ZAPP - ZAPP (COLOR) (Staff Pick!)

Title: Zapp – Zapp (Zapp & Roger)Year/Genre: 1980, FunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Zapp emerged from Dayton, Ohio’s dense late-1970s funk community, which also produced acts tied to the wider Parliament-Funkadelic orbit. Produced with heavy involvement from Bootsy Collins, the album cemented Roger Troutman’s talk box as a visual and sonic signature in live shows and videos. Its riffs and keyboard lines became core source material for West Coast hip-hop, especially 1990s G-funk producers who reintroduced Zapp to a new generation of listeners.