>>1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ORLANDO PUBLIC LIBRARY, WELCOME TO MELROSE IN THE MIX, OUR SERIES OF LIVE RECORDING SESSIONS IN THE AUDIO STUDIO HERE AT THE MELROSE CENTER.

HI, EVERYONE.

I'M JIM MYERS.

TODAY'S SESSION FEATURES UNIVERSAL FUNK ORCHESTRA.

A STELLAR GROUP OF ORLANDO-BASED MUSICIANS CONSISTING OF DIZZLEPHUNK ON BASS AND TURN TABLES, THE JESTER ON GUITAR, CHRIS LABRANE ON DRUMS AND BACKING VOCALS AND JAWAAN LARUE ON LEAD VOCALS.

BEFORE THE SESSION, WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE BAND ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THEY COLLABORATED ON BEFORE FORMING UFO, THEIR GROUP SONGWRITING PROCESS, THEIR RECENTLY RELEASED SINGLES AND UPCOMING ALBUM, THEIR 2022 TOURING PLANS AND MORE.

>>PEACE AND BLESSINGS.

PEACE AND BLESSINGS.

WE ARE THE UNIVERSAL FUNK ORCHESTRA LIVE AT THE MELROSE ORLANDO AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING NEW, MAN.

LET'S DO THIS.

♪ BASS ♪ ♪ ALL INSTRUMENTS TOGETHER ♪ >>C'MON, C'MON.

THE UFO.

LIVE AND DIRECT.

HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

LET'S GO.

THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE THAT YOU KNOW THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE NOW!

NOW!

NOW!

NOW!

THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE THAT YOU KNOW THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE UFO THIS AIN'T YOUR REGULAR SMART WATCH OR CELLULAR THIS IS MORE LIKE ANGEL DUST TO THE CRANIUM THIS AIN'T THAT BS THIS MORE THAT KEITH SWEAT MAKE IT LAST FOREVER LIKE PYRAMIDS OUT IN EGYPT THIS AIN'T FOR HUMANS THIS FOR HUMALIENS, OUTCASTS WHO BETTER TO OUTLAST THE REGULAR THIS FOR THE TRAVELERS SWINGING EXCALIBUR YOU ASK FOR IT WATERED DOWN BUT THIS AIN'T FOR YOU AMATEURS THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE THAT YOU KNOW THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE NOW!

NOW!

NOW!

NOW!

THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE THAT YOU KNOW THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE UFO THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE UFO LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION WE READY TO GO THE FANS FORM A LINE IN FRONT OF THE VENUE STEP INSIDE THE BUILDING TO CATCH A GOOD SHOW THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR THIS MORE THAT RETRO YOU GET HOOKED AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO LET GO THIS IS THAT OUT OF THIS WORLD EXTRATERRESTRIAL LAND ON EARTH, PLAY TUNES WE HERE TO BLESS YOU THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE THAT YOU KNOW THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE NOW!

NOW!

NOW!

NOW!

THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE THAT YOU KNOW THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR HIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE UFO BLAST OFF BLAST BLAST OFF BLAST BLAST BLAST OFF BLAST OFF HEY, BLAST OFF COME ON, COME ON, COME ON THAT'S RIGHT ♪ BAND PLAYING TOGETHER ♪ THIS AIN'T THAT AND THAT AIN'T THIS.

THIS AIN'T THAT AND THAT AIN'T THIS.

THIS AIN'T THAT AND THAT AIN'T THIS.

THIS AIN'T, THIS AIN'T, YEAH THIS AIN'T, YEAH THIS AIN'T, YEAH THIS AIN'T THAT.

AND THAT AIN'T THAT.

THIS AIN'T THAT AND THAT AIN'T THIS.

THIS AIN'T THAT AND THAT AIN'T THIS.

THIS AIN'T, THIS AIN'T, THIS AIN'T, THIS AIN'T THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR SPIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE THAT YOU KNOW THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR SPIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE NOW!

NOW!

NOW!

NOW!

THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR SPIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS AIN'T THAT REGULAR VIBE THAT YOU KNOW THIS AIN'T THE REGULAR SPIT THAT YOU'RE USE TO THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE UFO >>WELL I THINK IT STARTED WITH BOOTY FUNK.

RIGHT?

WE KIND OF CAME TOGETHER FROM BOOTY FUNK.

