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    The Funk Box

    11/21/2000 | Hip-o Records 

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    All Music Guide Review

    At four discs and 55 tracks, Hip-O's Funk Box seems to want to be the last word on funk, and while it's a pretty good set, it ends up more representative than definitive of its chosen genre. Virtually all of funk's most important artists are featured, but not always by their most significant singles -- sometimes the collection gets it right, and sometimes it's disappointing (leaving out Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly," the Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces," War's "Low Rider" and "Why Can't We Be Friends," and the Ohio Players' "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster" in favor of alternate selections). Still, the Funk Box does have a generous helping of full-length funk classics, including several rare 12" versions; moreover, it's been digitally remastered, and it features a 48-page booklet. It's just too bad the set doesn't completely hit the mark. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

    The Funk Box Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
  • Brown, James [1]
  • 5:17
  • Sound Clip for Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine from The Funk Box


  • 2
  • Express Yourself
  • Wright, Charles & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
  • 3:53
  • Sound Clip for Express Yourself from The Funk Box


  • 3
  • Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
  • Brown, James [1]
  • 6:23
  • Sound Clip for Give It Up or Turnit a Loose from The Funk Box


  • 4
  • Rock Steady
  • Franklin, Aretha
  • 3:12
  • Sound Clip for Rock Steady from The Funk Box


  • 5
  • Slippin' into Darkness
  • War [1]
  • 7:00
  • Sound Clip for Slippin' into Darkness from The Funk Box


  • 6
  • I Know You Got Soul
  • Byrd, Bobby
  • 4:43
  • Sound Clip for I Know You Got Soul from The Funk Box


  • 7
  • Jungle Fever
  • Chakachas
  • 4:24
  • Sound Clip for Jungle Fever from The Funk Box


  • 8
  • It's Just Begun
  • Castor, Jimmy Bunch
  • 3:43
  • Sound Clip for It's Just Begun from The Funk Box


  • 9
  • Outa-Space
  • Preston, Billy
  • 4:10
  • Sound Clip for Outa-Space from The Funk Box


  • 10
  • Think (About It)
  • Collins, Lyn (The Female Preacher)
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Think (About It) from The Funk Box


  • 11
  • Goin' to See My Baby
  • Fatback Band
  • 3:18
  • Sound Clip for Goin' to See My Baby from The Funk Box


  • 12
  • Pass the Peas
  • JBs
  • 3:29
  • Sound Clip for Pass the Peas from The Funk Box


  • 13
  • "T" Plays It Cool
  • Gaye, Marvin
  • 4:28
  • Sound Clip for "T" Plays It Cool from The Funk Box


  • 14
  • The Message
  • Cymande
  • 4:17
  • Sound Clip for The Message from The Funk Box


  • 15
  • I Can Understand It
  • New Birth [1]
  • 6:24
  • Sound Clip for I Can Understand It from The Funk Box


  • 16
  • I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby
  • White, Barry
  • 7:10
  • Sound Clip for I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby from The Funk Box


  • 17 (2)
  • Future Shock
  • Mayfield, Curtis
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for Future Shock from The Funk Box


  • 18 (2)
  • The Bottle
  • 5:07
  • Sound Clip for The Bottle from The Funk Box


  • 19 (2)
  • What Is Hip?
  • Tower Of Power
  • 5:06
  • Sound Clip for What Is Hip? from The Funk Box


  • 20 (2)
  • The Payback
  • Brown, James [1]
  • 7:40
  • Sound Clip for The Payback from The Funk Box


  • 21 (2)
  • For the Love of Money
  • OJays
  • 7:19
  • Sound Clip for For the Love of Money from The Funk Box


  • 22 (2)
  • Hollywood Swinging
  • Kool & the Gang
  • 4:37
  • Sound Clip for Hollywood Swinging from The Funk Box


  • 23 (2)
  • Tell Me Something Good
  • Rufus & Chaka Khan
  • 4:39
  • Sound Clip for Tell Me Something Good from The Funk Box


  • 24 (2)
  • Do It, Fluid
  • Blackbyrds
  • 5:27
  • Sound Clip for Do It, Fluid from The Funk Box


  • 25 (2)
  • Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
  • BT Express
  • 5:54
  • Sound Clip for Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) from The Funk Box


  • 26 (2)
  • Just Kissed My Baby
  • Meters
  • 4:42
  • Sound Clip for Just Kissed My Baby from The Funk Box


