First there was the album taster EP. Then there was the album itself. Then there was the remix LP. And now, finally, there’s an EP of Pump Up The Funk instrumentals. Ooh he’s a canny one, that Badboe! And just to prove it, he has chosen the very best tunes to release the instrumentals of – just in case you thought you could inflate the dancefloor pressure better than he did with his own chums MC Kitch, MC Coppa, MC Rayna and Leon The Pro. What? Kitch, Coppa, Rayna and Leon The Pro? But that means he’s dropped the instros for Ghettofunkalicious, One Of Those Days, Hit It Maestro and In A Hurry doesn’t it? It certainly does – this man hasn’t been a key figure (almost instrumental, you might say) in the party breaks scene for the best part of a decade without having some idea about what he’s doing. Time to get on it producer types! Preview audio for Ghettofunkalicious and Hit It Maestro below – and original for the others – you’ll just have to imagine them minus the original vox!
(Out 21 November on Breakbeat Paradise)