Roger Troutman is really and truly an underrated Legend

[I love Latina women]

Stevie Wonder was the one that was using that technology first, from what I know. Roger/Zapp and Frampton popularized that effect.......so I will concede that Roger's influence is there.

True, good point.
Stevie did. You're right.

I just think Roger played an important and integral role in stretching out the talkbox as an instrument as well.

 

[Dynamite James]

Roger Tribute....

 

[I love Latina women]

Whenever Roger and Shirley Murdock collaborated it was a perfect match

 

[Take It In Blood]

Shoobity Doo wop, doo wop I wanna love u

 

[get these nets]

So that whole Autotune era we are still in never existed huh?

The Stevie Wonder slander has got to stop.

 

[MasterOfAllHeSurveyz]

Ah. The memories of a kid watching my parent's generation jammin' to Troutman.

"Can it be that it was all so simple then."

 

[Piff Tannen]

Rodger Troutman related thread without this





some of my favorite Roger tracks, I still wanna knock down older bytch to this one

 

[get these nets]

 

[smokeurobinson]

The Stevie Wonder slander has got to stop.

Underrated my ass. This was 2pacs biggest single of his whole career. A song everyone knows and guess who was all up in the video?

 

[smokeurobinson]

Zapp and 90's hood movies are a staple

 

[avon barksdale]

Naw old cats like me know who roger is



Rappers loved him

 

[Crude]

All those artists from the 90s 2Pac included were sampling and paying homage to him.

I think the G-Funk era was largely influenced by Roger and the rest of the Troutman brothers.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

That early 80s sound baby

 

[blankstairz]

All those artists from the 90s 2Pac included were sampling and paying homage to him.

I think the G-Funk era was largely influenced by Roger and the rest of the Troutman brothers.

G-funk was influenced more by P-funk and the melodies of Bernie Worrell. Sound of the 70s, more than the 80s.

EPMD and Erick Sermon in particular was heavily influenced by Roger.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

I think so, bruh
The more I go back and listen to his music, Roger really picked up the baton for Funk in the 80's man
Sly had stopped putting out new music after the early 80's, George had cooled after the early 80 as well and Curtis' 80's work was no where near his 70's input

This made way for Roger and he kept that shyt funky to the utmost.

Prince was keeping it funky too, but while Prince experimented and gave us a variety of sounds, Roger kept that shyt funky 100%.

Roger could write, produce, arrange and all that shyt. He was just as much of a genius as is Sly, Curtis and Prince IMO

Man, if Sly would've linked up with Roger in like 88' for an album, that shyt would been nice

Even tho Sly was sitting on the sidelines for most of the 80's, Sly had embraced the 80's sound. Imagine if Sly would've worked with Roger on an album

Yea that pcp and coke fukked sly up

George too...as well as other shyt