Funk Overload
Funk Overload is an album by Maceo Parker, released in 1998 via What Are Records? and Cream Records.
The album peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
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." Billboard called the album "a hot, entertaining, straight-up R&B record that contains soulful originals and covers."Track listing
All tracks composed by Maceo Parker except where indicated- "Uptown Up"
- "Sing a Simple Song"
- "Maceo's Groove"
- "Elephant's Foot"
- "Let's Get It On"
- "Tell Me Something Good"
- "Youth of the World"
- "We're on the Move"
- "Inner City Blues"
- "Do You Love Me"
- "Going in Circles"
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 - guitar
- Jerry Preston - bass
- Jamal Thomas - drums
- Diann Sorrell, Kara Dio Guardi, "Sweet" Charles Sherrell, Jerry Preston - backing vocals
- Corey Parker - rap