Funk Box (2000) (4 Cd Set )

Product Summary Label: Uni/hip-O Records UPC: 00731454178921 Release Date: 11/21/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60448993 Item#: MX6RJ7 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Get Up I Feel Like A Sex Machine - James Brown (full-length single version) ~ Various Artists 2. Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band ~ Various Artists 3. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose - James Brown (unedited undubbed 1970 version) ~ Various Artists 4. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin ~ Various Artists 5. Slippin' Into Darkness - War ~ Various Artists 6. I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd ~ Various Artists 7. Jungle Fever - The Chakachas ~ Various Artists 8. It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor Bunch ~ Various Artists 9. Outa-Space - Billy Preston ~ Various Artists 10. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins ~ Various Artists 11. Goin' To See My Baby - The Fatback Band ~ Various Artists 12. Pass The Peas - The JB's ~ Various Artists 13. "T" Plays It Cool - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 14. Message, The - Cymande ~ Various Artists 15. I Can Understand It - New Birth ~ Various Artists 16. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby - Barry White ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield ~ Various Artists 2. Bottle, The - Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson ~ Various Artists 3. What Is Hip? - Tower Of Power ~ Various Artists 4. Payback, The - James Brown ~ Various Artists 5. For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays ~ Various Artists 6. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang ~ Various Artists 7. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus ~ Various Artists 8. Do It, Fluid - The Blackbyrds ~ Various Artists 9. Do It (Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express ~ Various Artists 10. Just Kissed My Baby - The Meters ~ Various Artists 11. Skin Tight - Ohio Players ~ Various Artists 12. I Get Lifted - George McRae ~ Various Artists 13. Shakey Ground - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 14. School Boy Crush - Average White Band ~ Various Artists 15. Erucu - Jermaine Jackson ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Fight The Power (Parts 1 & 2) - The Isley Brothers ~ Various Artists 2. Jam, The - Graham Central Station ~ Various Artists 3. Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) - Parliament ~ Various Artists 4. Get The Funk Out Ma Face - The Brothers Johnson ~ Various Artists 5. Changin' - Brass Construction ~ Various Artists 6. Dazz - Brick ~ Various Artists 7. Superman Lover - Johnny "Guitar" Watson ~ Various Artists 8. Pinocchio Theory, The - Bootsy's Rubber Band ~ Various Artists 9. Slide - Slave ~ Various Artists 10. Hump, The - Patrice Rushen ~ Various Artists 11. Running Away - Roy Ayers (12" mix) ~ Various Artists 12. Brick House - The Commodores (12" mix) ~ Various Artists 13. Let's Have Some Fun - The Bar-Kays ~ Various Artists Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. You And I - Rick James ~ Various Artists 2. I Like Girls - The Fatback Band ~ Various Artists 3. Let's Start The Dance - Bohannon ~ Various Artists 4. One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic ~ Various Artists 5. Bustin' Loose - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers ~ Various Artists 6. I Just Want To Be - Cameo (12" Extended mix) ~ Various Artists 7. Glide - Pleasure ~ Various Artists 8. Behind The Groove - Teena Marie ~ Various Artists 9. More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp ~ Various Artists 10. Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) - The Gap Band ~ Various Artists 11. Atomic Dog - George Clinton ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Includes liner notes by Steven Ivory. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Bill Curtis (vocals). Liner Note Author: Steven Ivory. Illustrator: Mathieu Bitton. Arrangers: Chris Jasper; James Anthony Carmichael; Ernie Isley; Gene Page; Gil Askey; Kool & the Gang; James Brown; Bill Curtis; Marvin Isley; New Birth; O'Kelly Isley; Quincy Jones; Rick James ; Ronald Isley; Roy Ayers; Rudolph Isley; The Commodores; Barry White; William Collins. At four discs and 55 tracks, Hip-O's Funk Box seems to want to be the last word on funk, and while it's a pretty good set, it ends up more representative than definitive of its chosen genre. Virtually all of funk's most important artists are featured, but not always by their most significant singles -- sometimes the collection gets it right, and sometimes it's disappointing (leaving out Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly," the Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces," War's "Low Rider" and "Why Can't We Be Friends," and the Ohio Players' "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster" in favor of alternate selections). Still, the Funk Box does have a generous helping of full-length funk classics, including several rare 12" versions; moreover, it's been digitally remastered, and it features a 48-page booklet. It's just too bad the set doesn't completely hit the mark. ~ Steve Huey Producer: Dana G. Smart; Chris Huston; Chris Jasper; John Schroeder; James Anthony Carmichael; Curtis Mayfield; Roland Kruger; Ernie Isley; Jim Healy; George Clinton; Gerald Thomas; Harry Weinger; Larry Blackman; Kool & The Gang; James Brown; Bill Curtis; Jeff Dixo   Technical Info Release Date : 11/21/2000 Original Release Date : 2000 Catalog ID : 789 Label : Hip-O Records Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731454178921    Product Image