What genre is the song "Foots" by the band Stuff?

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Here I have the link the song foots by a band called Stuff

What is the genre of this? Is it funk or pop?

I also think it belongs to funk. – user1489 Dec 03 '15 at 08:33 — user1489, Dec 03 '15 at 08:33

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '15 at 16:48

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The opening segment of the track is heavily blues influenced but as it transitions it begins to have a bit of a funk groove to it.

Wiki: "Stuff developed a danceable rhythm and blues and funk sound, the likes of which had not been heard since the days of the Harlem Swing Bands of the 40s and 50s."

answered Nov 24 '15 at 16:48

DSH72

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Does the opening segment sound a lot like "Habbie Doobie" from Texas Gentlemen? Hard to think they weren't accidentally inspired by the Stuff song. – Maximo Mussini Dec 21 '20 at 19:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '15 at 14:15

Looking Stuff up on Wikipedia, it seems as though they are a jazz-funk band. Listening to that track, I'd be inclined to say that that song is also jazz-funk, or at the very least instrumental funk. The album on which "Stuff" appears (also called Stuff) was produced by a jazz drummer named Herb Lovelle, and a jazz/R&B producer named Tommy LiPuma, further supporting the jazz-funk categorization of the song.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '20 at 16:02

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In 1983 a very "similar" song was released by Jan Akkerman. Title: Pietons. He claimed the credits.

answered Nov 21 '20 at 16:02

Hans van Tol

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What genre is the song "Foots" by the band Stuff?

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