Menahan Street Band
Menahan Street Band is a 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. Their debut album, Make the Road by Walking, was released in 2008 on Dunham, a sublabel of Daptone Records.
Various songs from Make the Road by Walking have been sampled by hip hop artists, including Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, 50 Cent and Kendrick Lamar.
After a ten-year hiatus, the band released a new album, The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band.