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Portland Say It Again

by Five Fingers of Funk

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CHORUS (JAMALSKI): kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order / bad boy don’t get out of / kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order PETE: one baddest in the town that ever did it / I was accused of being wack but was acquitted / never let me hear you say a fella ain’t committed / been at it since the eighties, young man, don’t forget it / winning lotto ticket got me living the dream / all you other rappers trying out for the team / wanna make your money on some Instagram scheme / you’re too selfie-ish / know what I mean? / I’m old school as fuck / but whatever / call it luck / been around the world with music, boy / look it up / the scene? / I shook it up like a Polaroid picture / young spitter, you’re light / I’m a fixture / first cat to mix a live band with rappin’ / Crystal Ballroom / a thousand fans packed in / only thing I’m asking is you say my name when you’re running down the list of cats who changed the game CHILL: hey, uh huh, yes. I feel you man. As we turn the pages of Hip-Hop 503 history, let me tell you something man. probably the dopest that ever decided to do it as a DJ / drunk and keep the dancefloor jumpin’ / I make that look easy / mesmerizing the masses / I move the crowd like it’s magic / Long Island, bourbon and Jack would add fuel to the way I rap / I’ll tell you another fact / me and Pete? we done been all that / and suckers don’t want no beef I devour and eat all that / and ‘til this very day, me? I kill it without a skillet / and oh what a feeling being the illest / still DJ Chillin’ / I mean, I’m stuck in my ways / addicted to getting paid / I ain’t nothing but a boss that lives exactly how I say / youngsters say I’m “lit” / the real know I ain’t no counterfeit / and if you speak the name of DJ Chill put respect on it COOL NUTZ: uh, Montana in the winter time / came to the table with a sicker grind / I was so Northeast when I pushed the line / and it’s flu game Jordans when they’re on the pine / rap check and commas gotta ring to it / and a boss know he got ‘em when they singing to it / the passport stamps / let the ink dry / and success got a way to make a hater cry / it’s London in the spring to a packed house / apply a little pressure make ‘em tap out / this respect been earned / never paid for / and it hit a little different on a paid tour / we the green room legends that they talk about / and it’s legendary moments we can rap about / been the subject of the chatter with a proven rep / and we decades in and won’t lose a step CHORUS (JAMALSKI): kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order / bad boy don’t get out of / kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order / bad boy don’t get out of / kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order JUMBO: I burst the local bubble / shootin’ shots from the logo / while you lookin’ at my life through the oculus in slo-mo / I never settled / never talk to the po - po / La Luna to Live Nation to Constantinople / Mr I Saw Tomorrow / pushed the envelope to global / no days off ‘til social injustice is no mo’ / King Solomon / the savant / the one, the only / Northeast triple O.G. with VVS cojones / from the curb to iconic / freestyle Quannum phonics / Phantom of the gospel / loopin’ the hypnotic / for the culture say Confucius / I embody Mansa Musa / with slap-o-nomics for revolution / I self, master publishin’ recoupin’ / think offbeat and backwards like you’re the third Lupin / you dead ringers coonin’? / here’s ya best solution / count on five fingers and pay us restitution CHORUS (JAMALSKI): kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order / bad boy don’t get out of / kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order / bad boy don’t get out of / kill sound / bad boy don’t get out of order
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What did you do in 2020 when the coronavirus took over? While many Brooklynites nursed ailing family members and others nursed their first sourdough starters, rapper/producer Pete Miser dusted off an ancient hard drive and went back in time. Quarantining in Upstate New York with no Internet or phone service, Pete found purpose sifting through unreleased recordings of his long-abandoned ten-piece live Hip-Hop band, Five Fingers Of Funk. The surprise result is "Portland Say It Again," the first Five Fingers Of Funk album with the original line up since 1998.

“We Were Big In The Nineties” kicks off the project with a bold edit of a live show recording and a shiny new horn arrangement over self deprecating reflections on legacy and middle age in the young man’s game of Hip-Hop. The completion of one new song sparked creative enthusiasm from the entire band. Before long, fresh performances were being laid down in a collaborative frenzy that would yield a combination of repurposed analog recordings from the nineties alongside brand new material, all remotely recorded according to strict social distancing practices.

Album highlights include appearances by certified Northwest Hip-Hop legends Cool Nutz, Jumbo (of the Lifesavas), Bosko, Chillest Illest, and Mic Crenshaw along with true school icons Dres (of Black Sheep) and Jamalski. The songs range from the tongue-in-cheek posturing of “My Mom’s Prius” and “You Already Know”, to a letter for a young black boy in the midst of the George Floyd protests (“Shorty’s Gonna Change The World”), to the title track – a sentimental homage to the Fingers’ hometown, Portland, Oregon. Ever present is the vibrant full band instrumentation that left a lasting mark on live audiences across the country. "Portland Say It Again" reminds us that the funk may go into quarantine but it never dies.

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released May 5, 2023

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Five Fingers of Funk Portland, Oregon

Five Fingers Of Funk is a ten-piece live Hip Hop band from Portland OR. Founded in 1992, the Fingers destroyed stages (in some cases literally) from Portland ME to Portland, OR. The band was fronted by rapper Pete Miser and DJ Chillest Illest and featured a three-piece horn section. ... more

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