Funk Classics: The 80's (CD, Mar-1996, Rebound Records)

Album Features
UPC:	731452036520
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1996
Record Label:	Rebound Records
Genre:	Funk, R&B

Track Listing
1. Super Freak - Rick James
2. Atomic Dog - George Clinton
3. You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band
4. Freakshow on the Dance Floor - The Bar-Kays
5. Stomp! - The Brothers Johnson
6. Call Me - Skyy
7. Breaks, The - Kurtis Blow
8. So Fine - Howard Johnson
9. She's a Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
10. Push It - Salt-N-Pepa
11. Get Down on It - Kool & the Gang
12. Da' Butt - E.U. (CD only)

Details
Producer:	Howard Smiley (Compilation)
Distributor:	Bayside Record Dist.
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Illustrator: Dontay Prezentz Da Ded Beatz.By the early '80s, R&B acts had to embrace more polished productions and synth-based grooves or face extinction. Without looking too hard for rare gems, Funk Classics: The 80's offers 12 of the better-known tracks from 1980-1988. What's here is really no big surprise: Rick James' "Super Freak," George Clinton's "Atomic Dog," and the Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb" all make an appearance. Their strength as a good flow makes up for their ubiquitous presence on sets of this nature. The Bar-Kays' "Freakshow on the Dancefloor," Skyy's "Call Me," and the always-fun "So Fine" from Howard Johnson work even better due to their lower profile. As the '80s were not a monolithic decade for R&B style-wise, neither is this set. The graceful post-disco of the Brothers Johnson's "Stomp!" just doesn't mesh with late-'80s tracks like E.U.'s "Da Butt" and Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It"; it doesn't really have to. Funk Classics: The 80's isn't meant to be an essential or comprehensive CD. This set does indeed deliver the hits, but there are not enough of them and the sequencing diminishes what little is here. ~ Jason Elias