James Brown's Funky People

Track Listings

1. Gimme Some More - The J.B.'s

2. Pass the Peas - The J.B.'s

3. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins

4. Givin' up Food for Funk, Pt. 1 - The J.B.'s

5. Mama Feelgood - Lyn Collins

6. Hot Pants Road - The J.B.'s

7. Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again - Lyn Collins

8. Damn Right I Am Somebody, Pts. 1 & 2 - The J.B.'s, Fred Wesley

9. Take Me Just As I Am - Lyn Collins

10. If You Don't Get It the First Time, Back up and Try It Again, Party - The J.B.'s, Fred Wesley

11. Parrty, Pt. 1 - Maceo & the Macks

12. (It's Not the Express) It's the J.B.'s Monaurail, Pt. 1

13. Same Beat, Pt. 1 [*] - Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s

James Brown's Funky People,James Brown,Polygram Records,Funk,Pop,R&B,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Tracks:

I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd
From The Love Side - Hank Ballard & The Midnight Lighters
What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You - Marva Whitney
Soul Power '74 - Maceo & The Macks
Put it On The Line - Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher)
You Can Have Watergate But Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight (Parts 1&2) - Fred Wesley & The JB's
Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) - Maceo & The Macks
The Message From The Soul Sisters (Parts 1& 2) - Myra Barnes (Vicki Anderson)
Hot Pants...I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming - Bobby Bird
Do Your Thing - Lyn Collins
I'm Paying Taxes, What Am I Buying - Fred Wesley & The JB's
Super Good (Parts 1& 2) - Myra Barnes (Vicki Anderson)
Blow Your Head - Fred Wesley & The JB's

Customer Reviews:

Showtime will never be the same .......2007-06-12

If you like james brown then this collection is for you. If you love old nasty funk then go out and get.

FUNKY STUFF.......2007-01-12

WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT WE WOULD LOSE SUCH A GREAT ENTERTAINER OF ALL CENTURY, ONE WHO POSSESSED RHYTHM,WHO DISCOVERED THE MOON WALK, THE CAMEL WALK THE SLIDE, THE MECHANICAL MAN, AND JUST SO FULL OF TALENT THAT NO ONE CAN DUPLICATE NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY

A cluster bomb of Funk!.......2003-01-11

You have to be deaf or from Mars to not instantly recognize Bobby Byrd's deep, resonant voice from James Brown's "Sex Machine"-- he's the guy in the call-and-response routine with James, singing "Get on up!" And thank Providence that the Godfather of Soul allowed the little people a chance to strut their stuff, 'cause this album is packed with gems. Bobby Byrd shines on the all-time classic cut "I Know You Got Soul", the song that later revived interest in all things J.B. when Eric B. & Rakim sampled it in the mid-80's. In fact, most of the songs on this album have been put to use in classic hip-hop records, for instance Bobby Byrd's other track, "Hot Pants... I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming", perhaps the slamminest on this collection, was manipulated to great effect by Marley Marl for Big Daddy Kane's "Raw". My only disappointment, as far as Bobby Byrd is concerned, is that his amazing tune "Keep On Doin' (What You're Doin' Baby)" is overlooked here.
But no bother, 'cause there's much to make up for it. "Soul Power '74" by Maceo & The Macks is a showcase for the tightest horn section in history, over an instrumental version of "Soul Power". Not only is this particular record sampled more than hors douvres in a supermarket aisle, it contains samples itself in the form of tape overlays of civil rights rallies, a Dr. King speech, and an announcement of King's assassination. This track and several others are also available on the JB's Anthology, but don't let that scare you away...
...Because...[he] has a stable of female vocalists available only in this Funky People series. And man are they the rawest, most soulful singers you'll find. Marva Whitney, of "It's My Thing" fame, appears here with one of the most high-powered cuts on the album. "What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You" is a hi-ball freight train of horns that is a gas to dance to, and ends before you've had time to make sense of it all. Lynn Collins (the Female Preacher), the featured diva on Funky People Pt. 1, turns in a seriously fried-chicken greasy live version of Isaac Hayes' "Do Your Thing". And Myra Barnes' oft-sampled "The Message From the Soul Sisters", with its prominent piano groove, and "Super Good", a vamp on Wilson Pickett's incredible "Engine #9", are two scoops of pure flavor.
This collection closes out with one of my personal favorite jams by the JB's, "Blow Your Head". It doesn't get much better than this. James Brown plays the far-out Moog synthesizer in a virtual free-jazz style over the rhythm section and aggressive horns. Hip-hop fans may recognize this tune as the source for Public Enemy's very first song, the brilliantly grating "Public Enemy #1". All in all Funky People Pt. 2 is a must for soul and hip-hop collectors, as well as a thoroughly enjoyable time-warp for the average listener.

