saxophonist, composer and arranger Tom Scott. Since launching his recording career in the late 1960s, he has released dozens of albums under his own name, contributed to recordings by some of music’s biggest stars and some of their best-known hits, served as a founding member of the Blues Brothers Band, as well as composed many celebrated film and television themes and scores.  Along the way he has received 13 Grammy nominations and won three. He supplied some of the finest jazz-funk fusion of the 1970s, and among the classics he lent his horn to ar

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 252 (Part 1 of 2): Jazz, R&B, rock and pop saxophonist, composer and arranger Tom Scott. Since launching his recording career in the late 1960s, he has released dozens of albums under his own name, contributed to recordings by some of music’s biggest stars and some of their best-known hits, served as a founding member of the Blues Brothers Band, as well as composed many celebrated film and television themes and scores.  Along the way he has received 13 Grammy nominations and won three. He supplied some of the finest jazz-funk fusion of the 1970s, and among the classics he lent his horn to ar

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 251 (Part 2 of 2): Keyboardist, producer, composer & arranger Jeff Bova. After early on working with iconoclastic producer Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock and the R&B band Change, he went on to lend his talents to a cavalcade of rock, pop and R&B stars, including earning a Grammy producing Celine Dion in 1996.  Other collabs include Robert Palmer, Yoko Ono, David Lee Roth, Billy Squier, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Hall & Oates, Jody Watley, Chaka Khan, Meat Loaf, Vanessa Williams, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, R Kelly, Cher, Michael Bolton, Brian Wilson, Tina Turner, Michael M

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 251 (Part 1 of 2): Keyboardist, producer, composer & arranger Jeff Bova. After early on working with iconoclastic producer Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock and the R&B band Change, he went on to lend his talents to a cavalcade of rock, pop and R&B stars, including earning a Grammy producing Celine Dion in 1996.  Other collabs include Robert Palmer, Yoko Ono, David Lee Roth, Billy Squier, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Hall & Oates, Jody Watley, Chaka Khan, Meat Loaf, Vanessa Williams, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, R Kelly, Cher, Michael Bolton, Brian Wilson, Tina Turner, Michael M

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 250 (Part 2 of 2): R&B, funk and pop vocalist and composer Tawatha Agee. First establishing herself in the late 1970s with the band Mtume, she would go on to work with James Mtume-Reggie Lucas produced acts like Stephanie Mills and Phyllis Hyman before blazing her own trail as one of the music industry’s most in-demand session singers.  During the past several decades, she has collaborated with Narada Michael Walden, J. Geils Band, Luther Vandross, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Kashif, Roxy Music, Scritti Politti, LeVert, Phillip Bailey, Roy Ayers, Al Jarreau, Eri