>>IT ABSOLUTELY STARTED WITH, YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY STARTED.

>>YEAH, THAT'S HOW UNIVERSAL FUNK ORCHESTRA GOT STARTED WAS WITH DIZZLE'S DJ PROJECT, WHICH WAS A MIXTAPE WHERE HE WANTED TO HAVE A LIVE BAND PLAYING ALONG WITH WHAT HE WAS DJ'ING.

>>YEAH, HE CALLS US UP AND HE'S LIKE, "HERE ARE THESE TRACKS.

I WANT YOU TO PLAY SOMETHING ON THEM."

"WHAT?

WHERE?"

AND HE'S LIKE "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHERE?

PLAY ON THESE TRACKS."

AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.

>>AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE PLAYED THAT ALMOST LIKE, ALMOST LIKE A BROADWAY PERFORMANCE.

WE PLAYED THE ENTIRE MIXTAPE LIVE TO PEOPLE.

AND FROM THERE... >>IT DIDN'T STOP.

>>WE BROUGHT FORTH THE IDEA OF MAYBE MAKING IT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

>>1, 2, 1...COME ON.

FOR REAL!

I AM FOR REAL A LYRICAL KILLER WHOO!

WHATCHA SAY?

SPRAY IT WITH ARMOR-ALL MAKING IT BRIGHTER WHOO!

UFO!

TAKING THAT YOUNG FLOW, MAKING IT OURS IT'S OURS NOW.

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING I HEARD THEY TOLD HIM SPAZZ OUT, SPAZZ OUT BOY WE ON THAT CASH ROUTE ALIEN IN UNIFORM, LAND ON TOP A GLASS HOUSE I PULL UP I'M A KILL 'EM CAUSE I'M WIT' THE BAND NOW GOT THEY HANDS TO THE CEILING THEY CAN FEEL THE JAM BOUNCE UNIVERSAL FUNK HERE, LIVE AND DIRECT COME LIVEN THE SET ONE NIGHT, THEN WE JET THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, THE SKY TURN TO BLACK MAKING IT SHOWER, BOY YOU BOUND TO GET WET COME ON!

WHOO!

FOR REAL!

I AM FOR REAL A LYRICAL KILLER WHOO!

WHATCHA SAY?

SPRAY IT WITH ARMOR-ALL MAKING IT BRIGHTER WHOO!

UFO!

TAKING THAT YOUNG FLOW, MAKING IT OURS WHOO!

IT'S OURS NOW.

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER THEY SAID THEY WANT THAT FUNK SO IT'S UNIVERSAL HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT IF YOU IN THE CIRCLE THIS THAT FIVE STAR PLUS, AND WE HERE TO SERVE YOU WHOLE BAND SHOWED UP WEARING THE COLOR PURPLE IF YOU A HATER FAM, I NEVER HEARD YOU NEVER MADE IT ON MY RADAR 'CAUSE YOU DON'T DESERVE TO HUMALIENS DON'T FOLLOW CURFEW AND NO APOLOGIES OUR POLICY IS TO DISTURB YOU NEXT LEVEL SPIT, SHOW ME DEAD PRESIDENTS BOOK A SHOW AND WE'LL PULL UP IN YOUR RESIDENCE POWER MOVES HOW WE LOSE IS IRRELEVANT I'M LARUE HOW YOU SNOOZE ON AN ELEPHANT WATCH THIS GET LOUDER, MICS GET DEVOURED I AM THE ONE THAT THEY CALL IN FOR STYLING LAND ON YOUR ISLAND THROW ALL YOUR TOWEL IN THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, WE MAKING IT SHOWER WHOO!

FOR REAL!

I AM FOR REAL A LYRICAL KILLER, KILLER WHOO!

WHATCHA SAY?

SPRAY IT WITH ARMOR-ALL MAKING IT BRIGHTER WHOO!

UFO!

TAKING THAT YOUNG FLOW, MAKING IT OURS IT'S OURS NOW THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER COME ON!

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER LOOK UP IN THE SKY IS IT BIRD OR A PLANE UNIDENTIFIED AND NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN OVER MOUNTAIN TOPS, WATCH THE NIGHT TURN TO DAY THEY TRIED TO GET A PICTURE BUT WE ALWAYS GET AWAY LOOK UP IN THE SKY IS IT BIRD OR A PLANE UNIDENTIFIED AND NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN OVER MOUNTAIN TOPS, WATCH THE NIGHT TURN TO DAY TRIED TO GET A PICTURE BUT THEY ALWAYS GET AWAY AWAY!

