Customer Reviews

70's Funk Classics

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James Brown will always live on thru my Brain. This entire Compilation has so many Grooves you can't even put down. This Godfather is so Talented and can barely put you on the Run. "Ain't It Funky Now", "Make It Funky" (very strong), "My Thang", "The Big Payback" (my all-time favorite), etc... are there for you. Go check it out. Long lives the Vocalist, Artist, Musician, Instrument, Writer, Producer, Arranger, Composer, Activist, and Most Recognized Person. This Brother's Legacy cannot be missed.

This was my first real introduction to James Brown .... Forget Papa's got a brand new bag and all that. These tracks have a groove that wont quit. No wonder so many rap artists have sampled these songs. Sex Machine is here as well as more obscure stuff like Funky Drummer and Aint it Funky. I just love to hear James rap about everything from "Brand New Funky President." to "Neckbones and Candied Yams!"

Anyone who does not own a James Brown record should at least get this. Makes for sweaty smokin' party music too.

No argument about the value of this CD's contents: the Sample generation naturally should have these tracks in his or her collection. I feel, however, that "Sex Machine" and others from that '70 to '71 period should, at this point, be represented by previously unreleased recordings presumed to have been made during at the "Revolution of the Mind" sessions made at the stage of the Apollo in July of 1971. The recently issued "Hot Pants" from one of those shows is enough proof for me!

now, obviously, my rating for this collection has little to do with the artist or even the songs on this disc. it's the collection itself that's subpar. some of the great ones are here, but the sound quality is poor and the whole thing is low on rhyme & reason. james is a genius, but this doesn't do his genius justice. there are oodles of better comps.

.......I heard the original extended versions of these songs on "FUNK POWER: 1970 A BRAND NEW THANG"- if you can find this album I highly recommend it. I still give this disc 5 stars for songs like- "AINT IT FUNKY NOW", "FUNKY DRUMMER", and my favorite "THINK 73'". Not a bad track on this disc, but these are the edited versions. Funk on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The very first James Brown CD that I ever purchased was "James Brown: 70's Funk Classics" primarily for 2 particular tracks..."Sex Machine" and "Ain't It Funky Now". Of course there were other tracks that were popular recordings as well, "The Payback", "Super Bad" and "Make It Funky" which satisfied my hunger for a JB compilation album (definitive, best of, greatest hits etc). I also found some 'brand new funk' (well, new to me anyway) like "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" which has become one of my JB favorites! But I do have a problem with the length of the CD. Most of the tracks in this collection are presented in edited form, which makes this compilation considerably weak. The 9 minute version of "Super Bad" (from "Funk Power 1970), the 7 minute version of "The Payback", the 12 minute version of "Make It Funky" and the 9 minute version of "Ain't It Funky Now" all could have been compiled into this collection and still would have been in regulation time!

i saw james brown in minneapolis in 1981 and again in vegas in 1995. with or without a girdle, this man is smokin. this funky cd is all bad, horns, and just generally music that makes you want to get real hot and lathered. he was clearly workin on the razor's edge of funk sainthood. check it out. you will believe.

James Brown Has SO Many Grooves that He is in His Own Category.HeChanged Funk Music Forever.His 70's Grooves are Timeless&will ROckAny Party. As Writer, Producer, Instrumentalist, Vocalist, Arranger, James Brown Has Funk Too Give For Days.These Grooves are still RAW.