The one i have is 20 all time greatest hits.
I bought it for mother popcorn and the payback.
I remember when i was a little boy my dad would always
play mother popcorn and i think that is when i was
introduced to the world of funk. I didn't really realize
it until i bought this cd how tight james band was. Them
cats put the stank on james grooves.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions...they all sound great. I have a few that I'm leaning towards...can't wait to hit the "wrecka stow".

jone70 said:

Don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but really you MUST get one or both CD volumes of "James Brown's Funky People" which are two compilations from People Records, which was a label James had for his early 70s projects. It's got Maceo, Lyn Collins, Marva Whitney, the JBs, crazy crazy deeply funky James. If you are young enough to not know much about James, then all this stuff will be fresh to you...us old school hip-hop heads know all this shit because everyone sampled the People material in the late 80s. They may not have them in the store, but Amazon.com should, or maybe dustygroove.com. Have your girl buy you one of these CDs for you birthday if you don't have the cash to buy all these different cds everyone is recomending, which of course are all really good...just don't sleep on the People Records material...OK I'm out.

darkstranger521 said:

yup


Parts 1,2, & 3

darkstranger521 said:

Thanks for the suggestion--it sounds tight. I gotta laugh a lil bit though because I'm definitely old enough to know who James Brown is... not that I was listening to him coming up, but I'm really into 60s & 70s music and a know a fair amount of old school hip-hop.

But also, I'm a hetero girl so your comment about "have your girl buy you one of these CDs..." makes me giggle.

Girls can be funky too!


(don't know why but a lot of orgers think I'm a guy. sorry! jone is short for joni)

jone70 said:

Funky women are

jone70 said:

It would be cool if the software on the .org would post peoples ages next to their names, because sometimes it is hard to tell the frame of reference someone is coming from...

You're dead on it funkpill - those Funky People collections are the bomb! Somehow James just seemed to get more free, more tight, more funky on those releases.... There are some great remastered anthologies kicking around for Lyn Collins, JBs, Vicki Anderson and Marva Whitney. Well worth picking up!

andyd said:

Thank U kindly...


And I agree with you about the others...


Message From The Soul Sisters is the bomb!!!

Have u got the Marva Whitney compilation - boy that girl can screech! It's fantastic....

no matter how many times i listen to "I don't want nobody giving me nothing, open up the door, i'll get myself" it's just 2 funky 4 me

Thanks tA and funkpill!

JB is SKUM!

It's a tough choice, really. Most people on this thread have suggested buying many of the JB compilations, but I doubt that anyone would suggest to a new Prince fan to buy "The Hits". In order to fully understand JB's legacy, one needs to buy his essential albums. My pick for the must-have choices:

- Live at the Apollo (1962)
- Grits and Soul (1964)
- Handful of Soul (1966)
- Raw Soul (1967)
- Live at the Garden (1967)
- I can't stand myself (1968)
- Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) (1969)
- The Popcorn (1969)
- It's a mother (1969)
- Ain't it funky (1970)
- Soul on Top (1970)
- Sex Machine (1970)
- Superbad (1971)
- Revolution of the mind (1971)
- Get on the Goodfoot (1972)
- Black Caesar (1973)
- They Payback (1974)
- Hell (1974)
- Reality (1975)
- Hot (1976)
- Mutha's Nature (1977)
- Jam 1980s (1978)
- Take a look at those cakes (1979)
- Hot on the one (1980)

I know it's quite a lot, but if you work your way through this, you got my essential James Brown albums. This makes up about 25% of his output, so you can do some more diggin' after that.

MrSoulpower said:

MPS makes a good point.

One thing that the compilations sometimes suffer from is that they don't contain the full-length album edits.

For me, after 4 or 5 minutes of James throwing down on a given track, I am ready to go 3,4,5 more minutes.

The comps sometimes cut me off, but on the original LPs, mercifully James is there for me going 7,8,9, 10,11, 14 minutes.

darkstranger521 said:

Compilations are merely appetizers, especially when dealing with an artist like James Brown.

is there ever an end to how many lp's james brown has put out during that time frame?

funkpill said:

MrSoulpower said:

I hear what you're saying...esp. comparing to Prince...what I actually do when I'm trying to hip someone to P is make a custom mix based on what kind of music they like.

Maybe I'll start with one or two 'regular' albums and one or two compilations... But damn, see, now I'm back to my original connundrum of which regular albums to get?!?

darkstranger521 said:

I don't really like to broadcast how old I am, that's why I don't list it in my profile... (not that I'm old per se, but I'm not dealing with getting older very well... I hate it! lol.) Although I notice your profile doesn't list your age either....

calldapplwondery83 said:

You're welcome.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

jone70 said:

I can testify to the fact that jone70 is 100% woman...





tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

jone70 said:

True. I was born in 1972. We don't have to have ages listed...we could just do say over-25 and under-25 or something like that. It helps to understand where people are coming from with some of their views. to know what people where likely to be raised around musically in terms of eras.

missfee said:

Love those long ass titles that read like 2 or 3 sentences

theAudience said:

okay I'm totally blushing now....

jone70 said:

Why?

It's the truth.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

darkstranger521 said:

the age range would be okay. But even in my case it wouldn't tell you that much. I grew up in a very homogenous, very small town. My parents record collection included: The Oak Ridge Boys, Donny and Marie, Anne Murrey, The Four Seasons, and Peter Paul & Mary. I honestly doubt they could name one James Brown song--hell they think Prince was in The Color Purple. Thankfully somehow I learned to have good taste in music and love the funk, but there's still a lot for me to learn.

theAudience said:

it's the emoticon...

thanks though.

I can't believe nobody mentioned these two yet


[Edited 10/3/06 21:37pm]

chewwsey said:

I could post a discography ... it would be long.