Talking to the People

Black Nasty | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Stax
• ASIN: B00000K0YK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,463 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 70s Stax Funk at Its Hardest, December 18, 1999

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Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talking to the People (Audio CD)

E-mail me if Im wrong on this, but if youve wound up on this page, its either because you linked via another one of my reviews, or because you really know your STUFF and youre a pure SOUL/RARE GROOVE BUFF... well either way, youve landed upon a funky and rare find, and the samples will prove it. The group is a sizzlin Memphis Shoals funk band... you might almost call it Black Rock. Its very hard hitting... early Funkadelic meets Chairmen of the Board... a touch of early (I mean really early) Kool and The Gang - - Funky Psychadelic Dance Soul... Rare groove collectors might find similarity between this groups sound and Black Heat, Sound Experience or Rasputin Stash. The samples speak for themselves.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really thick, gritty, early funk from Detroit, April 22, 2004

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Campbell Roark "tri-zeta" (from under the floorboards and through the woods...) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talking to the People (Audio CD)

I bought this CD (as I have so many others) because of the review, lower by Mr. Eddie Landsberg, who is usually spot on in his funk recommendations, though at times I think he over-emphasizes how funky some things are...

This is a case in point, there a several burning tracks on this CD- 1, 3, 4, 5, and 10 are smokin, indeed in the style and hard thumpin attack of early Funkadelic. The guitarist definitely tries out his screaming Eddie Hazel licks (Nasty Soul could be a lost Funkadelic early track, it's psychedelic and hot in all the right ways), usually to pretty good effect... Track 7, 'I Have No Choice,' is a very sunny, souful number and calls to mind The Dramatics.

The rest of the album is strong, albeit repetitive at times (a quality that occurs in much funk music). All in all, this is No substitute for Maggot Brain or Standing on the Verge of gettin it On, but it is fairly inexpensive and delightful piece of over-looked funky goodness. It's not genius but still highly recommended.

And check out Mr. Landsberg's reviews and lists, (I emailed him once to ask some recommendations for funky harmonica CDs- he was quite helpful in that regard) if you're interested in funk and spending time on amazon, looking around... I'd never have dug on Rasputin Stash, Black Heat, Black Nasty or many other slept-on old-school funkin classics, were it not for mr. Landsberg's reviews.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rare Early Funk, June 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Talking to the People (Audio CD)

Great unique funk sound from the early 70's. If you like Funkadelic or the Ohio Players you will certainly enjoy this. Its worth the money for the title track alone. But there is so much more, interesting cross funk with blues and rocking boogie tracks. The liner notes are informative and come with a way cool picture of the band. Since there was only 5000 albums pressed you can turn your friends on to some very rare funk.