Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / The Dap-Kings Featuring Bosco Mann - Make It Good To Me / Casella Walk

Year Released: 2005
Label: Daptone Records
Genre: Funk / Instrumental Soul

Description:
One of Daptone’s finest deep-cut 7″s, “Make It Good To Me” pairs Sharon Jones’s raw, emotive performance with the Dap-Kings’ tight, analog production. Driven by syncopated drums, punchy bass, and lush horn arrangements, it’s a slow-burning funk gem about longing and connection — equal parts groove and emotion.

The instrumental flip, “Casella Walk,” featuring bassist and producer Bosco Mann (Gabriel Roth), serves as a perfect complement. It’s an earthy, cinematic funk instrumental — the kind of deep cut that recalls The Meters, Booker T. & The MG’s, and early blaxploitation soundtracks.

Together, they capture Daptone’s signature sound at its finest: organic, unpolished, and deeply soulful — the pulse of a label and band that brought real funk back to the forefront.