AWAY!

THEY ALWAYS GET AWAY AWAY!

AWAY!

THEY ALWAYS GET AWAY AWAY!

AWAY!

THEY ALWAYS GET AWAY TRIED TO GET A PICTURE BUT THEY ALWAYS GET AWAY WHOO!

FOR REAL!

I AM LARUE, A LYRICAL KILLER WHOO!

WHATCHA SAY?

SPRAY IT WITH ARMOR-ALL MAKING IT BRIGHTER WHOO!

UFO!

TAKING THAT YOUNG FLOW, MAKING IT OURS .

IT'S OURS NOW THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER.

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, MAKING IT SHOWER.

>>I LOVE DEATH METAL.

THAT'S NOT EVEN A LIE.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DEATH METAL AND THAT DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT HAS INFLUENCED US HEAVILY.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

>>NOT AT ALL.

I LIKE METAL.

BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT DEATH METAL INFLUENCES.

BUT IF I'M ANSWERING THE QUESTION HONESTLY, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I GREW UP WITH A LOT OF FUNK, R&B.

>>THAT'S RIGHT.

>>ROCK AND ROLL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY JUST BEING A KID FROM THE '80S AND '90S.

HIP-HOP IS CLEARLY IN ALL OF OUR DNA.

>>ABSOLUTELY.

>>SO IT WAS JUST ALL ABOUT REALLY FROM THOSE LOVES OF, I MEAN YOU CAN TAKE MY LOVE FOR MICHAEL JACKSON, PRINCE, PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC AND ALL THAT STUFF AND THEN ONCE YOU GET AROUND THESE GUYS AND THEY HAVE THEIR DIFFERENT INFLUENCES.

YOU START LISTENING TO OTHER STUFF AND IT ALL STARTS TO CROSS-CONTAMINATE EACH OTHER.

YOU START REALIZING THAT, WELL, THIS GROUP SOUNDS LIKE THIS GROUP IN A WAY AND EVERYTHING KIND OF HAS KIND OF A CENTRAL LINK.

AND I THINK WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AT LATCHING ONTO THAT.

>>WHAT ABOUT YOU DIZZLE?

WHAT'S ONE OF YOUR INFLUENCES?

>>I DON'T LIKE MUSIC.

I GREW UP ON CLASSIC ROCK.

GOT INTO HIP-HOP AND THEN YOU KNOW, I'M A DJ.

SO I LOVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC.

I'M ALL OVER.

WORLD, BRAZILLIAN, AFRO-FUNK.

DOESN'T STOP.

I'M JUST NOT A BIG FAN OF DEATH METAL.

[LAUGHTER] >>THIS IS NOT A DEATH METAL BASHING, BY THE WAY.

>>HOW COULD IT NOT BE?

>>FOR ALL MY DEATH METAL PEOPLE OUT THERE IN ORLANDO.

WE LOVE YOU.

FOR REAL.

>>YEAH, AND I'D SAY FOR ME, IT'S DEFINITELY A HUGE INFLUENCE OF HIP-HOP.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO HIP-HOP I'M THE NAS', I'M THE MORE THE GOLDEN ERA OF HIP-HOP.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>GRATITUDE.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY WITH GRATITUDE.

NO MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH.

NO MATTER HOW HARD THINGS GET.

IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE ALRIGHT.

WHEN YOU TRUST IN THE MOST HIGH.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW AND TO REALIZE IS, TOMORROW'S NOT PROMISED.

SO WE CHERISH TODAY.

'CUZ I KNOW TOMORROW AIN'T PROMISED, GOD BUT I'MMA MAKE THE BEST OF TODAY THE PAIN AND SORROW MAY FOLLOW, YEA BUT I CAN'T LET IT TAKE MY JOY AWAY.

'CUZ I KNOW TOMORROW AIN'T PROMISED, GOD BUT I'MMA MAKE THE BEST OF TODAY THE PAIN AND SORROW MAY FOLLOW, YEA BUT I CAN'T LET IT TAKE MY JOY AWAY.

