@@kelllzzzkellzz4910 This is Tom Browne explaining the song is about Jamaica Queens before I saw this I thought it was about the Island 😂 ruclips.net/video/y_5iCs20VMg/видео.htmlsi=-Z9IU8UYNK4XqxrO
@@lanceflx63 Wowwww I never knew that!!! Makes complete sense thank you for answering my question and I’m just learning this after all these years of this being one of my most played songs!!
There are 3 kinds of people. Those who love Funkin For Jamaica, those who haven't heard Funkin For Jamaica, and then people I don't want to hang out with.
This and One Nation Under a Groove are my all time favourite funk jams! Tom Browne is the guy in the blue t-shirt. Thomassina (Toni) Carrollyne Smith is the POWERHOUSE vocalist. I think she never got the recognition and accolades she deserved for her talent. Back in the day, everyone thought it was Chaka Khan singing but Chaka was being amazing in her own part of the universe. Funkin for Jamaica was one of our big bounces at the roller rink, along with More Bounce to The Ounce, Thighs High, In The Bottle by Gil Scott Heron, Flashlight (my school's basketball theme music), Skin Tight, Cut the Cake by Jeff Golub, Do It Till You’re Satisfied by B.T. Express..... music of this era was SO BIG!. The biggest difference I see from today's music is instrumentals. I'm blaming cutting music class from schools for the loss in quality of today's music. If you want to hear another great trumpeter, check out "Rise" by Herb Alpert. We had better music but, the kids today elevated our dance moves beyond what I might have imagined. 🥰
Omg I can watch people at the rink for hours!! I always went with my parents and watched everyone dance skate to this song and so many other good ones you named!!
@@nikkidimick947 ...and I forgot to mention another fave, "Jammin Big Guitar" - I was singing and skatin along to this song for a lifetime and didn't realize how dirty the lyrics were LOL
Toni Smith passed in 2020. RIP Toni. Yes people are so unaware of her large contributions to music over the decades and how often she was revered by her peers.
16 year old Bernard Wright on the keyboard/piano and also laid the bass line. 17 year old Marcus Miller on the regular bass guitar. All before they got super famous
Chaka Kahn has a fun story where after this song came out, her friends started telling her that they really liked her new song, because the lead singer sounded something like Chaka. At first, she didn't know what they were talking about. Years later, Chaka would sometimes perform Jamaica Funk herself live on stage as a fun joke.
This song was the jam back in the day back in the early 80s, and it was being heard over in Germany in 1982!!! This song will NEVER go out of style, and it is a classic.. NYC classic, world classic. There is a documentary online that Tom Browne did back a few years ago, I will post it here... ruclips.net/video/y_5iCs20VMg/видео.htmlsi=fWPe4LBwqR-F3mK0 The piano player went on to be a successful jazz pianist, and a few of the others survive but most of them have passed, including Toni. It's one of the best of NYC and more specifically Queens, NY jazz-funk. Tom Browne was/is a jazz trumpeteer. This was out under the A train in Richmond Hill-South Ozone Park vicinity, Queens, from where many of the jazz greats practiced and came from.
The song was recorded in Jamaica Queens at a small club located on "New York Blvd" now know as Guy Brewer Blvd. The song has NOTHING to do with the west indies or Jamaica the country. It is dedicated to South Jamaica Queens, the hippest and coolest section of Queens NY. Here's another cool fact about the making of the song. Bernard Wright (also from Jamaica Queens) was part of the band that recording the record. Look up "Bernard Wright". ruclips.net/video/yZxKKuKVJfU/видео.html ruclips.net/video/yZxKKuKVJfU/видео.html SOUTH SIDE JAMAICA QUEENS FOR LIFE!
Jamaica Queens were rap started. The 5 boroughs set it all off. I was so lucky to DJ hip hop and funk since 10th grade in 1986 and tear a party up. Never a bad night back then.
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The sound was reflective of Jamaica, Queens (NY) in the late 1970s, early 80s. Tom Browne is the opening trumpeter.
Wait..can you elaborate on how this relates to Jamaica Queens?
This is one of my most played even until this day
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This is Tom Browne explaining the song is about Jamaica Queens before I saw this I thought it was about the Island 😂
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@@kelllzzzkellzz4910Tom Browne is from Jamaica, Queens New York
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Wowwww I never knew that!!!
Makes complete sense thank you for answering my question and I’m just learning this after all these years of this being one of my most played songs!!
He started out playing for Fatback
Stone Cold Classic!
There are 3 kinds of people. Those who love Funkin For Jamaica, those who haven't heard Funkin For Jamaica, and then people I don't want to hang out with.
This and One Nation Under a Groove are my all time favourite funk jams! Tom Browne is the guy in the blue t-shirt. Thomassina (Toni) Carrollyne Smith is the POWERHOUSE vocalist. I think she never got the recognition and accolades she deserved for her talent. Back in the day, everyone thought it was Chaka Khan singing but Chaka was being amazing in her own part of the universe.
