Pure Funk, Vol. 2

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 4, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Utv Records
• ASIN: B00000IP8R
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #105,258 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

2. It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers

3. Let It Whip - Dazz Band

4. Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan

5. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate

6. You're the One for Me - D Train

7. Get Down on It - Kool & the Gang

8. It's a Love Thing - The Whispers

9. Give It to Me Baby - Rick James

10. She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Carl Carlton

11. Mama Used to Say - Junior

12. Cut the Cake - The Average White Band

13. Payback - James Brown

14. I Gotcha - Joe Tex

15. Street Life - Randy Crawford, The Crusaders, The Crusaders

16. I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby - Barry White

17. Outstanding - The Gap Band

18. Use Me - Bill Withers

19. Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1 - Marvin Gaye

20. Keep on Truckin', Pt. 1 - Eddie Kendricks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Controversial second effort from the Pure Funk series, October 12, 2004

By	L. Hawkins "Laura Wilde" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The second and more controversial disc in the Pure Funk series, Pure Funk Vol. 2 contains many Funk band and Funk artist's slightly lesser known hits plus a few from groups not immediately recognizable as masters of Funk. The songs are a bit slower in tempo and might be a better album to play at the end of the night when the party is winding down -- not when you want to crank things up.

There are a few highlights, however. One can't help but recall the local boys feeble attempts at stripping in the movie "The Full Monty" whenever Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing" begins. While Queen certainly wasn't a Funk band by anyone's stretch of imagination, they did write one excellent, kickin' base line for "Another One Bites The Dust" that's instantly recognizable anywhere and would make any Funk band proud to call their own! Stomp twice on the bleachers and clap! Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" is always a crowd pleaser and Barry White proves once again in "I'm gonna Love You Just a Little More" that the deep voice gets the girl.

For those not of the `Keep on Truckin'' generation, you'll discover the origin of many samples from your favorite songs (you mean they didn't write that rif themselves?!?!) plus you'll discover what song the Spice Girls ripped off for their album Spice World. Hint: She's a Bad Mama Jama . . . . Just don't tell anyone you think all of this stuff is funk, because it's not. That doesn't mean you won't enjoy the album as much as I did, just know that the first Pure Funk album is a better `Funk primer.'

Like the first Pure Funk album, not everything is from the 70's funk era -- half of the songs in fact. "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band, "Ain't Nobody" from Rufus & Chaka Khan, D Train's "You're The One For Me," The Gap Band's "Outstanding" were all early to mid 80's hits. "Get Down On It" by Kool & The Gang, The Whispers "It's a Love Thing," Rick James' "Give it to Me Baby," Carl Carlton's "She's a Bad Mama Jama," and Junior's "Mama Used to Say" were all released in the year 1981.

Twenty songs for ten bucks -- that's 50 cents a song. If you delete the songs on the album you don't consider "Funk," you're only out a few bucks. Buy this album only after you get the first album first.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not FUNK!!!, November 27, 2001

By	Dupperisky (Toronto, ON, CA) - See all my reviews

This is, in no way, shape or form, funk!!! I mean,how the hell is "Another One Bites The Dust" funk?! My God!!! This is sure as hell not "Pure Funk", this is soft, white funk!!! (...)

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Soft and commercial, December 20, 2001

By	"dom_w" (the UK) - See all my reviews

Seems like they sold too many of the first volume, and have produced a second just to try to rake in a little more. Hardly any of the tracks on this album are funk, and as for Queen being the opener... it speaks for itself. To me, funk is typified by an active bass line, compelling beat and sharp guitar or brass; any or all of these are lacking on most of the tracks here. What you get instead is a collection of slothful, disparate songs, hardly conducive to dancing. Save your money.