Mint Condition (video clip)

[Shawn40]

Hi Guys,

A link with two video clip with Mint Condition.
If you want some hot drumming click on "Breakin' My Heart", you will be not disapointed !!!
http://www.pmusicgroup.com/video_mint.php

Enjoy.

PS : I don't think that it's Chris Dave on drums...

[got_a_matchgrip]

Rodge! NO DOUBT.

U R absolutely right about that.

You contemporary funk / RnB / soul / gospel guys in here are gonna love this guy! - THIS CAT SMOKES in the trad of BFMoore, ASpears, Tribbett, etc]. Killer player. [img]cool.gif[/img]

Mint Condition:

Stokley Williams (Lead Singer/Drummer)
Ricky Kinchen (Bassist)
O'Dell (Guitarist)
Jeffrey Allen (Keyboards/Sax)
Keri Lewis (Keyboards)
Larry Waddell (Keyboards)

http://www.teloscope.com/stokely.html

http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/stor...of-a-Band.html

http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo1/mint.htm

This drummer is SMOKIN' on that "Breakin' My Heart" clip...

WORD.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 06, 2005 06:38 PM: Message edited by: got_a_match_grip? ]</font>

[Shawn40]

Hey GAMG,

Thanks for the links Man.

Yeah Stockley is a great drummer (he plays also keyboards, steel pans...), but he's not on drums on these clips, and I don't think that it's Chris "Daddy" Dave too...

Anyway...

[got_a_matchgrip]

You know what, funny; I was just coming back here to log on & edit my last post here...that I wasn't 100% sure, after watching the clip for the 2nd time around, that this drummer was Stokely & not a hired session/touring gun, which I think it actually is... [img]redface.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]

He sure does sound like the ASpears/BFMoore style, tho...

He's pushing the groove real hard in certain places, very bright or on top, almost to the point of rushing perhaps, but it's really energetic sounding...he plays some twisted Chambers-esque funky groove-patterns / accent-placement "inversions" between some nice funky / RnB / hip-hop kicks/hits too.... [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

Anyone know who this drummer [BMH vid-clip] is?

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 07, 2005 12:46 AM: Message edited by: got_a_match_grip? ]</font>

[drumaddix]

thanks for the link.
Cool chops but one thing bothers me about those drummers.Don't get me wrong,i love 'em and really dig their drumming but in that kind of music i feel they all sound the same.Tribett,Spears,Frasier moore,Heyward are killer players no doubt about that ,but after having heard all of them play,i couldn't tell the difference between them.
Same sound,especially the snare drum even tho' it fits the music most of the time,same chops and ideas around the kit.
I guess that style of playin' is quite hip at the moment and those cats probably have a huge influence on each other.
Love the music anyway!! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

[Suspiria]

I've been away the past 5 days and this was just what I needed!
Fantastic band. That was a given of course, these guys only have the hottest talent around anyway.

[got_a_matchgrip]

in that kind of music i feel they all sound the same.Tribett,Spears,Frasier moore,Heyward are killer players no doubt about that ,but after having heard all of them play,i couldn't tell the difference between them.
Same sound,especially the snare drum even tho' it fits the music most of the time,same chops and ideas around the kit.
I guess that style of playin' is quite hip at the moment and those cats probably have a huge influence on each other.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">True - I agree with this sentiment.

I guess it's pretty hard for these guys NOT to sound the same, esp since this is the bar set at the moment for this genre, & these are the very guys setting it. [img]graemlins/thinking.gif[/img]

But in the blindfold test, I'd also be hard pressed to tell the diff btwn, say, Spears & this cat [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img] ...but I's still a pretty good level to be playing at, within this style. ;-)

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 07, 2005 12:52 AM: Message edited by: got_a_match_grip? ]</font>

[Shawn40]

So Guys, some incredible double drumming by Mint Condition.

On drums : Chris "Daddy" Dave (Kenny Garret, Meshell...) and Stockley.

My favorite is the first one who come from an album named "From The Mint Factory", the second one come from an album named "Definition of A Band", I like this title...

Anyway, enjoy !!!

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2U...I0OBFJ9H1FTSYA

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0W...X2R5NS9BWNZWL5

[funkydrummer]

Guys, thanks for posting this stuff! Mint Condition is one of my favorite groups, I dig all their albums as they are all great. "Definition of a Band", "From The Mint Factory" (my favorite one of them all), "Meant To Be Mint", even the new joint.... they are all great! Stokley is a hell of a drummer, tremendous feel/groove, and has a great bag of chops to top it all off. As for Chris Dave, what can I say? Dude is a monster. Absolute, total, MONSTER! Thanks again for posting this fellas, much appreciated.

[Suspiria]

Thanks Rodge!
I shall be downloading that material immediately.