Funkin for Jamaica was one of our big bounces at the roller rink, along with More Bounce to The Ounce, Thighs High, In The Bottle by Gil Scott Heron, Flashlight (my school's basketball theme music), Skin Tight, Cut the Cake by Jeff Golub, Do It Till You’re Satisfied by B.T. Express..... music of this era was SO BIG!. The biggest difference I see from today's music is instrumentals. I'm blaming cutting music class from schools for the loss in quality of today's music.
If you want to hear another great trumpeter, check out "Rise" by Herb Alpert.
We had better music but, the kids today elevated our dance moves beyond what I might have imagined. 🥰
Omg I can watch people at the rink for hours!! I always went with my parents and watched everyone dance skate to this song and so many other good ones you named!!
@@nikkidimick947 ...and I forgot to mention another fave, "Jammin Big Guitar" - I was singing and skatin along to this song for a lifetime and didn't realize how dirty the lyrics were LOL
I was one of those who thought Chaka Khan, was singing on that jam
@@peterhudgens8817 Two powerhouse vocalists 💞
Toni Smith passed in 2020. RIP Toni. Yes people are so unaware of her large contributions to music over the decades and how often she was revered by her peers.
44 years later and I Still Feel it in my Soul
Can't believe it's been that long!!!!!!!
#7 on my all-time favorite songs list. Jamaica, NY.
16 year old Bernard Wright on the keyboard/piano and also laid the bass line. 17 year old Marcus Miller on the regular bass guitar. All before they got super famous
This has been my wake up alarm for years!! Never fell off my list at all. Top of the cookout playlist!
Chaka Kahn has a fun story where after this song came out, her friends started telling her that they really liked her new song, because the lead singer sounded something like Chaka. At first, she didn't know what they were talking about. Years later, Chaka would sometimes perform Jamaica Funk herself live on stage as a fun joke.
Too funky ... instant lift from this very popular feelgood song ...
That is a jam session folks !!!! Simple always gets to more people than a big production does.
Tom Browne was born and raised in Jamaica Queens N.Y. You can look it up for yourself.
This song was the jam back in the day back in the early 80s, and it was being heard over in Germany in 1982!!! This song will NEVER go out of style, and it is a classic.. NYC classic, world classic. There is a documentary online that Tom Browne did back a few years ago, I will post it here... ruclips.net/video/y_5iCs20VMg/видео.htmlsi=fWPe4LBwqR-F3mK0 The piano player went on to be a successful jazz pianist, and a few of the others survive but most of them have passed, including Toni. It's one of the best of NYC and more specifically Queens, NY jazz-funk. Tom Browne was/is a jazz trumpeteer. This was out under the A train in Richmond Hill-South Ozone Park vicinity, Queens, from where many of the jazz greats practiced and came from.
This was some kick butt NY Funk that was fun to bounce to back in the day.
The song was recorded in Jamaica Queens at a small club located on "New York Blvd" now know as Guy Brewer Blvd. The song has NOTHING to do with the west indies or Jamaica the country. It is dedicated to South Jamaica Queens, the hippest and coolest section of Queens NY. Here's another cool fact about the making of the song. Bernard Wright (also from Jamaica Queens) was part of the band that recording the record. Look up "Bernard Wright".
ruclips.net/video/yZxKKuKVJfU/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/yZxKKuKVJfU/видео.html
SOUTH SIDE JAMAICA QUEENS FOR LIFE!
My uncle digs this song
Funk! Man...this was one of my favorite songs in high school.
Hands down classic 👌
Love Tom Browne's Jazz Funk Jams. Check out their "Thighs High".🔥👍✌🌼
"I wanna grip your hips and move".
Yaasssss!!!!! I still have that ‘45. I guess that shows my age😂😂
THIS IS A ETERNAL JAM FOR REUNION , BBQ , HOLIDAY , EVERYDAY MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD WAKE YOUR A**UP JAM !!!!
Jamaica Queens were rap started. The 5 boroughs set it all off. I was so lucky to DJ hip hop and funk since 10th grade in 1986 and tear a party up. Never a bad night back then.
Hip Hop was created in the Boogie Down Bronx!
The guy in your thumbnail is not Tom Browne, the jazz trumpeter who is black. The guy in your thumbnail is Tom Brown the white fashion designer 😂🤦🏽♂️
Flashback
Hilarious. 🤗
Toooon👌❤️
Jamaica Queens NYC
What's with the front picture, was that clickbait?
Wicked tune from back in the day, don't get music like that anymore.
Why does he seem like he enjoys reacting more without his girlfriend
😂😂😂... never seen him jam so much!!!!
@@user-vu7us9sw9iI've noticed that too. Don't know what they were playin' at. Why not just be honest, genuine???