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- Date Released: November 1, 2001
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul, Funk
- Label: Stones Throw
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We Say...
Over the later '90s and especially the '00s, rare-funk comps have abounded, on eMusic and elsewhere. As with most ubiquitous things, the quality varies greatly. This 2001 collection, though, will have you moving from beginning to end; even better, its compilers, Stones Throw founder Egon and DJ-producer Peanut Butter Wolf, fully licensed every cut. (This is rarer than you might guess.) Most of these tracks are delightful rhythm bonbons, from the squirming Moog and fleet guitar riffs of Bad Medicine's "Trespasser" to Billy Ball and the Upsetters' "Tighten Up Tighter," which basically throws a couple new licks and cities onto Archie Bell & the Drells' "Tighten Up." When it moves this well, only Bell's lawyers can complain.
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They Say...
This outstanding collection of funk singles compiled by Stones Throw Records includes 16 songs recorded between 1968 and 1974 by obscure underground groups from America. One of the strongest crossover funk labels of the last decade, Stones Throw pays due respect to modern music's forgotten grandfathers on this most grooving recorded history lesson of impeccable quality. Anchored by the Highlighters' classic "The Funky 16 Corners," whereby the Indianapolis group upped the ante in 1969's craze for bands counting "corners" (read: hit me three times!) by breaking the recorded benchmark with 16, this compilation leans heavily on the James Brown sect and celebrates the lesser-known groups of the genre, who with high talent and low budget put to tape some of the most raw funk ever captured to date. Representative modernist Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5 even gets an interpretation slot with "Bunky's Pick" on one of two bonus tracks. Every track is essential to the record and every groove a lost gem. An informative 16-page booklet with full-color photos is included.
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| 01. |
Intro
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0:43 |
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| 02. |  |
Dap Walk
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3:05 |
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| 03. | |
Let's Go (It's Summertime)
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2:45 |
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| 04. | |
Trespasser
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5:48 |
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| 05. | |
The Funky 16 Corners
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5:17 |
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| 06. | |
The Kick
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6:20 |
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| 07. | |
What About You (In the World Today)
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2:51 |
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| 08. |
Interlude
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0:40 |
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| 09. | |
The Dump
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2:40 |
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Jody's Freeze
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2:55 |
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| 11. | |
Kashmere
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4:56 |
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| 12. | |
Fish Head
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2:34 |
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| 13. | |
Tighten Up Tighter (Feat. Roosevelt Matthews)
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2:12 |
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Southside Funk
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4:12 |
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| 15. | |
Can We Rap
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2:13 |
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| 16. | |
Beautiful Day
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2:50 |
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| 17. | |
Go to Work [Alternate Version]
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3:43 |
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| 18. | |
The Phantom |
2:19 |
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| 19. | |
In the Rain [Live] (Feat. Billy Wooten)
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4:39 |
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Outro
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1:07 |
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Bunky's Pick
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7:25 |
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| 22. | |
The Funky Buzzard |
2:22 |
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22 Total Tracks, 73:36 Total Length
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Credits
- Freddie Green - Trumpet // Gordon Jackson - Vocals // Soul Vibrations - Producer // William O. Douglas - Producer // Marsha Frazier - Flute // Marsha Frazier - Piano // Marsha Frazier - Piano (Electric) // Marsha Frazier - Producer // John Scott - Guitar // Larry Blake - Sax (Tenor) // Jamie Brantley - Guitar // Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums // Ronnie Davis - Trumpet // Bob Edwards - Engineer // Otis Forrest - Engineer // Dwayne "Buzzard" Garvin - Drums // Joe Hardy - Sax (Tenor) // Doug Harris - Saxophone // Doug Harris - Sax (Soprano) // Doug Harris - Sax (Tenor) // Spider Harrison - Vocals // Spider Harrison - Producer // Willie Hill - Drums // Jim Honeycutt - Saxophone // Dentist Jackson - Vocals // Munyungo Jackson - Conga // Joel Johnson - Engineer // Lester "Lammy" Johnson - Bass // Audrey Jones - Trumpet // Herbie Miller - Producer // Emanuel Riggins - Organ // John Thomas - Trumpet // Rob Townsend - Guitar // Matthew Watson - Drums // Matthew R. Watson - Drums // Cliff Williams - Drums // Dino Zimmerman - Guitar // Dino Zimmerman - Drums // Conrad Johnson - Producer // Harold Cardwell - Drums // James Reese - Organ // James Reese - Trombone // Billy Wooten - Vibraphone // Peanut Butter Wolf - Executive // Richard Clarke - Drums // Teddy Patterson - Sax (Tenor) // Martin Williams - Sax (Alto) // Ron Anderson - Drums // James Bell - Vocals // James Bell - Producer // Lee Martin - Guitar // David Stevens - Bass // Jesse Jones, Jr. - Saxophone // Greg Johnson - Bass // Pat Williams - Trumpet // Gene Grimaldi - Editing // Gene Grimaldi - Mastering // Clarence Butler - Trumpet // Clarence Butler - Vocals // Clarence Butler - Producer // Cut Chemist - Producer // Charles Hunt - Trombone // Lew Kimball - Vocals // Clifford Williams - Drums // William Perry - Trumpet // William Perry - Vocals // William Perry - Voices // Alexander J. Nichols - Trombone // Matt Mahaffey - Editing // Matt Mahaffey - Pre-Mastering // David Morton - Saxophone // Soul 71 - Performer // Carlos - Trumpet // Don Logan - Overdub Producer // Tony Davis - Bass // Clyde Walker - Saxophone // Bubbha Thomas - Drums // Bubbha Thomas - Producer // George Day - Engineer // Harry Deal & the Galaxies - Engineer // Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson - Trumpet // Soup - Trumpet // Ernest Williams - Guitar // Ernest Williams - Producer // George Miller - Saxophone // Jimmy Walker - Trombone
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