Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – Dap-Dippin' With... – New LP

Killer debut.  You can either start at the end and work your way back, or start with this and work your way through her catalog.  Either way will work just fine. Dap Dippin' by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings     AllMusic Review by Steve Huey  It's hard to believe that Sharon Jones' debut LP is a product of the year 2002, for several reasons. Given the excellent singles she recorded for Desco beginning in the late '90s, it seems like she would have gotten the opportunity for a full-length sooner; plus, her brand of raw, heavy, hard-driving funk is such a throwback to the '70s, and she pulls it off so well, that you wonder how she could have escaped that decade without at least a few rare, classic 45s (in the vein of labelmate Lee Fields). It's not hard to believe she once made her living as a prison guard, based on the tough-as-nails, no-nonsense performances she belts out on Dap Dippin' With Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, the first full-length release on Desco's descendant, Dap