All Skate!.......2002-01-19

The dj at the roller rink I go to keeps a few of the cuts here on heavy rotation. The funky groove on the classic "You Can Have Watergate, But Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight" can NOT be beat. Other good cuts include a jazzed up version of "Soul Power", and "From The Love Side", a song done by one of Brown's idols, Hank Ballard and The Midnighters. Another must have for James Brown fans.

TOP OF FUNK.......2001-12-01

Together with 'THE BEST OF KOOL&THE GANG'..... T H I S is the ULTIMATE bit of funk that i've found so far. The tracks may not always have a "song structure" (and for me the women singers may be omitted..) - the funkiest bits in history are found here!!!!!!!

Average customer rating:

6 stars of funk ....... at LEAST
Funkin Magic
These Are The JBs!
ULTIMATE funk
It's Slammin

James Brown's Funky People
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Gimme Some More - The JBs
Pass The Peas - The JBs
Think (About It) - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins
Givin' Up Food For Funk (Part 1) - The JBs
Mama Feelgood - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins
Hot Pants Road - The JBs
Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins
Damn Right, I Am Somebody (Parts 1 & 2) - Fred Wesley & The JBs
Take Me Just As I Am - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins
If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party - Fred Wesley & The JBs
Parrty (Part 1) - Maceo & The Macks
(It's Not The Express) It's The JBs Monaurail (Part 1) - Fred & The New JBs
Same Beat (Part 1) - Fred Wesley & The JBs

Customer Reviews:

6 stars of funk ....... at LEAST.......2005-03-14

This album is beyond describable, if you're a TRUE old school, funk fan that can appreciate the down home soul of James Brown's genius (and the talent of the JBs). My favorites slower funk grooves are "Same Beat" (smooth and awesome) and "Damn Right, I Am Somebody" (the bassline is unbeatable, it sounds great playing through speakers with an acoustic suspension cabinet) - favorite fast track is "If You Don't Get it the First Time..." (a hip, head-bobbing track that just makes you want to get up and jam). This CD deserves 6 stars but you can only give it 5. Only thing I would change is to omit the Lyn Collins tracks - I'm just not a fan of her voice - and add in Bobby Byrds' two biggest hits "Hot Pants - I'm Coming" and "I Know You Got Soul", and maybe "Doin' it To Death" (Funky Good Time). Then it would be a ten star album for sure!

Funkin Magic.......2002-08-26

The ultimate JB collection. The three volume set is the holy trinity of Funk. Great vibes from Maceo, Wesley and JB. Lyn Collins is pure passion.

These Are The JBs!.......2002-01-19

If you love all things James Brown, then you must buy this collection of funky hits (tinged with more than a hint of jazz) he did with his 70's band, the JBs. Believe me, you will not be able to resist the beat! The excellent horn work of Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley are worth the price of the CD alone. The majority of the cuts are R&B dancing and roller skating classics, especially, "(It's Not The Express) It's The JBs Monorail", "Gimme Some More", "Pass The Peas", "Same Beat", and "Damn Right, I'm Somebody". "Think", with vocals by Lyn Collins, is just too funky for words. Don't pass this one by.

