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Music : The Funky 16 Corners
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The Funky 16 Corners by: Various Artists List Price: $15.98 CD-Charts Price: $10.97 You Save: $5.01 (31%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0659457203825 Label: Stones Throw Manufacturer: Stones Throw Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Stones Throw Release Date: October 30, 2001 Studio: Stones Throw Sales Rank: 71497 MPN: 2038 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Super Rare Street Funk ! ! ! Groups like this may at one time have been a dime a dozen (JBs/Archie Bell/Jr. Walker/Fatback Band type copy funk acts with slick rhythm guitar, punchy horns, funky fatback drums and very big afros I'm sure) but now they ain't a dime a dozen - - and odds are you've never heard most the stuff on this album. I suspect a lot of these groups may have had a hit or two on their (very) local scenes,then faded into obscurity... before doing so, collectively they did make magic... The KICKER on the album definitey has to be the LAST POETS-ish ultra jivey "jump rope" type rhyme "But What About You" thang... And while some of the recordings might sound a bit lo-fi on the surface, I have to say, this compilation is well worth it... Its raw STREET FUNK ... Read More: Rating:  - Yeah, Yeah FunkyNo question that this is a dope funk outing from a certified crate-digger. Somehow this Peanut Butter Wolf collection got (relatively) massive distribution on Stones Throw records a few years ago and every cat who recognizes the beat from "Funky Drummer" is all up in this compilation. Listen, I'm giving it an easily earned four stars (would do 3.5, if possible) and ya can't knock PB Wolf for keepin things real and giving this stuff it's due. However, there are literally hundreds of like-minded funk comps out there nowadays. So however you rap, whatever you dig, if you liked the 16 Corners don't be a lazy pud - get out there and do the rest of your homework. This is only a small chip off the iceberg, folks. Rating: - Makes you wanna do the Dap Walk!This is one of those wonderful collections of Little-known soul that the Brits at Kent records usually do a good job of compiling, but this time some Americans knew what time it was and dug up some regional and unknown goodies in their own back yards. "Dap Walk" is a wonderfully funky and catchy tune (reminds one a little of SOULFUL STRUT by Young Holt Unlimited) that one could imagine as background music to a soul Dj rapping (in the old sense of the term) or reading announcements on a Black radio station in the late 60s or early 70s. Speaking of Rap, we get some early examples of that in the title cut, which is percisely that- a person talking in semi-rhyme on the mike at what appears to be a live party, and "What About You in ... Read More: Rating: - 20 secondsThat's all it took. Let's make this album platinum or some other precious metal. Every song is margarine. Rating: - SickWhile this may not be the best funk album out there (there seems to be some disagreement in the reviews below), I think it's a must-own for anyone that's looking for some funk they haven't heard before. The songs are a little lo-fi, and their structures tend to be slightly looser and jazzier than the prototype set forth by James Brown, without ever losing vitality or becoming needlessly long or repetitive like the Meters and Maceo Parker sometimes do. Make no mistake, this is rump-shakin' stuff that will have people at your next party asking you what's playing. Also, the liner notes, which detail the process of uncovering these lost classics, are priceless. The only reason I give this four stars instead of five is that many of the ... Read More: |
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