The Pimps of Joytime – Janxta Funk! album review

Moving back to live next to the marvellous crystal clear Mediterranean sea was one of the best moves I could have ever done in my life. Now summer is around and life simply cannot get better. Sitting at a beach bar in a golden sandy beach, in the shade, and enjoying an ice cold Limoncello with crushed ice and topless sun tanned, well groomed women showing off at the beach. The afternoon heat and the alcohol was fooling around with my head, and both the barman and me needed to see more action. We might as well go to sleep, or else to get the gorgeous topless women to dance. Maybe start some form of a chillax funky party?

At this stage we had two options. The first option was to hire some people who can sing, and play an electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, congas, an infinite myriad of percussions, vibraphone, saxophone, trombone, trumpets, flute and moog. The other option was to switch on the bar’s sound system and start playing Janxta Funk!, the new album from The Pimps of Joytime. It was quite a risky move since I had just received this album in the morning and didn’t know what it was all about; I had only heard some samples. I convinced the barman to play it because The Pimps of Joytime use all of the above mentioned instruments in their album, and have an astonishing and beautiful female vocalist accompanying male vocalists. So we went for the second option. After all, it was the easiest one, more realistic, and I wanted to check if The Pimps of Joytime, really live up to their name. They should be pimping joy around the air baby!

A bit of a background check about The Pimps of Joytime. They are a band from Brooklyn, USA and the band members are mainly Brian J, Chauncey Yearwood and Mayteana Morales. During the recordings and live sessions they are assisted by a number of session musicians, due to the large number of instruments needed to play such joyful music.

Oh dear me! They do live up to their name, and how! A vast mix of instruments, mixed up perfectly with impromptu like solos, was a joyous experience to listen to. A great mix of afrobats, Caribbean sounds, reggae, dub and salsa music in a single album. Listening to Janxta Funk! without dancing is a mission impossible, because it’s like their music was made to be played in summer, on beaches and other summery places. Although it gets you moving and dancing, it puts you in such a relaxing mood, which strictly speaking that’s all you need in summer. In their music you can also notice James Brown influences. Now let’s face the facts. If you listen to music that reminds you of James Brown, it must be AWESOME GOOD MUSIC!

Within a couple of minutes, the barman was busy serving a huge crowd, while I was busy dancing around in the crowd that gathered under the big beach bar gazebo. Most of the topless women started dancing. Could it be because they are attention seekers? Well it could be, but definitely they couldn’t seek for attention without The Pimps of Joytime’s easy flowing, chilling, relaxing yet groovy moving music. Some of the lyrics also helped as good pickup lines, like “that’s nasty baby” and “spread a lot the love and forget the hate.”

An eleven track master piece which helps the process of changing dreams into reality. A good funky mix of funk, mellow afrobeats, seaside Caribbean sounds and upbeat “salsa / reggae” type of tracks assorted properly in one album. This album can easily get the crowd moving and enjoy the music everywhere; especially by the sea. It obviously makes things better, since you can get those topless bathing chicks moving’.

Janxta Funk! was released on 21st of June 2011, less than a month ago. Hurry up and run to the stores in the hot sun to buy this record because it is a must have record for any type of human and pets gathering! And for those who are still green with google, The Pimps of Joytime official website is http://www.thepimpsofjoytime.com/