ULTIMATE funk.......2001-12-01

It's Slammin.......2000-05-04

James&Crew Funk Out on this Must Have.The Grooves here never Let Up.Fred Wesley&Maceo Come Hard&Correct Here.Lyn Collins Ain't No Joke.James Is The Baddest at Coming up with Vamps.J.B. Never Gets his Full Props.He has his Own Bag.

Average customer rating:

Nice, but more is needed
Lil funkey huhu
Not bad at all.. fills in historical gaps in JB catalog
Disappointment
damnnnnnnn this is so funky

James Brown's Funky People, Pt. 3
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Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Talkin' Loud And Saying Nothin' (Original Rock Version) - James Brown
Blow Your Head (Undubbed Version) - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
Mr. Hot Pants AKA Across The Tracks (Pts. 1 & 2) - The Believers
Who Knows - Beau Dollar
How YOu Gonna Get respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet) - Hank Ballard
Doin' The Do - Bobby Byrd
Pick Up The Pieces One By One - A.A.B.B.
Pick It Up Or Turnit Loose - Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher)
Hang Out & Hustle - Sweet Charles
There Was A Time - Dee Felice Trio
If You Don't Give Me What I Want (I Gotta Get It Some Other Place) - Vicki Anderson
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who To Sock It To) (Live) - Marva Whitney

Customer Reviews:

Nice, but more is needed.......2005-02-11

The funky people series is great, but there are still great JB and JB Production selections worthy of release. May I suggest the following (amongst many others):
James Brown - Popcorn With A Feeling
The Dapps Feat Alfred Ellis - Bringing Up The Guitar
Steve Soul - Shades Of Brown
Hank Ballard - Blackenized
Hank Ballard - Come On With It
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk Popcorn
James Brown - America Is My Home (parts 1 & 2)
These items are long overdue for release and should be considered for future release.

Lil funkey huhu.......2004-09-30

James brown is a funky dude... over 3 records and 100 sales later he releases this... Get it if ur a fan cuz itll compllete ur collection

Not bad at all.. fills in historical gaps in JB catalog.......2004-09-11

You will love this CD if you love James Brown, the JBs, Maceo, Bobby Byrd, Hank Ballard or any of the incredible musicians in their orbit during their late 1960s-early '70s heyday.

Bottom line: It fills in gaps left in previous comps. It includes some rare historic moments. A few of the most notable:

It starts with an oddly slowed, "rock" original version of "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin'" that evokes the stoned, slovenly funk crawl later adopted by Sly Stone in his "Riot" era. It's not especially good, but it's an intriguing opener to this lovably obscure odd-lot compilation.

Hank Ballard telling fellow Blacks that they won't get any respect if they don't get rid of their "processed," or straightened (usually with lye) hairstyle, a remnant from the just-past "Negro" days. Hank says he used to wear a process but now has chosen, as a political statement, to wear a "natural" Afro, one more suitable for a beautiful Black brother or sister. (In a delicious touch of irony, backing vocals for this black empowerment anthem are provided by The Dapps, the lone all-white group signed to James Brown Productions.)

Then you have Brother Bobby Byrd "Doin' The Do," a long jam that is essentially a predecessor (recorded at the Olympia Theatre in Paris!) of the JB's mesmerizing and legendary 16-minute "Escape-ism"/"Make It Funky" jam on the ridiculously essential 1971 Apollo live disc, A Revolution Of The Mind. "Catfish" Collins, brother of Bootsy, works overtime on the funky guitar.

You also have a pissed-off JB, feeling robbed by a few Average White Band songs, trying to outdo The Man at his own game once again. In trying to create a Top 40 instrumental over the backing track of an old song ("Hot Pants Road"), he fails, but instead he creates a funky, almost "Superfly" soundtrack vibe that could have come from the opening music for a Quinn Martin Productions TV cop show of the '70s.

