One of my favorite house tracks of all time is Gene Farris' "Richard's Word," (sample) which floats a skit by the late, great Richard Pryor above an optimistic groove that's laced with a flighty flute loop. Pryor is at his gut-busting best riffing, for example, on what it takes, power tools and all, to get his lover to the, er, promised land (e.g. "all ugly in the face").It's a light touch of soul with a purposeful, dance-floor drive, not unlike much of Farris' output. While dance music, part