I'M GONNA MAKE THE BEST, I'M GONNA MAKE THE BEST, I'M GONNA MAKE THE BEST OUT MY DAY I PUT AWAY THE STRESS I PUT AWAY THE STRESS I PUT AWAY THE STRESS AND THE PAIN NO MORE TEARS, NO MORE FEAR GOT KEEP CALLING HIS NAME THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS GET UP OFF THE GROUND AND FEEL THE SUN SHINE ON YOUR FACE IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT I SAY HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH RE-ADJUST YOUR MIND CAUSE TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT I SAY HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH RE-ADJUST YOUR MIND CAUSE TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY, A NEW DAY 'CUZ I KNOW TOMORROW AIN'T PROMISED, GOD BUT I'MMA MAKE THE BEST OF TODAY THE PAIN AND SORROW MAY FOLLOW, YEA BUT I CAN'T LET IT TAKE MY JOY AWAY 'CUZ I KNOW TOMORROW AIN'T PROMISED, GOD BUT I'MMA MAKE THE BEST OF TODAY THE PAIN AND SORROW MAY FOLLOW, YEA BUT I CAN'T LET IT TAKE MY JOY AWAY I'M GONNA MAKE THE BEST, I'M GONNA MAKE THE BEST, I'M GONNA MAKE THE BEST OUT MY DAY I PUT AWAY THE STRESS I PUT AWAY THE STRESS I PUT AWAY THE STRESS AND THE PAIN NO MORE TEARS, NO MORE FEAR GOT KEEP CALLING HIS NAME THRU THE UPS AND DOWNS GET UP OFF THE GROUND AND FEEL THE SUN SHINE ON YOUR FACE IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT I SAY HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH RE-ADJUST YOUR MIND CAUSE TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT I SAY HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH RE-ADJUST YOUR MIND CAUSE TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY, A NEW DAY 'CUZ I KNOW TOMORROW AIN'T PROMISED, GOD BUT I'MMA MAKE THE BEST OF TODAY THE PAIN AND SORROW MAY FOLLOW, YEA BUT I CAN'T LET IT TAKE MY JOY AWAY 'CUZ I KNOW TOMORROW AIN'T PROMISED, GOD BUT I'MMA MAKE THE BEST OF TODAY THE PAIN AND SORROW MAY FOLLOW, YEA BUT I CAN'T LET IT TAKE MY JOY AWAY ♪ ALL PLAYING TOGETHER ♪ >>LET'S GO!

LET'S GO!

LET'S GO!

♪ GUITAR ♪ >>HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

'CUZ I KNOW TOMORROW AIN'T PROMISED, GOD BUT I'MMA MAKE THE BEST OF TODAY THE PAIN AND SORROW MAY FOLLOW, YEA BUT I CAN'T LET IT TAKE MY JOY AWAY 'CUZ I KNOW TOMORROW AIN'T PROMISED, GOD BUT I'MMA MAKE THE BEST OF TODAY THE PAIN AND SORROW MAY FOLLOW, YEA BUT I CAN'T LET IT TAKE MY JOY AWAY >>YES!

>>WE ARE TRULY A COLLECTIVE.

SO WE'VE ALL BEEN IN DIFFERENT BANDS TOGETHER.

WE'VE BEEN IN OTHER BANDS A PART.

SO EVERYBODY HAS THE SKILL OF SONGWRITING.

SO FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE SONGS WE'LL BE DOING TODAY, DIZZLE CAME UP WITH THE BASELINE.

FROM THERE WE WORKED IT INTO A SONG.

OR, ANOTHER SONG WE'RE DOING, I MADE THE BEAT INDEPENDENT OF EVERYTHING AND WE BROUGHT THAT TO EVERYBODY.

SO IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OFF IN OUR OWN LITTLE SEPARATE CORNERS AND DO OUR WORK OR WE COME TOGETHER AS A UNIT AND WE CAN DO IT LIKE IN A PRACTICE.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>THAT'S RIGHT!

WE.

ARE.

U.F.O!

YAHHH!!

WE.

ARE.

U.F.O!

LEVEL UP!

