Menahan Street Band
Menahan Street Band is an American, Brooklyn, New York–based instrumental band formed in 2007, that plays funk and soul music. The band features musicians from Antibalas, El Michels Affair, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and the Budos Band. The group was founded by Thomas Brenneck while living in an apartment on Menahan Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. Their debut album, Make the Road by Walking, was released in 2008 on Dunham, a sublabel of Daptone Records and was followed by The Crossing in 2012.
Various songs from Make the Road by Walking have been sampled by hip hop artists, including the title track, which was sampled by Jay-Z on the track "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)...", "Going The Distance", which was sampled by Kid Cudi on his song "Solo Dolo Pt.II" featuring Kendrick Lamar on Cudi's third studio album Indicud, and "The Traitor," sampled by 50 Cent on his mixtape War Angel LP and by Cudi on his debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day. In addition, the song "Tired of Fighting" is used as a primary sample in Kendrick Lamar's "Faith" from his eponymous 2009 EP, as well as YBN Cordae's 2019 track "Family Matters" from his debut album The Lost Boy.
After a ten-year hiatus, the band announced in December 2020 a new album, The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band, which was released in February 2021.
Members
All members are active on the Daptone roster, and most have played together in Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, El Michels Affair, The Budos Band, and/or Antibalas, among other projects.- Thomas Brenneck – bandleader, guitar, bass, keyboards
- Dave Guy – trumpet, guitar
- Leon Michels – saxophone, woodwinds, organ
- Nick Movshon – bass, percussion
- Homer Steinweiss – drums
- Mike Deller – organ, piano
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
| Make the Road by Walking |
|
| The Crossing | |
| The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band |
Collaborative albums
- Charles Bradley – No Time for Dreaming
- Charles Bradley – No Time for Dreaming
- Charles Bradley – Victim of Love
- Charles Bradley – Changes
- Charles Bradley – Changes
- The Sha La Das – Love in the Wind
- Charles Bradley – Black Velvet
- Charles Bradley – ''Black Velvet ''
Singles
| Title | Year | Album | Format |
| "Make the Road by Walking" / "Karina" | 2006 | Make the Road by Walking | 7" |
| "The World " / "Heartaches and Pain" | 2007 | No Time for Dreaming | 7" |
| "The Telephone Song" / "Tired Of Fighting" | 2008 | No Time for Dreaming | 7" |
| "The Wolf" / "Bushwick Lullaby" | 2009 | 7" | |
| "Heart Of Gold" / "In You " | 2011 | No Time for Dreaming | 7" |
| "No Time for Dreaming" / "Golden Rule" | 2011 | No Time for Dreaming | 7" |
| "The Crossing" / "Everyday A Dream" | 2011 | The Crossing | 7" |
| "Lights Out / Keep Coming Back" | 2012 | The Crossing | 7" |
| "There's a New Day Coming" / "Tommy Don't" | 2019 | 7", digital | |
| "Queen's Highway" | 2020 | The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band | digital |
| "Midnight Morning" / "Stepping Through the Shadow" | 2020 | The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band | 7" |
| "The Duke" / "Midnight Morning" | 2021 | The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band | 7", digital |
| "The Starchaser" | 2021 | The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band | digital |
| "Devil's Respite" | 2021 | The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band | digital |
Split singles
Australian Tour EP b/w Charles Bradley- "Run it Back" b/w Charles Bradley
- "I'll Slip Away" b/w Rodriguez
- "Revelations" b/w Charles Bradley
- "How Did I Get Here?" b/w Larose Jackson
Guest appearances
Selected credits- Jay-Z – "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)..."
- Kid Cudi – "Solo Dolo"
- 50 Cent – "Talking in Codes"
- Kendrick Lamar – "Faith"
- CeeLo Green – "Georgia"
- 3 Titans – "College" / "The Life of a Scholar"
- Eminem – "Groundhog Day"
- Cults – "Go Outside "
- Kid Cudi – "Solo Dolo, Part II"
- Theophilus London – "Rio"
- Elvis Costello & The Roots – "Tripwire "
- Ludacris – "Not Long"
- Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band – "Cumberland Blues"
- YBN Cordae – "Family Matters"
- Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band – "I'll Slip Away"