  • 27 (2)
  • Skin Tight
  • Ohio Players
  • 7:56
  • Sound Clip for Skin Tight from The Funk Box


  • 28 (2)
  • I Get Lifted
  • McCrae, George [1]
  • 2:48
  • Sound Clip for I Get Lifted from The Funk Box


  • 29 (2)
  • Shakey Ground
  • Temptations
  • 4:04
  • Sound Clip for Shakey Ground from The Funk Box


  • 30 (2)
  • School Boy Crush
  • Average White Band
  • 4:58
  • Sound Clip for School Boy Crush from The Funk Box


  • 31 (2)
  • Erucu
  • Jackson, Jermaine
  • 3:30
  • Sound Clip for Erucu from The Funk Box


  • 32 (3)
  • Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2
  • Isley Brothers
  • 5:21
  • Sound Clip for Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2 from The Funk Box


  • 33 (3)
  • The Jam
  • Graham Central Station
  • 3:38
  • Sound Clip for The Jam from The Funk Box


  • 34 (3)
  • Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
  • Parliament
  • 5:48
  • Sound Clip for Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) from The Funk Box


  • 35 (3)
  • Get the Funk Out Ma Face
  • Brothers Johnson
  • 5:59
  • Sound Clip for Get the Funk Out Ma Face from The Funk Box


  • 36 (3)
  • Changin'
  • Brass Construction
  • 8:14
  • Sound Clip for Changin' from The Funk Box


  • 37 (3)
  • Dazz
  • Brick
  • 5:38
  • Sound Clip for Dazz from The Funk Box


  • 38 (3)
  • Superman Lover
  • Watson, Johnny [1] "Guitar"
  • 5:44
  • Sound Clip for Superman Lover from The Funk Box


  • 39 (3)
  • The Pinnochio Theory
  • Collins, Bootsy Rubber Band
  • 6:10
  • Sound Clip for The Pinnochio Theory from The Funk Box


  • 40 (3)
  • Slide
  • Slave
  • 6:50
  • Sound Clip for Slide from The Funk Box


  • 41 (3)
  • The Hump
  • Rushen, Patrick
  • 6:08
  • Sound Clip for The Hump from The Funk Box


  • 42 (3)
  • Running Away (12" Mix)
  • Ayers, Roy
  • 6:55
  • Sound Clip for Running Away (12" Mix) from The Funk Box


  • 43 (3)
  • Brick House (12" Mix)
  • Commodores
  • 6:12
  • Sound Clip for Brick House (12" Mix) from The Funk Box


  • 44 (3)
  • Let's Have Some Fun
  • Bar Kays
  • 6:02
  • Sound Clip for Let's Have Some Fun from The Funk Box


  • 45 (4)
  • You and I
  • James, Rick
  • 8:07
  • Sound Clip for You and I from The Funk Box


  • 46 (4)
  • I Like Girls
  • Fatback
  • 7:39
  • Sound Clip for I Like Girls from The Funk Box


  • 47 (4)
  • Let's Start the Dance
  • Bohannon
  • 5:55
  • Sound Clip for Let's Start the Dance from The Funk Box


  • 48 (4)
  • One Nation Under a Groove
  • Funkadelic
  • 7:29
  • Sound Clip for One Nation Under a Groove from The Funk Box


  • 49 (4)
  • Bustin' Loose
  • Brown, Chuck & the Soul Searchers
  • 7:43
  • Sound Clip for Bustin' Loose from The Funk Box


  • 50 (4)
  • I Just Want to Be (12" Extended Mix)
  • Cameo
  • 6:23
  • Sound Clip for I Just Want to Be (12" Extended Mix) from The Funk Box


  • 51 (4)
  • Glide
  • Pleasure [2]
  • 6:29
  • Sound Clip for Glide from The Funk Box


  • 52 (4)
  • Behind the Groove
  • Marie, Teena
  • 6:04
  • Sound Clip for Behind the Groove from The Funk Box


  • 53 (4)
  • More Bounce to the Ounce
  • Zapp
  • 9:29
  • Sound Clip for More Bounce to the Ounce from The Funk Box


  • 54 (4)
  • Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
  • Gap Band [1]
  • 5:31
  • Sound Clip for Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) from The Funk Box


  • 55 (4)
  • Atomic Dog
  • Clinton, George [1]
  • 4:45
  • Sound Clip for Atomic Dog from The Funk Box


    • Credits of The Funk Box



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