NO MORE OPPRESSION FROM YOU SETTLERS WE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM AS AMERICAN DEVELOPERS INSTEAD OF LOVE, IT'S THE HATE, THE FAKE AND JEALOUS ONES THAT CAUSE US TO LIVE IN FEAR WHY YOU POINTING YOUR METAL GUN WE NON-VIOLENCE, BUT HURT CAN CAUSE RIOTS, WE SAY EVERYBODY'S NAME THEIR FATE CANNOT SILENCE WE TAKING OFF PILOT EMBRACING ALL GIANTS TAKE OFF YOUR UNIFORM AND OPEN UP YOUR EYELIDS THIS IS OUR WORLD WHERE OUR LOVE OF STARS WAS BORN WE FALL FROM THE SKY WE ARE BATTERED AND WE'RE TORN WE GET OFF OUR KNEES TO SEEK VENGEANCE WHILE WE MOURN WELL, THIS ISN'T WAR IT'S THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM AND TAKE OFF YOUR UNIFORM!

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>THAT'S RIGHT!

WE ARE UFO!

WE MARCH, MARCH AND PROTEST LIFT UP OUR VOICES STAND UP AND THEN FIGHT BACK ON THE FRONT LINE LIKE SOLDIERS UFO THE CHOSEN, THE REVOLUTION GET TELEVISED TAKE US TO YOUR LEADER IT'S JUDGEMENT DAY FOR TELLING LIES SOMEBODY CALL THE LAW, WE'RE 'BOUT TO LOSE IT DON'T GET YOUR WIRES CROSSED, THINKING IT'S MUSIC THIS IS A MOVEMENT FOR ALL RACES AND ALL FACES, BLASTING OFF IN OUR SPACESHIP THIS IS OUR WORLD WHERE OUR LOVE OF STARS WAS BORN WE FALL FROM THE SKY WE ARE BATTERED AND WE'RE TORN WE GET ON OUR KNEES TO SEEK VENGEANCE WHILE WE MOURN WELL, THIS ISN'T WAR IT'S THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM AND TAKE OFF YOUR UNIFORM!

>>LET'S GO!

LET'S GO!

LET'S GO!

THAT'S RIGHT!

WE ARE UFO!

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>WE ARE UFO!

WE ARE UFO!

COME ON!

>>WHERE OUR LOVE OF STARS WAS BORN WE FALL FROM THE SKY WE ARE BATTERED AND WE'RE TORN WE GET OFF OUR KNEES TO SEEK VENGEANCE WHILE WE MOURN WELL, THIS ISN'T WAR IT'S THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM AND TAKE OFF YOUR UNIFORM!

>>FOR ME... >>RECORDING A SESSION IN A LIBRARY.

>>RECORDING A SESSION IN THE LIBRARY.

I WAS VERY SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH NOISE I COULD MAKE.

BEING A LIBRARY KID MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I'VE BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET.

WAIT, WAIT, I GET TO DO THIS?

HERE?

THIS IS CRAZY.

BUT, NO.

THE STEVE GARREN ONE WAS SO MUCH FUN AND THAT WAS STILL WHEN THEY HAD THE LIVE AUDIENCE AND EVERYTHING SO THAT WAS BRILLIANT.

JUST TO HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND FEED OFF OF THAT ENERGY AND GET THAT THING GOING OFF.

BUT I LOVE THE MELROSE.

>>HOW'S THE ROOM SOUND?

>>THE ROOM SOUNDS GOOD.

>>IT DOES?

>>YEAH!

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>WHOOOO!

>>CAN YOU FUNK WITH US?

CAN YOU FUNK WITH US?

WELL ALRIGHT!

THEY SAID THEY WANT THAT BRAND NEW STUFF, NO NEGOTIATION WE HERE TO TAKE YOU ON A RIDE, HOP ONBOARD THE SPACESHIP KEEP YOUR FINGERS INSIDE INCASE YOU WANT THEM LATER UFO, BOY WE FILTHY BY ASSOCIATION WE GIVE YOU ROCK AND ROLL, JAZZ, FUNK AND HIP HOP MUSIC, WHEN THE DJ DROP THE TUNE WE START MOVING TELL THEM WE THAT COOLANT HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE, AND SEE WE GOT MOVEMENT GOTTA KEEP ON GROOVIN' UNDER ONE NATION FIND THE MOON, WE IN THE CONSTELLATION MY NAME'S LARUE, EXCUSE THE COMPLICATION UNIVERSAL FUNK, GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION BRAND NEW FUNK WITH NO APPROPRIATION SOMETHIN' DOPE FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD NATION SO PLAY THE MUSIC BLAST IT OUT FROM YOUR SPACE STATION UNIVERSAL FUNK, GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION BRAND NEW FUNK WITH NO APPROPRIATION SOMETHIN' DOPE FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD NATION SO PLAY THE MUSIC BLAST IT OUT FROM YOUR SPACE STATION UNIVERSAL FUNK, GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION IF IT'S A CRIME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME WE GUILTY WHAT IT LOOK LIKE WE STOOD ON TOP A CROOK LINE LEBRANE HAD YELLED THE HOOK MINE THAT'S ME!

