We Funk(ed) Up Frisco

I haven't been steady bloggin' lately, since the mobbin' of non-virtual life has caught me up in the hustle. Hopefully my three loyal readers don't mind too much, or else I'm just going to be writing for myself from now on.

Enough of the nonsense, let's get to the program.

While sliding through San Francisco's night life the past couple years I've become disappointed with the lack of a solid Hiphop - Funk - Soul scene that holds it down on a consistent week to week basis. Maybe I'm spoiled because Los Angeles pushes the movement hard. But most of the big name DJ's in Frisco -- you know, the ones who've apparently been in the game for a minute and paid all their dues -- seem to compromise their style by playing a stream of the jiggy club shit to an audience that shrinks in numbers each week.

While I got no problem with the bass heavy club bangers that rock the party, I'm looking for the balance in style and content that reflects the Bay's rich music history. In the end, the Hiphop heads ain't happy, the DJ's don't feel it, so what's going on?

Saturday night, Montreal's We Funk radio DJ's Professor Groove and Static proved that Baydestrians really do fiend for a nickel bag of The Funk. Packing Elbo Room's top floor like a sardine can, We Funk demonstrated the crowd pleasing legitimacy of their funky soul hustle. Static dropped the classic boom bap Hiphop leading smoothly into Professor Groove's crescendoing dirty diamond funk. They switched off every thirty minutes or so, letting the tempo rise and fall in thick cascading motions like a multi-layered sexual grind.


While spinning together for twelve years on the notorious internet radio station and doing their homework digging deep into the crates, the DJ duo developed a streamlined set of slamming jams that pulse with soul clapping percussion. The finely woven fabric of Apache-style breaks, In response, not only did the crowd soak in the music, the air conditioning rafters literally started sweating and dripped onto the dance floor's many writhing bodies. You can call that a make it rain remix.

Special shout out to ShredONE for making wefunk happen!

Be sure to scope out the We Funk radio archive of over 520 radio shows, updated bimonthly (about) with a couple new shows each time. Peep the interviews, dialogues, and mixes (with set lists) raising the peoples on Hiphop like the Wake Up Show used to. You can also listen to the weekly Friday night live streams at 2am (est).