Higher brings together the master of modern boogie,
Dam-Funk (aka Damon Riddick), with a veteran of the soul-funk-disco hey-day, former
Slave singer
Steve Arrington.
The album, released on August 6 via Stones Throw Records, finds Riddick on the tracks and Arrington on the vocals and lyrics.
If Arrington’s name doesn’t sound familiar, you’ve likely heard his work, as he’s been sampled on tracks from hip-hop’s elite, including Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Snoop Dogg, N.W.A. and many others. His music has had a massive influence on music from G-funk era hip-hop to house, so it makes sense that vocoder madman Dam Funk would approach Arrington to collaborate on an album.
Though he left the music industry in 1990, the singer is dedicated to this new project, hard at work on practising with a full band for an upcoming tour.