WHO CAME TO CATCH A THE GOOD VIBE UFO DONE WENT LIVE AND EVERYTHING IS DYNAMITE J.J. EVANS, GOOD TIMES WHAT CAN I SAY?

THAT BRAND NEW FUNK, NO NEGOTIATION LET ME SEE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND GO TO WAVING TURN THE MUSIC UP LOUD, BOY YOU KNOW IT'S BLAZING UNIVERSAL FUNK, GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION BRAND NEW FUNK WITH NO APPROPRIATION SOMETHIN' DOPE FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD NATION SO PLAY THE MUSIC BLAST IT OUT FROM YOUR SPACE STATION UNIVERSAL FUNK, GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION BRAND NEW FUNK WITH NO APPROPRIATION SOMETHIN' DOPE FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD NATION SO PLAY THE MUSIC BLAST IT LOUD FROM YOUR SPACE STATION UNIVERSAL FUNK, GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) C'MON!

(GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) C'MON!

(GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) YOUR CHOICE IS SIMPLE...

YOUR CHOICE IS SIMPLE... JOIN US AND LIVE IN PEACE...

YOUR CHOICE...

YOUR CHOICE...

YOUR CHOICE...

YOUR CHOICE IS SIMPLE... WELL ALRIGHT.

BRAND NEW FUNK WITH NO APPROPRIATION SOMETHIN' DOPE FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD NATION SO PLAY THE MUSIC BLAST IT OUT FROM YOUR SPACE STATION UNIVERSAL FUNK, GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION BRAND NEW FUNK WITH NO APPROPRIATION SOMETHIN' DOPE FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD NATION SO PLAY THE MUSIC BLAST IT LOUD FROM YOUR SPACE STATION UNIVERSAL FUNK, GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) C'MON!

(GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) WHY YA MAD, D?

(GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) WHY YA CRYIN', B?

(GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) C'MON!

(GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) >>GO CHRIS, GO CHRIS, GO CHRIS, GO CHRIS, GO CHRIS, GO CHRIS.

GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) UNIVERSAL FUNK (GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION) WHAT WE IS?

GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION!

>>WE ARE FINISHING UP A FULL LENGTH ALBUM.

>>A BEAUTIFUL FULL LENGTH ALBUM.

>>WE ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING THAT ALONG WITH SOME MUSIC VIDEOS AND BE TAKING IT ON THE ROAD COME EARLY NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF JUST BUILDING, PUTTING TOGETHER, BUILDING, PUTTING TOGETHER.

DOING THAT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HONESTLY.

>>THERE'S A LOT COMING ON THE HORIZON.

WE'RE GONNA START RELEASING TRACKS ONCE, TWICE, EVERY MONTH RIGHT?

>>ONCE A MONTH.

>>ONCE A MONTH.

SO THERE'S A LOT COMING ON THE HORIZON.

>>WE'VE JUST BEEN KIND OF SITTING QUIETLY WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THINGS AND YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S PUT TOGETHER PROPERLY.

>>YEAH, AND I THINK ONE THING TO MENTION IS, THAT A REALLY COOL THING I FOUND WAS WE RECORDED DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY LOCKED DOWN HERE IN FLORIDA.

WE WERE KIND OF BREAKING THE CURFEW AND WE WERE MAINTAINING PRACTICING, WRITING MUSIC AND PRETTY MUCH DURING THE MAJORITY OF THE LOCKDOWN, WE WERE IN THE STUDIO RECORDING MUSIC.

IT WAS SO COOL TO THINK LIKE, WOW, EVERYBODY'S AT HOME GOING CRAZY AND ALL THIS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY SITTING ON THIS GOLD MINE OF THIS MUSIC, BRAND NEW.

YOU KNOW, THE WORLD'S NEVER HEARD.

>>THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF MELROSE IN THE MIX FEATURING UNIVERSAL FUNK ORCHESTRA.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON WITH ANOTHER LIVE RECORDING SESSION HERE IN THE MELROSE CENTER AT THE ORLANDO PUBLIC LIBRARY.