So I'm freaking out slightly over Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson's new funky collab - 'Uptown Funk' and 'Feel Right', featuring the one and only...MYSTIKAL!!
I love everything that Bruno Mars does live so when I saw that he performed this on SNL, I had to check it out. I had no idea he had tapped into everything that is funky and created something that Prince, James Brown and George Clinton would be more than proud of. Bruno Mars' musical style with his backup singers/dancers, the Hooligans, and London-based producer Mark Ronson come together perfectly. Mark Ronson puts on a stellar funk guitar performance to back up Bruno Mars' dancing theatrics and the horn section was as tight as any I've seen (and let's be honest - I would say I'm a self-proclaimed horn section aficionado).
The 'Feel Right' performance blew my mind, Mystikal doing a fantastic combination of his unique New Orleans-style rap and a James Brown performance that was borderline uncanny. I have a new respect for Mystikal.
This Mark Ronson genius doesn't end here - the much-awaited album "Uptown Special" is expected for release on January 27th, 2015. You KNOW I'm ready.
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