In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 2

In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 2 Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio Cassette


UPC: 081227143244
EAN: 0081227143244
ASIN: B00000332Y


Release Date: 1993-09-21

In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 2


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Tracks:

  1. Make It Funky, Pt. 1 - James Brown
  2. Family Affair - Sly & the Family Stone
  3. Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield
  4. Funky Stuff - Kool & the Gang
  5. What Is Hip? - Tower of Power
  6. Soul Power 74, Pt. 1 - Maceo & the Macks
  7. For the Love of Money - The O'Jays
  8. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
  9. Person to Person - The Average White Band
  10. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express
  11. Sexy Ida, Pt. 1 - Ike & Tina Turner
  12. Pick Up the Pieces - The Average White Band
  13. Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
  14. Shakey Ground - The Temptations
  15. Chocolate City - Parliament

Similar Items:

  1. In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 1
  2. In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 3
  3. In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 5
  4. In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 4
  5. In Yo' Face!: The Roots of Funk, Vol. 1/2

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Better Than #1 - This is the One to Start Your Set With.......2006-06-27

"Funk" is when r&b essentially splintered into three camps in the late 1960's ... pop r&b (most Motown), soul (the Philly Sound plus others) and funk (James Brown, Stax, Southern musicians, etc ... eventually all over). Obviously I'm generalizing here as most great musicians could easily traverse from soul to funk and pop - sometimes in some song :-)

But this collection is obviously meant to give you a basic over-view of the best of FUNK ... and it mostly succeds. like many of Rhino's best packages - if you have 2,000 CD's, you probably already have all the tracks and more importantly, all the ones they could not license and keep the costs reasonable ... so you will still need some James Brown, some Tower of Power, and dozens more (I mean, who can live with a library of only 2 Earth, Wind & Fire songs?)... though you will have all the WILD CHERRY you will need ... is there a compilation of the 1970's that PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC is not on?

For beginners of casuals fans of Funk, this is a nice beginning but that's all it is ... I'm not sure any set can be comprehensive ... well, any set less than 20 volumes and need to include Motown, Atlantic, Philly, Stax, and a couple dozen other labels ...

You can't go wrong with any in the series as there are at least several MUST HAVE gems on each one but strangely, Volume 1 is the weakest of the set. You can actually pick up that one last if just can't do without it or better yet, skip it and pick up the 20 CD's you really need from James Brown, Sly & Family Stone, Parliment and of course later, Prince.

The sound quality is excellent - great job on remastering so these will replace a lot of weaker digital transfers.

4 out of 5 stars Vol 2 proves to be a better sequel.......2005-03-26

If you were piqued by the first volume of this series, you'd overdose on the better selection of music here. If you are a serious funk/ol skool maven, you'd be more likely to say "Thats better." This CD has more of the type of funk that is enjoyable and less filler.
There is some there to be sure. I have nothing at all against Tina Turner, but Ike is someone I could do without. The liner notes in the series is what makes this series good. I'd be willing to bet you'd find some nuggets of info that you didn't know (Check the reason behind Average White Band's name) This is clearly better than its predecssor and one to obtain if possible

4 out of 5 stars Funked Up!.......1998-11-13

This series of CDs are great. A friend of mine picked one up in the shop and we all laughed at him -- until he put it on. Now every one of my friends owns the whole set. Yeah, its a bit of a history lesson but more importantly, the songs are so damn funky and fun! My favourites are Vol. 2 and 4 but they're all funky!

Music Album:

  1. Freedom for the Funk ~ Lee Dorsey
  2. Uptown Records Block Party, Vol. 1 ~ Various Artists
  3. Vol. 1-One Hundred Percent Hit ~ Import-Ast
  4. The One I Gave My Heart To/Hot Like Fire/Death ~ Aaliyah
  5. Uptown Records Block Party, Vol. 2 ~ Various Artists
  6. Love All the Hurt Away ~ Aretha Franklin
  7. Collection ~ Isaac Hayes
  8. In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 3 ~ Various Artists
  9. Best of Midnight Star ~ Midnight Star
  10. Samantha Cole ~ Samantha Cole

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Los Grandes de la Musica ~ Banda el Recodo, Banda Cuisillos

Return ~ Larry Coryell

John Zorn's Cobra: Live At The Knitting Factory ~ John Zorn

Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band: 1948 ~ Graeme Bell

Green Dolphin Street ~ Bill Evans

For All We Know ~ Chie Ayado

Master Sessions, Vol. 2 ~ Cachao

Las Apariencias Enganan ~ Raphael

Nano Cabrera ~ Nano Cabrera

Cuentos De La Cripta 3 ~ El Chombo