Tap Water Runoff by XL Middleton Tap Water Runoff cover art Wishlist supported by MzRizk thumbnail chopstuey thumbnail HOZIN thumbnail KipRaq TheAcid thumbnail Alex Alleshater thumbnail William Ntimih thumbnail Adrian Burton thumbnail Chris Firenze thumbnail 1427michaela thumbnail Kenny Fresh thumbnail Chris Keene thumbnail Jon McCulloch thumbnail raul flores thumbnail Staffan Lundgren thumbnail Drew Manahan thumbnail Gareth Woodward thumbnail Mikael Feltzin thumbnail septicbreath thumbnail ryan Benn thumbnail Darren Hoff thumbnail Heartbreaker 00:00 / 04:46 Cassette package image Translucent green cassette with artwork designed by Brandon Mahlberg. Includes unlimited streaming of Tap Water Runoff via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. shipping out on or around 08 April 2016 $8 USD or more Cassette package image package image The cassette + limited edition blue vinyl of the Tap Water LP (please note, this is not a vinyl of Tap Water Runoff, but the original Tap Water album), together at a bundle price. Includes unlimited streaming of Tap Water Runoff via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. shipping out on or around 08 April 2016 $26 USD or more Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. $6 USD or more 1. Heartbreaker 04:46 2. This Funk Ain't No Phase 04:38 3. Slapped Witta Velvet Glove 04:24 4. Back 2 Tha Slapp! 04:00 5. Emdeetwentytwenty 04:11 6. Tap Water 05:32 about Still on the heels of his critically-acclaimed LP "Tap Water," XL Middleton returns, however briefly, with a cassette of cuts that were intended for the album but not included in the final run. This is "Tap Water Runoff." The EP includes six tracks, some instrumental, some vocal, all of which are laden with XL's melodic, bass-heavy synthesizer funk. It is a funk that draws from the same wells of inspiration as "Tap Water" - uptempo 80's boogie and sizzlingly slow 90's g-funk, united and distilled into Middleton's signature future-retro bounce. "Back 2 Tha Slapp!" feels all-too-ready for a verse from Snoop circa "The Last Meal," while "Tap Water," the title cut that didn't make it to its namesake album, feels like it's been culled directly from the vaults of George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. "This Funk Ain't No Phase" gives a strong head nod to the gutter Ohio funk of Roger Troutman. Yet, for all of its apparent reverence to its own influences, "Tap Water Runoff" is yet another reminder that modern funk is just that - cutting edge and always ready to bellow a definitive "yes" to the age old question - "Is this the future?"