better than 'star time'!

That's blasphemous to some of you readers, I'm sure, but hey, at one time I owned both sets. I kept 40th because it has "Down and Out in NY City"; 'Star Time' does not. Anyway, I found myself going for the 40th set whenever I needed some JB. I guess I just don't have the time or patience to wade through box sets anymore.

As for the music, well what can I say? The man INVENTED funk and rap. Think about that -- James Brown invented two musical genres. It boggles the mind. EVERY R&B performer who came after him owes their career to "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business", "Soul Brother #1", "Mr. Dynamite", "the Godfather of Soul", ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr. James Brown!

This set has the songs in chronological order so you get to follow his progress from journeyman soul balladeer to one of the most important figures in 20th century music.

"Sex Machine" is one of the greatest songs ever conceived by the mind of man....

The one complaint I have is you can't see James performing this stuff...

So, if you have the $ and the time, get 'Star Time'. But if you're like me 'JB40' is where it's at. Hunh! good gawd!

HUH!! Get on up!!

This 2-CD set kicks some major booty. Nice overview of JB's career. If you wanted to delve deeper into his hardcore funk years, you might wanna look for individual copies of his later albums, but for most of his hot early hits with a slice of the funky stuff, this is pretty nice.

Super Bad Funk!

James Brown changed the course of R&B forever in the 1960s. This collection only serves to remind us of his valuable contribution - to virtually every genre of popular music. This is pure(sometimes demented!)funk.



The only thing missing is seeing him dance. Everybody from Sly to George Clinton, Prince and Jackson crawled out of his pocket.