Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) is one of those songs that makes you want to get down and boogie. The beat, the horns, the smooth lyrical delivery all mesh together to make for a great, catchy sound. It’s one of those songs that’s great to play when a party is at it’s peak, as it will fill the dance floor–or at least, put people in a good frame of mind.
And of course, the lyrics:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
as you know we have something
special for you at
Birdland this evening.
A recording for
Blue Note Records
What’s that? yeah
yeah yeah
funky funky, how
’bout a big hand now?
wait, wait a minute
Groovy groovy
jazzy funky pounce bounce dance as we
Dip in the melodic
sea, the rhythm keeps flowin, it drips to MC
Sweet sugar pop
sugar pop rocks it pops ya don’t stop
‘Til the sweet
beat drops
I show and prove
as a stick in move
Hear the poems
recited on top of the groove
Smooth, mind,
floating like a butterfly
Notes start to
float, subtle like a lullabye
Brace yourself as
the beat hits ya
Dip trip, flip
fantasia
(ah, ah, ah,
what’s that? biggity biggity bop)
Feel the beat
drop, jazz and hip hop
Drippin’ in the
dome, and mix is on the lock
Funk and fusion, a
fly illusion
Keeps ya coastin’
on the river we cruisin’
Up down round and
round, round the found
But nevertheless
ya gots to get down
Finesse the freak
thru’ the beat so unique
Ya move your feet,
the sweat from the heat
Back to the fact
I’m the mack and I know that
The way I kick the
rhymes, some would call me a poet
Funky flowin’ goin’
on with the sweet sound
Caught in the
groove in Fantasia I’m found
Trip the tour upon
the rhymes they soar
To an infinite
height to the realm of the hardcore
Here we go
off I take ya
Dip trip
flip fantasia
Jump to the jam
boogy woogy jam slam
Bust the dialect
I’m the man in command
Come flow with the
sounds of the mighty mic masta
When I rhyme on
the mic I bring a sucka disasta
Beaucoup bucks and
I still rock Nike
With the razzle
dazzle star I might be
Scribble scrabble
on the microphone I babble
As I flip the
funky words, into a puzzle
Yes yes yes, on
and on as I flex
Get with the flow
words manifest
Feel the vibe from
here to Asia
Dip trip flip
fantasia
I’ve found it. At last.
Put it on.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
This is one of those songs that take me back. When I got my first CD burner, this is one of the songs I put on the CD I burned for my drive to Iowa. I wanted something “new” for the drive. I had a 6 CD changer in my truck and when I was done with those 6 CDs I would pull over get gas and switch them out.
Great song by the way :)
July 7th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Yeah, it’s a fun one.
I seem to have pushed myself into a jazz/hip hop run of late…