BRASH Magazine Fall 19 Issue | Page 35

Special Feature | Catching Up with The Funky Bunch B! 35 "Timing is everything. Eventually the time was right for us all." BRASH! What brought the group back together to record and perform music? TFB: What brought the group back together ultimately was the MC Hammer House party tour. We got a call from Jeff Epstein towards the end of 2019 asking if the Funky Bs were still together. Once he found out that we were, he asked if we would be interested in the tour and if yes, would we be able to use the name. It was also our love of music and wanting to perform again that played a part in the decision as well. The timing felt right so we decided to do the tour. We then decided at the time to give a stab at it and work towards releasing new music. "Absolutely" is Available Now on Major Music Streaming Outlets! BRASH! Tell us a little about your new single BRASH!! How has the group grown since "Absolutely" ft Sisqo. the last time we heard you? TFB: ABSOLUTELY has two phases. One phase TFB: The group has grown in different ways. was that we wanted something familiar to Once we left Marky Mark, we attempted to do listeners that was adjacent to Good Vibrations. the Funky Bunch again, not once but twice, We wanted to stay with what we knew as well as and it didn’t really work. Timing is everything. what the fans knew. The second phase was Eventually the time was right for us all. when Scottie Gee reached out to Sisqo, his Throughout the years, Scottie stayed very thoughts where that by bringing him on to the active in the music industry working with and song it would be a bit more on the Urban/RnB placing various artists on major labels such as side which we didn’t have. We knew we could Interscope, J Records etc. while other only make a smash by bringing in a bit more of members pursued other career paths. Now today’s sound. here we are doing what we love, singing, dancing and entertaining the fans. We have honestly just grown from young men to adult men. Still having a great time.