Funk Overload Explained

Funk Overload
Type:	studio
Artist:	Maceo Parker
Cover:	MParker_FunkOverload.jpg
Recorded:	February 1998
Studio:	Dan's House of Love, New York City
Label:	What Are Records?, Cream Records
Producer:	Daniel Wise, Maceo Parker
Prev Title:	Maceo
Prev Year:	1994
Next Year:	2000

Funk Overload is an album by Maceo Parker, released in 1998 via What Are Records? and Cream Records.^{[1] [2]}

The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.^[3]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "though Maceo's original lyrical attempts may be a bit immature, his years of experience and hard work shine through with every brassy attack and smooth soul note." The Washington Post thought that Parker's son, Corey, "emerges as an entertaining rapper."^[4] Billboard called the album "a hot, entertaining, straight-up R&B record that contains soulful originals and covers."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Maceo Parker except where indicated

1. "Uptown Up" (Maceo Parker, Corey Parker)
2. "Sing a Simple Song" (Sylvester Stewart)
3. "Maceo's Groove" (Maceo Parker, Corey Parker)
4. "Elephant's Foot"
5. "Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend)
6. "Tell Me Something Good" (Stevie Wonder)
7. "Youth of the World"
8. "We're on the Move"
9. "Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.)
10. "Do You Love Me" (Maceo Parker, Michael Rucska)
11. "Going in Circles" (Jerry Peters, Anita Poree)

Personnel

• Maceo Parker - alto saxophone, percussion, vocals
• Ron Tooley - trumpet
• Fred Wesley - trombone
• Vincent Henry - tenor saxophone
• Will Boulware - Hammond B3 organ
• Bruno Speight, Steve Conte (track 6) - guitar
• Jerry Preston - bass
• Jamal Thomas - drums
• Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, "Sweet" Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston - backing vocals
• Corey Parker - rap (tracks 1,3,5)

External links

• Web site: Maceo Parker - Funk Overload (1998) album releases & credits. Discogs. 2015-09-10.

Notes and References

1. Web site: MACEO PARKER'S DEEP IN FUNK, AND THAT SOUNDS GOOD. ROGER. CATLIN. courant.com.
2. Web site: The Lingering Maceo Melody. Mike. Zwerin. International Herald. Tribune. September 9, 1998. NYTimes.com.
3. Web site: Maceo Parker. Billboard.
4. Web site: Maceo Parker: Still in a Funk . The Washington Post . 6 June 2021.
5. Morris . Chris . FLAG WAVING . Billboard . Aug 29, 1998 . 110 . 35 . 81.