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Save 25% when you get James Brown's Funky People Parts 1 and 2 on four LPs in this discounted funkdafied bundle. Thousands of Hip-Hop songs have been constructed from the funk and soul contained in these four records.
JAMES BROWN'S FUNKY PEOPLE (PT. 1) 2xLP
Long out of print on vinyl, Funky People Part 1 features the top tier of artists from Browns People Records label, including The J.B.s, Lyn Collins, Fred Wesley, and Maceo Parker. Some of the James Brown organization's all-time best material is collected here, including The J.B.s "Pass The Peas" and "Hot Pants Road", Fred Wesleys in your face politics through funk statement "Damn Right, I Am Somebody", Lyn Collins's smash hit "Think (About It)" and many more. The tracks on this no-skips compilation have been sampled in countless Hip-Hop songs.
Newcomers and diehard fans alike continue to dig into the James Brown and People Records vaults, and the more they do so, the more they realize that it's a nearly never-ending source of truly next-level funk and soul music. And you can be sure this aural goodness will keep flowing to the public, thanks to the exhaustive efforts of Get On Down.
JAMES BROWN'S FUNKY PEOPLE (PT. 2)2xLP
As music fans know, James Brown wasn't just the greatest funk and soul singer the world has ever seen – he was also a musical visionary and businessman, who surrounded himself with geniuses who made him better and pushed him further.
From horn masters Maceo Parker and Pee Wee Ellis to vocalists Lyn Collins and Bobby Byrd, Brown was a musical A & R master, restless and always looking for the next big thing. Most times, that would manifest in the latest James Brown smash under his own name. But not always. His stable of talent was overflowing in the 60s and 70s, and, thankfully, the tape machine in his studio was always rolling.
Originally released in 1988, during the era of hip-hop's golden age of sampling, it's no surprise that just about every note heard in this incredible collection has been used on not one but multiple rap classics. Which, at the time, was proof of Brown's (and his crew's) staying power. But we are almost three decades beyond those days now, and it has lost none of its musical potency.
Diving deeper into the vaults than the also-incredible Part 1 of the Funky People series, there is not a weak track in the bunch. Moving beyond well-known JBs cuts, things get interesting from the get-go with Bobby Byrds monumental groove "I Know You Got Soul." Hank Ballard and Marva Whitney also enter the fray, leading the way to Myra Barnes's emotional and powerful "Message From The Soul Sisters (Parts 1 & 2)" and Lyn Collins's slow, smoldering cover of Isaac Hayes's "Do Your Thing".
Politics even get the funky soul treatment, with Fred Wesley & The JB's "You Can Have Watergate But Gimme Some Bucks And Ill Be Straight" and "I'm Paying Taxes, But What Am I Buying?" And it should not be overlooked that Maceo & The Macks' instrumental workout "Soul Power 74" even features a proto-sampling snippet from MLKs I've Been To The Mountaintop speech from 1968.
Part 1 Tracklist:
A1 The J.B.'s– Gimme Some More
A2 The J.B.'s– Pass The Peas
A3 Lyn Collins– Think (About It)
B1 The J.B.'s– Givin' Up Food For Funk (Part 1)
B2 Lyn Collins– Mama Feel Good
B3 The J.B.'s– Hot Pants Road
C1 Lyn Collins– Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again
C2 Fred Wesley & The JB's– Damn Right, I Am Somebody (Part 1)
C3 Lyn Collins– Take Me As I Am
D1 Fred Wesley & The JB's– If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again
D2 Maceo & The Macks– Paarty (Part 1)
D3 Fred & The New J.B.'s– (Its Not The Express) Its The JB's Monaurail (Part 1)
D4 Fred Wesley & The JB's– Same Beat (Part 1)
Part 2 Tracklist:
A1 Bobby Byrd– I Know You Got Soul
A2 Hank Ballard & The Midnight Lovers– From The Love Side
A3 Marva Whitney– What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You
A4 Maceo & The Macks– Soul Power '74
B1 Lyn Collins– Put It On The Line
B2 Fred Wesley & The JB's– You Can Have Watergate But Give Me Some Bucks & I'll Be Straight (Parts 1 & 2)
B3 Maceo & The Macks– Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)
C1 Myra Barnes– Super Good
C2 Myra Barnes– The Message From The Soul Sisters (Parts 1 & 2)
C3 Bobby Byrd– Hot Pants - I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming
D1 Lyn Collins– Do Your Thing
D2 Fred Wesley & The JB's– I'm Paying Taxes, What Am I Buying
D3 Fred Wesley & The JB's– Blow Your Head
