classic jb fonk from the vaults

these jams has been sampled to death I like the instrumental jam with the horns and featuring bootsy collins on the bass chunking out some heavy bass licks this cd is great blind man can see it sampled by das efx is classic about 8 minutes since jb originated the extended jam makint 12 inches before 12 inches idf you know what I mean the whole band is tight got to have a mother for me is smoking also get this cd if you love funky music.

Knocks me out

James Brown is a cat that if you don't have certain things from His catelog in your collection then you are truly missing out.this is a Must to have ASAP.Fred Wesley is Slammin on this Set.the Jams hit you left&right like a Joe Louis Combination.His Grooves&Arrangements have tough Breaks that just keep your Head Bopping.the more you listen to Older JB Albums the more you still find something New&Fresh you might not have picked up on before.MADD Props to Da GODFATHER!!

The True Source of All Funk to Come

James Brown's most groundbreaking period, 1968-72 or so, has always been a little under-appreciated and the world is still learning how important his work at that time truly was. Of course, during these years James was almost single-handedly inventing funk, with some of the most relentless and tightest bands the world has ever seen. Even the unreleased outtakes were still extremely influential to large chunks of the music world. This is a remastered reissue of a compilation that was put together in 1988, which in turn collected outtakes from the funk years. Here we can see the building blocks of all funk to come, as later musicians built entire empires on the ideas that James starts here.

For JB collectors one of the most interesting cuts here is "Since You've Been Gone," a strong duet with mainman MC Bobby Bird, featuring almost the same riff and rhythm as "Give It Up or Turn It a Loose." Sax god Maceo Parker goes nuts on the lost instrumental jam "Funk Bomb," while "You Got to Have a Mother For Me" is an enlightening ancestor of the famous "Mother Popcorn." Two later tracks show clearly how JB kept in tune with the revolution that he started. "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" (1973) features R&B/soul-inflected grooves that anticipate the entire Parliament-Funkadelic delivery that they perfected a few years later; while the twelve-minute monster "Bodyheat" (1976) is a big syncopated chicken-scratch groove of the type practiced by Ohio Players and their ilk. This is a fascinating collection both for JB collectors and lovers of the super heavy funk.