Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Watcha Playin' (2008)

Watcha Playin album by Brooklyn Funk Essentials was released Mar 18, 2008 on the Comet label. Following an eight year hiatus, the acclaimed collective triumphantly return with this 2008 studio gem. Watcha Playin music CDs Immaculately produced by founder Lati Kronlund, the blistering set marks the legendary multicultural collective's 15th anniversary and is their first new studio offering since 2000. Watcha Playin' reunites the classic line-up of Kronlund (bass, beats, guitar, keyboards and turntables), vocalists Hanifah Walidah, Papa Dee and Everton Sylvester, and Yancy Drew (drums & vocals) alongside Desmond Foster (vocals & guitar), Iwan van Hetten (trumpet, keys & vocals), Philippe Monrose (percussion) and an impressive cast of notable guest contributors including Turkish super-star clarinet player Husnu Senlendirici and Tunisian Rai Diva Amina Annabi (lead vocals), Awa Manneh and Stephanie McKay (background vocals) and from Bebel Gilberto's band Masa Shimizu (guitars). Comet. Watcha Playin CD music contains a single disc with 12 songs.