Tens of millions of young Brasilians are absolutely fanatical about their Miami Funk as it’s the major library for sampling, Funk carioca is the only direct ‘descendant’ of the Miami funk sound other than the Deep South funk and ATL/Miami rap scene.
The sound and lyrics are not the cup of tea for most freepers, but growing up in a musical household that was big into the MIami funk sound, I love hearing someone under 40 remixing those bass lines...
http://soundcloud.com/groups/i-baile-funk-1
Yeah, that’s a great modern funk stuff going on, it’s funny how they never shy away from using keyboard stuff, whereas the rock world I grew up in tended to gravitate to guitar