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Millennium Party: Funk

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This CD is definitely one of the best party and driving CDs in my collection. It's kinda like going back in time and finding a long-lost soul station somewhere down south. Every track here is a classic - it's fun to play this CD for someone who just heard a great 'original' rap song and play the funk song it was swiped from! The music here shows lack of originality in some of today's R&B; it also shows the creativity of many of the 70's and 80's funksters, even if some of them only had a couple of hits. This CD is guaranteed to liven up your next party or get together - so much better than many of the tired, safe as skim milk, moldy oldies compilations found at too many baby boomer parties today.

Every song on this CD had me singing along with the songs that I remember from so long ago. This is one of the best various artist CDs on the market. Every last one of these songs is vintage funk. There is no filler on this CD, its all great music that will have toes tapping, feet stomping and butts shaking.

Rhino records has justifiably made its name with compilation CDs. "Millenium Funk Party" rates about the highest groove-per-dollar you could ask for. With scorchers like the Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" and the apocalyptically danceable "Atomic Dog" from Parliament/Funkadelic frontman George Clinton, even the most staid wallflowers will find themselves grinding their hips to a quality of funk which, sadly, is lost on the screechy R & B dance disasters of the present day. Rhino's liner notes, while excellent, suffer slightly by Rhino's own high standards with a somewhat affected style. But this is a very minor criticism for a very important CD.

I vividly remember walking into Circuit City six years ago and picking up this CD out of morbid curiosity. At the time, I was fifteen years old, and had spent most of my life listening to mainstream oldies radio. I had been exposed to copious amounts of Motown, which I love passionately to this very day, but other than the polished arrangements of Motown and Northern Soul, I had never really been introduced to black popular music from this era.

When I got home that day and flipped this disc, my life was changed forever. The thumping bass, screeching brass, and thundering drums woke me up to a musical style that was wholly different from anything I had ever experienced. The Ohio Players, Parliament Funkadellic, Roger & Zapp, etc. raised the bar for what could be done with a live band and a groovy hook. If you want to know what musical pioneers were directly responsible for hip-hop and rap (a musical genre that I've only recently come to respect and appreciate), look no further than this fabulous compilation.

I would recommend this CD for anybody who ever believed that nothing musically worthwhile originated in the 1970's, or for those who may be put off by inevitable comparisons between funk and disco. The bands on this disc pack such a wallop that their role in the history of popular music is as unquestionable as it was pivotal in the transition from traditional R&B to hip-hop and G-funk. And, speaking personally, this is definitely one of my top ten "Desert Island Disc" picks. I can't imagine a more wonderful way to spend the rest of my life than on a secluded tropical paradise, blaring George Clinton from a good strong sub-woofer.

This CD is so great. When you pop it in at a party the whole room starts to dance! The songs on it are ones we'll all recognize, if not from the originals then from the rap songs that sampled heavily from them. This is a fun CD and everyone I play it for runs out and buys it. We want the funk.

17 reviews, 17 5 star ratings. we want the funk, gotta have that funk....for some hip shakin', booty wigglin' funk, tune into this cd.

I LOVE THIS CD!!!! EVERY SONG ON IT BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES FROM THE 70'S AND 80'S!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU LIKE OLD SCHOOL, YOU WILL LOVE THIS CD. THIS IS WHEN MUSIC WAS THE REAL DEAL.

This is the BEST compilation of funk, excellent for parties and gifts. Just about every song is a huge hit, lots of fun to dance to.

This isn't disco pop! This is high-energy FUNK. Every song forces you to groove. Be careful if you listen to this while driving -- the road will become a dangerous place! From the first track to the last, this is the music that forces you to party!

THIS IS ONE OF THE MUST HAVES FOR ANY CHLID OF THE 70'S. ALL THE HITS TAKE YOU BACK. IT'S A NONSTOP PARTY THAT MAKES YA WANT TO GET OUT THE DISCO BALL AND STROBE LITE PUT ON SOME BELL BOTTOMS AND WORK YOUR GROVE THANG!!