| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/rhino | | UPC: 00081227546724 | | Release Date: 7/14/1998 | | Buy.com Sku: 60173105 | | Item#: MHJ27Y | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Brick House - The Commodores ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Dazz - Brick ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) - Parliament ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Serpentine Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry ~ Various Artists | | | 10. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield ~ Various Artists | | | 13. What Is Hip? - Tower Of Power ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Best Of My Love - The Emotions ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Atomic Dog - George Clinton ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Slide - Slave ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside ~ Various Artists | | | 18. More Bounce To The Ounce (Pt. I) - Zapp ~ Various Artists | | | 19. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Also available as part of a box set on Rhino (75939). | | Compilation producers: David McLees, Garson Foos. | | Includes liner notes by David Gorman. | | This is part of Rhino's Millenium Party series. | | After offering comprehensive overviews of funk with the multi-volume series In Yo' Face and Phat Trax, Rhino wisely distilled those two sets into one indispensable single disc, Millennium Party: Funk. Boasting 20 songs, all of which are indisputable classics, Millennium Party is the best single-disc sampler of '70s and early-'80s funk available. There's no James Brown or Sly Stone on the collection -- instead, the earliest music on the disc is Curtis Mayfield's 1972 masterpiece "Superfly." From there, the disc winds through a head-spinning series of classics, including "Brick House," "Love Rollercoster," "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)," "Jungle Boogie," "I'll Take You There," "Best of My Love," "Atomic Dog," "Fantastic Voyage," "More Bounce to the Ounce," "Rapper's Delight," and "You Dropped a Bomb on Me." Although the disc isn't presented in chronological order, it doesn't matter, since the sequencing makes for better listening. Besides, it's hard to find flaws with a collection that contains as many flat-out great songs as this. Essential for both casual listeners and funk fanatics. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | Though it never really went away, it would be safe to say that funk came back in a big way in the late '90s, mostly due to the use of classic '70s funk tracks in film soundtracks like THE FULL MONTY and BOOGIE NIGHTS. Nobody does compilations better than the folks at Rhino, so their MILLENNIUM FUNK PARTY is the place to go if you want the rump-shaking, bass-popping funk gems all gathered together on one disc. Some of the biggest and best of the genre are represented here, from Wild Cherry's self-referential "Play That Funky Music, White Boy," to the bouncy ride of the Ohio's Players "Love Rollercoaster" and the Gap Band's synth-driven early-'80s hit "You Dropped a Bomb on Me." |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 07/14/1998 | | Original Release Date : 1998 | | Catalog ID : 75467 | | Label : Rhino Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227546724 |
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