1999- 5 days after the Columbine horror left the nation licking an open wound, 5 shots from a .357 Smith & Wesson echoed in the alley behind Roger Tee Enterprises, and funk machine Roger Troutman was dead at the hands of his older brother Larry, who saved the 5th and final bullet for himself.

1996- Tupac needs a hit to launch his first album since Suge bailed him out of jail. Dre cooks up “California Love” which features Roger freestyling the now iconic hook.

1980- More Bounce to the Ounce gives a generation of khaki creasing, house shoe slidin’ ridahs something to bump out the back of the lac, as they scrape through the streets of Compton and Long Beach.

1970-1977- After learning to play the guitar from a local bum in exchange for food, Roger soaked up the funk from his fellow Ohio natives: Slave and The Ohio Players. Roger first saw the talkbox (or as he called it the ghetto robot) between Stevie Wonder’s gums on a 1973 episode of Sesame Street, and started using the technique to sing hits originally recorded by women.

2010- Dudes like Dam-Funk and DJ B. Cause are keeping the Troutman legacy alive with muthafunkin mixes like this here
DJ B. Cause – Playin’ Kinda Ruff

Tracklist, videos, and a super dope 90′s slow jam mix from Hudson Mohawke awaits you below

Hudmo Mix

Tracklist of Playin’ Kinda Ruff

intro/gonna take a break
put your lovin’ to the test
it doesn’t really matter
husband/thin line
you’ve got mail
i keep trying
we need the buck
spend my whole life
been this way before
it’s going down/scandalous/piru love
computer love
wanna be your man
be alright
zapp is back
suckas do what they can/say playa
rally world
haters/superman
california love
raza park
run tha block/4 my homies
express yourself
all night
late night fantasy
brand new player
player needs no love
habit girl/back to cali
u gots to chill
more bounce to the ounce
girl you should be mine
the way you shake/freedom
heartbreaker
beware my crew
get up off the wall
do it roger
dance floor
touch of jazz (playin’ kinda ruff ii)
so ruff so tuff/west coast poplock
doo wah ditty
ja ready to rock
i can make you dance
in the midnight hour
heard it through the grapevine
when you’re a gee
in the mix
diamonds & pearls/tc song
slow and easy