Jb's Funky People

James Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: June 20, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN: B000001FJT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,052 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gimme Some More - The JBs

2. Pass The Peas - The JBs

3. Think (About It) - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins

4. Givin' Up Food For Funk (Part 1) - The JBs

5. Mama Feelgood - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins

6. Hot Pants Road - The JBs

7. Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins

8. Damn Right, I Am Somebody (Parts 1 & 2) - Fred Wesley & The JBs

9. Take Me Just As I Am - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins

10. If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party - Fred Wesley & The JBs

11. Parrty (Part 1) - Maceo & The Macks

12. (It's Not The Express) It's The JBs Monaurail (Part 1) - Fred & The New JBs

13. Same Beat (Part 1) - Fred Wesley & The JBs

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: BROWN,JAMES
Title: VOL. 1-FUNKY PEOPLE
Street Release Date: 06/20/1988
Domestic
Genre: SOUL/R & B

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, December 14, 1999

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W. Todd Dominey (Decatur, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jb's Funky People (Audio CD)

This disc is one of the many odds and ends that floats around Brown's mammoth CD catalog. For most core listeners the "StarTime" box set is probably enough, but for true fans (and old school rap and hip hop freaks) this CD is the mutherload of beats and funky grooves. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, can compare to the instrumental jam "JB's Monorail," a psychedelic funk jam that's out of this world. Lyn Collins is superb throughout. James pops in and out with yelps of encouragement, but for the most part it's Fred Wesley, Maceo and Collins laying down some serious groove.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 6 stars of funk ....... at LEAST, March 14, 2005

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Magic Mike "magic mike" (Metro Atlanta, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jb's Funky People (Audio CD)

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!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These Are The JBs!, January 18, 2002

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Hillari Hunter "Westside Tomboy" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jb's Funky People (Audio CD)

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.