Funk Drops Vol.2 (Breaks Nuggets And Rarities From The Vaults Of Atlantic Atco Reprise And Warner Bros. Record - Various Artists

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7.: Lunar Funk - Fabulous Counts

8.: Champ - Mohawks

9.: Funky Nassau (part 2) - Beginning Of The End

10.: Getting The Corners - TSU Tornadoes

11.: Right On Brother (part 1) - Southshore Commission

12.: Memphis Soul Stew (live) - King Curtis

13.: Hard Times - Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters

14.: If There's A Hell Below We're All Gonna ...
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16.: Clean Up Woman - Wright, Betty

17.: Let It Crawl - Society's Bag

18.: Goin' Down - Toussaint, Allen

19.: Right Place Wrong Time - Dr. John

20.: Chug Chug Chug A Lug (Push And Shove) (part 2) - Meters

21.: Kissing My Love - Cold Blood

22.: Stroke '75 - Tower Of Power

23.: Soul Power (parts 1&2) ... more

Although I enjoy funkiness, I'm not someone that can listen to an album of non-stop funk, the thing that normally gets me is the tiresome lyrics - shouts of "funky" and "chicken" become quite limited after a while - the person compiling this album (Dj Shadow I believe) has done a good job as instead of just playing funk, he's sought out tracks from r&b, soul and even a bit of blues with funkiness in them than all out funk.

From the beginning this album is an upbeat and energetic album ideal for playing when say cleaning the house or something like that - hopefully encouraging you to do stuff rather than just dance though!

One of the best tracks has to be Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin and this is the top-end of the scale of the album for me - the lower being "Getting in the Corners" by the TSU Tornadoes, simple music witha bit of funkyness to it and the words "C'mon y'all" and "Break it Down", a poor man's James Brown with dire lyrical content! There are a few repetitive tracks in there like this and that's the only reason I refrain from giving this compilation a 5/5.

Tracklist:

1.: Try It Again - Byrd, Bobby

2.: Sing A Simple Song - Noble Knights

3.: Somebody In The World For You - Mighty Hannibal

4.: Everyday People - Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band

5.: Chicken Strut - Meters

6.: Rock Steady - Franklin, Aretha

7.: Lunar Funk - Fabulous Counts

8.: Champ - Mohawks

9.: Funky Nassau (part 2) - Beginning Of The End

10.: Getting The Corners - TSU Tornadoes

11.: Right On Brother (part 1) - Southshore Commission

12.: Memphis Soul Stew (live) - King Curtis

13.: Hard Times - Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters

14.: If There's A Hell Below We're All Gonna Go (backing tracks takes 1&2) - Mayfield, Curtis

15.: Stanga - Little Sister

16.: Clean Up Woman - Wright, Betty

17.: Let It Crawl - Society's Bag

18.: Goin' Down - Toussaint, Allen

19.: Right Place Wrong Time - Dr. John

20.: Chug Chug Chug A Lug (Push And Shove) (part 2) - Meters

21.: Kissing My Love - Cold Blood

22.: Stroke '75 - Tower Of Power

23.: Soul Power (parts 1&2) - Kirk, T.J. 

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