Building upon the unprecedented success of Zapp's self-titled debut and group leader Roger Troutman's solo debut, The Many Facets of Roger, along with those two album's hit singles -- "More Bounce to the Ounce" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," respectively -- Troutman returned in 1982 with Zapp II, a strong album again propelled by a mammoth single, "Dance Floor." Outside of the infectious single, which topped the R&B singles chart, Troutman stuck to his patented formula of vocoder-laden funk on each of the album's other songs. There isn't anything new here that wasn't on Zapp or The Many Facets of Roger, just more of the same; of course, this isn't exactly a bad thing, as Troutman retreads familiar ground effectively. At this point in his career, Troutman wasn't short on ideas and was able to inventively lay down dense, carefree funk with ease -- in sum, there's literally no filler here, impressive when you consider his prolific output during this era. Not quite as fresh as the first Zapp album but still a great album for its era. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
Raymond Davis (Vocals (Background)), Roger Troutman (Vocals (Background)), Mallia Franklin (Vocals (Background)), Gregory Jackson (Fender Rhodes), Larry Troutman (Guitar), Ken Bowen (Engineer), Ken Bowen (Mixing Engineer), Ken Bowen (Mix Down), Lester Troutman (Remixing), Delores Smith (Vocals (Background)), Gregory Jackson (Group Member), John Jaszcz (Engineer), Roger Troutman (Vibraphone), Lester Troutman (Mixing), Robin Jenny (Engineer), Robin Jenny (Mix Down), Roger (Mixing), Robin Jenney (Mix Down), Roger Troutman (Talk Box), Roger Troutman (Leader), Roger (Keyboards), Jannetta Boyce (Group Member), Lester Troutman (Group Member), Greg Reilly (Engineer), Bobby Glover (Group Member), Robin Jenney (Mixing Engineer), Randy Wallace (Vocals (Background)), Roger (Synthesizer), Phil Brown (Mastering), Jerome Derrickson (Group Member), Bobby Glover (Vocals), Larry Troutman (Percussion), Roger (Vocals (Background)), Gregory Jackson (Vocals), Lester Troutman (Mix Down), Sherman Fleetwood (Group Member), Lester Troutman (Mixing Engineer), Roger Troutman (Producer), Gregory Jackson (Keyboards), Lester Troutman (Engineer), Larry Troutman (Conga), Lester Troutman (Drums), Eddie Barber (Group Member), Roger Troutman (Vocals), Larry Troutman (Drums), Bob Glover (Vocals), Roger Troutman (Synthesizer), Phill Brown (Mastering), Larry Troutman (Group Member), Roger Troutman (Group Member), Gregory Jackson (Synthesizer), Roger Troutman (Remixing), Michael Warren (Group Member), Larry Troutman (Arranger), Bobby Glover (Vocals (Background)), Dick Smith (Vocals (Background)), Bob Glover (Vocals (Background)), Roger (Producer), Jannetta Boyce (Vocals (Background)), Roger Troutman (Guitar), Lester Troutman (Horn), Marchelle Smith (Vocals (Background)), Roger Troutman (Arranger), Roger (Fender Rhodes), Michael Warren (Horn), Roger (Remixing), Jerome Derrickson (Horn), Greg McNeilly (Engineer), Roger Troutman (Mixing), Randy Wallace (Horn), Eddie Barber (Horn), Robin Jenney (Engineer), Roger (Bass), Roger Troutman (Keyboards), Roger Troutman (Fender Rhodes), Gregory Jackson (Vocals (Background))
Zapp II is the second album by Ohio P-Funk band Zapp. Released in 1982, the album became popular in funk for the singles "Dance Floor" (#1 Black Singles, #62 Club Play), and "Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)" (#10 Black Singles). The album reached #5 on the Black Albums and #25 on the Pop Albums charts.