And you've some of the great, criminally underrated female vocalists in the JB stable: Lyn Collins (in a fiery "Giveit Up") and Vicki Anderson. You have just about every great musician of JB's funk era represented here as well.

Maybe this isn't the most essential JB compilation ever, but don't dismiss it so quickly. More than just another CD, this album is a powerful reminder of one undisputed fact. Social historians, musical archivists, scholars and others will spend the next 150 years just listening to and cataloguing the records the Hardest Working Man in Show Business was at one time able to make as easily and effortlessly as paper airplanes on a lazy afternoon.

Instead of these piecemeal comps, Polydor needs to just drop a 95-disc box set of every known JB recording, with maybe a holographic soul sister research archivist (wearing HOT PANTS, no doubt) to help you sort through it all.

This would be one of the discs on that set; it's not the most incendiary of them, but it is another piece of the vast and beautiful mosaic created for us by James Brown and these amazing musicians over a period of decades.

Disappointment.......2004-03-15

I don't think anyone loves James Brown as much as I do, but I was disappointed.
It just didn't have the same funky beats as its predecessors.
I found it surprising bland.
Pass on this one and get Funky People 1 and 2.

damnnnnnnn this is so funky.......2002-10-30

oh yes james brown gave us some more funk for that soul most of these were unreleased and I'm glad somebody went through the vaults cause these jams hit and just knock you where the sun don't shine.

James Brown's Funky People's Greatest Breakbeats

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James Brown's Funky People's Greatest Breakbeats
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Release Date: 2006-05-01

Tracks:

Unwind Yourself
Same Beat (Part 1, 2 & 3)
Message Form The Soul Sisters (Part 1 & 2)
Mama Feelgood
Gimme Some More
It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who Took Sock It To)
Givin' Up Food For Funk (Parts 1 & 2)
Pass The Peas
Soul Power '74
You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight
More Peas
I Know You Got Soul
Blow Your Head
Grunt (Parts 1 & 2)
Hot Pants...I'm Coming I'm Coming
Think (About It)

Album Description

James Brown's records have been sampled innumerable times; in fact, according to the liner notes of this compilation, he's "the most sampled artist in history." This anthology brings together a couple dozen of his most sampled tracks, spanning 1966-1976. It's a quirky concept for a comp, as it's not a grouping of his best cuts, biggest hits, or even funkiest material, but some amalgam of all of those things. Polydor. 2006.

Seventiees Dancin Machine!! [24 of Disco's Greatest Hits]

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Seventiees Dancin Machine!! [24 of Disco's Greatest Hits]
(I Got You) I Feel Good -- James Brown You Dropped A Bomb On Me -- The Gap Band That's The Way (I Like It) -- K.C. & The Sunshine Band , Love The Nightlife -- Alicia Bridges It's Your Thing -- The Isley Brothers Celebration -- Kool & The Gang I Will Survive -- Gloria Gaynor , We Are Family - Sister Sledge Fire -- Ohio Players , Le Freak - Chic Bad Girls - Donna Summer If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman , Heart Of Glass - Blondie Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry Macho Man - The Village People , and . Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000QCP1BK

Product Description

70's Dance Machine Disc one: Track Titles: 1. Le Freak - Chic 2. Bad Girls - Donna Summer 3. Lady Marmalade - Labelle 4. If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman 5. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas 6. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry 7. December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons 8. Cut The Cake - Average White Band 9. Heart Of Glass - Blondie 10. Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions 11. Macho Man - The Village People 12. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang Disc two: Track Titles: 1. (I Got You) I Feel Good - James Brown 2. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band 3. That's The Way (I Like It) - K.C. & The Sunshine Band 4. I Love The Nightlife - Alicia Bridges 5. It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers 6. Brick House - Commodores 7. Upside Down (Remix) - Diana Ross 8. Celebration - Kool & The Gang 9. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor 10. We Are Family (Sure Is Pure Remix) - Sister Sledge 11. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White 12. Fire - Ohio Players

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