Peter Holslin needs a new pair of Locs “Funk is not a fad, it’s a way of life.” If you’ve ever read an interview with Damon Riddick, aka Dâm-Funk, you’ve probably heard him say this memorable line. And if you’re not quite sure what he means by that, you might have a better idea after […]

The video treatment is as straightforward as the message. Do your thing, which in the case of Snoop means smoking bleezies while Dam-Funk is posted up by the bar drinking Godfathers, keytar strapped, and distilling the same no-nonsense approach as your favorite Don. As you might expect, there is a gyrating girl who has been […]

Dam-Funk, one half of 7 Days of Funk, the man who single-handedly revived an entire genre with only plutonium drums, a cat and a keytar, is our guest for the latest Shots Fired. Topics covered include: the story of how he and Snoop came together, social media, independent music, and the idea of stardom. Also, […]

While the Macklemoorish Invasion reigned at the Grammy’s, Dam-Funk cut this ice-cold but conversely sizzling jam to instruct y’all to “Keep Going.” You can read my Twitter timeline if you want to know what I really thought about music’s biggest and most bogus awards show. My tastes will always be inclined towards the subterranean, so […]

Earlier this year, Dam-Funk, Jon Casey, and I rolled around in a rented car through Pasadena (Dam’s old-skool was in the shop). The trip to his old stomping grounds in Northwest Pasadena yielded this story for Pasadena Magazine, and eventually, this nine minute mini-doc which Jon edited and directed. I got the producer credit, mainly […]

There’s a lot to say about 7 Days of Funk, but conversely, you really only need to say, this is some deliriously funky shit. It’s to be expected from the two funkiest men to have spent serious time in the (213). 2013 has proved the durability of the 40-plus rapper. Eminem and Jay-Z will easily […]

“What the fuck is this” reads the first comment on the video for “Super Fuck.” Good question. Quelle Chris gives dietary tips (Bailey’s and Bally’s) to the animated sex styles that look like a cross between Robert Smigel and Benjamin Marra. The raw sex work-out plan. Digital Underground would be proud. This is taken from […]

Dam-Funk with some opal bright, nostril-flaring funk with bass lines so fat that they could be a Pharcyde song about your husky mother. Yes, I went there. No, I am not sorry. Neither is Dam, who continues to lift curses, break hexes, and shatter conventional thinking. The album with Snoop is real and it is […]

During R Kelly’s gospel-soul serenade at the Pitchfork Festival, he released doves, balloons, and a light show with colors yet to be captured by Crayola. It was obviously great and for unclear reasons, it reminded me of Dam-Funk. Not because their lives or music dovetail in any way, but via their approach to creation. It’s […]

Tosten Burks drove a Sienna for a month last December and you know what, he liked the spaciousness. If you’re not bumping Dam-Funk in your minivan this summer, you’re missing the point of summer and the point of minivans. Further proving the brilliance of his revivalism, he’s getting funk icons like Slave-singer Steve Arrington to […]