The True Funk

Eu gosto demais daquele Funk dos anos 70, meio pesado, com guitarras distorcidas, batera e baixo pulsantes, e aquele vocal emocionado... James Brown, Parliament, Funkadelic, Sly and the Family Stone, Rufus & Chaka Khan, the Isley Brothers, Ohio Players, Con Funk Shun, Kool & The Gang, The Bar-Kays, Commodores, Roy Ayers, Stevie Wonder entre muitos outros, coloriram a década de 70 com um som damçante, de muita qualidade... Este som com uma vibe intensa, alegre originou outras vertentes como a Disco Music... Mas nada se compara a aquele som forte, rasgado da década de 70. Compartilho com vocês uma compilação que reúne muita coisa boa.

True Funk

'True Funk spreads 51 cuts over three discs, all beautifully remastered and sold at a wonderfully attractive price point. There are no real liner notes to speak of other than complete track info, but it hardly matters. This isn't a set for critical listening so much as it's a comp designed for maximum aural pleasure. The roster of artist and the tune selection are impeccable anyway. Disc one includes the hard funk of acts like James Brown and Bobby Byrd, but also smooth groove tunes such as Leon Haywood's "I Want to Do Something Freaky to You," and the Eddie Kendricks backbone slippin groove "Keep on Truckin'." In addition there are cuts from the Commodores, the Gap Band and Parliament. Disc two features stone classics such as Cameo's "Word Up!," Lipps, Inc.'s "Funky Town," Rick James' "Super Freak," as well as a boatload of other smashes. Finally, cuts such as "Mama Feelgood" by Lyn Collins, Con Funk Shun's "Chase Me," Roy Ayers' "Don't Stop the Feeling," the Bar-Kays' "Too Hot to Stop, Pt. 1," and so many more round out disc three. The chronological range here runs from the beginning of the classic funk era in 1972 through 1979, when it was displaced on the charts by mainstream disco. There are no rarities here at all, but there are several 12" mixes as well as the single versions of the hits. One could do far worse than putting all this power on the box and letting it rip." ( AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek  )

CD1 

1. Machine Gun  Commodores 

2. Who'd She Coo  Ohio Players 

3. I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You  Leon Haywood 

4. Fencewalk  Mandrill 

5. Tell Me Something Good  Rufus  Chaka Khan 

6. Move Your Boogie Body  BarKays 

7. Don`t Stop The Music  Yarbrough  Peoples 

8. Back And Forth  Cameo 

9. Keep On Truckin  Eddie Kendricks 

10. Ms Got The Body  Con Funk Shun 

11. Bop Gun  Parliament 

12. Burn Rubber On Me  The Gap Band 

13. Bustin' Out  Rick James 

14. I Know You Got Soul  Bobby Byrd 

15. Ain't It Funky Now  James Brown 

16. If You Don't Get It The First Time Back Up And Try It Again Party  Fred Wesley  The JB's 

17. Funky Stuff  Kool  The Gang 

CD2 

1. Super Freak  Rick James 

2. Dance Wit Me  Rufus  Chaka Khan 

3. Fire  Ohio Players 

4. I Need Help  Bobby Byrd 

5. Standing On The Top  Temptations  Rick James 

6. Word Up  Cameo 

7. I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance  Gap Band 

8. Funkytown  Lipps Inc. 

9. Get Up  James Brown 

10. Think  Lyn Collins 

11. Gimme Some More  JB's 

12. Shake Your Rump To The Funk  Bar  Kays 

13. Ffun  Con Funk Shun 

14. Tear The Roof Off The Sucker Medley  Parliament 

15. Boogie Down  Eddie Kendricks 

16. Freaky Deaky  Roy Ayers 

17. Jungle Boogie  Kool  The Gang 

CD3 

1. Brick House  Commodores 

2. Cold Sweat  James Brown 

3. Mama Feelgood  Lyn Collins  The JBs 

4. Soul Power '74  Maceo 

5. Chase Me  Con Funk Shun 

6. Let It All Blow  Dazz Band 

7. Who Is He And What Is He To You  Creative Source 

8. You Dropped A Bomb On Me  Gap Band 

9. Shakey Ground  Temptations 

10. Too Hot To Stop  Bar  Kays 

11. Don't Stop The Feeling  Roy Ayers 

12. Get Down On It  Kool  The Gang 

13. Fopp  Ohio Players 

14. Aqua Boogie  Parliament 

15. Funk Funk  Cameo 

16. You've Got My Soul On Fire  Edwin Starr 

17. Give It To Me Baby  Rick James

PARA OUVIR E DANÇAR.....