Toeachizown | ||||
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Studio album by Dâm-Funk | ||||
Released | October 20, 2009 (2x CD) January 2010 (5x LP) | |||
Recorded | Funkmosphere Lab in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA | |||
Length | approx. 120:00 | |||
Label | Stones Throw Records (STH2232) | |||
Producer | Leon Sylvers III, Peanut Butter Wolf (exec.), Damon G. Riddick | |||
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Toeachizown is the first solo studio album by American neo-boogie musician Dâm-Funk, released on October 27, 2009 by Stones Throw Records. Album was produced by Leon Sylvers III, a record producer of SOLAR Records and a member of 70s disco group The Sylvers. The album is influenced by 1980s funk, post-disco, electro, boogie, P-funk, sci-fi music of the 1970s and the 1980s and other eighties-influenced music. The album was generally well received by critics. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Damon Garrett Riddick, better known by his stage name Dâm-Funk, is an American funk musician, vocalist and producer from Pasadena, California. In 2007, Riddick signed with the L.A.-based record label Stones Throw Records.
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All songs written by Damon G. Riddick. [5]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Let's Take Off (Far Away)" | 6:03 |
2. | "Come On Outside" | 4:17 |
3. | "Mirrors" | 3:19 |
4. | "One Less Day" (featuring G-Shaft) | 5:22 |
5. | "Brookside Park" | 9:49 |
6. | "The Sky Is Ours" | 7:17 |
7. | "(My Funk Goes) On & On" | 4:05 |
8. | "Searchin' 4 Funk's Future" | 7:42 |
9. | "Love Is Here 2nite (I Can Feel It)" | 4:59 |
10. | "I Wanna Thank You For (Steppin Into My Life)" | 6:09 |
11. | "Fantasy" | 6:18 |
12. | "Keep Lookin' 2 The Sky" | 4:34 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Toeachizown (D-F's Theme)" | 2:23 |
2. | "10 West" | 5:55 |
3. | "Flying V Ride" | 5:21 |
4. | "Burn Straight Thru U" | 5:12 |
5. | "Candy Dancin'" (featuring Mark de Clive-Lowe) | 8:23 |
6. | "Rollin'" | 6:58 |
7. | "Hood Pass Intact" | 5:01 |
8. | "Killdat (aka Killdatmuthafu*ka)" | 6:53 |
9. | "I Gots 2 Be Done Wit' U" | 6:09 |
10. | "LAtrifying" | 4:13 |
11. | "Spacecapades" | 6:29 |
12. | "In Flight" | 6:34 |
Country | Date | Format |
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United States [6] | October 20, 2009 | CD, LP |
Worldwide [6] | October 20, 2009 | CD, LP |
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