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Unlimited!
''Unlimited!'' is a 1987 electro music, electro-funk album, the third solo album by Zapp (band), Zapp frontman Roger Troutman (credited as "Roger"). It includes a cover of James Brown's 1965 single "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," as well as Roger's biggest R&B chart, R&B and crossover hit (on the Billboard Hot 100, pop charts), "I Want to Be Your Man." Track listing Personnel Musicians *Roger Troutman: lead vocalist, Lead vocals, talk box, guitar, keyboard instrument, keyboards, synthesizer, bass guitar, bass, congas, percussion instrument, percussion, backing vocalist, backing vocals *Terry "Zapp" Troutman: Bass, keyboards, backing vocals *Billy Beck (musician), Billy Beck: Keyboards, backing vocals *Curtis Cowen: Keyboards *Lester Troutman: Drums, congas, percussion *Dale DeGroat: Keyboards *Johnny Lytle: Vibraphone *Carl Cowen, James Cameron: French horn, Horns *Additional backing vocalists: Clete Troutman, Mark Thomas, Nicole Cottom, Ray Davis (mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Troutman
Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999), also known as Roger, was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music over the years. Troutman was well known for his use of the talk box, a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard, but most commonly a guitar) to create different vocal effects. Roger used a custom-made talkbox—the Electro Harmonix "Golden Throat"—through a Moog Minimoog and later in his career a Yamaha DX100 FM synthesizer. As both band leader of Zapp and in his subsequent solo releases, he scored a bevy of funk and R&B hits throughout the 1980s and regularly collaborated with hip hop artists in the 1990s. Biography Early career Born in Hamilton, Ohio, Roger was the fourth of ten children. A graduate of Central State University, his first ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |