What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
by Various Artists
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 3 October 2006
- Label: Rhino
- Country: United States
- Length: 59:45
- Community rating: 4.12/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
An exhaustive four-disc box set excavating the deepest, most heavily syncopated grooves from the vast vaults of Atlantic, Atco, and Warner Bros. The anthology intentionally bypasses familiar mainstream hits to shine a crucial spotlight on gritty, localized funk, heavy breakbeats, and rare soul instrumentals of the late 1960s and 1970s. It provides a treasure trove of source material that heavily fueled the golden age of hip-hop sampling.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, party, instrumental
Tracklist
- Gossip (2:35)
- Sexy Coffee Pot (2:09)
- Cold Bear (2:50)
- Engine Number 9 (2:46)
- Get Out Of My Life Woman (2:43)
- Stanga (3:36)
- Somebody In The World For You (2:51)
- Nuki Suki (5:28)
- Hard Times (3:20)
- Hang On In There (3:30)
- Rien Ne Va Plus (5:15)
- What So Never The Dance - Pt. 1 & 2 (3:58)
- Almendra (3:41)
- Moon Shadow (4:23)
- It's Your Thing (2:36)
- Improve (2:43)
- Riding High (5:21)
Credits
- Various - primary artist
- Masaki Koike - art direction, design
- Mason Williams - compilation producer [boxed set produced for release by], task producer
- Matt Abels - compilation producer [boxed set produced for release by], task producer
- Oliver Wang - liner notes [introduction], liner notes
- Rick Conrad - producer [associate producer], associate producer
- Bill Inglot - producer [sound produced by], remastered by, re mastering, task producer
- Dan Hersch - remastered by, re mastering
- Reggie Collins - research [discographical annotation], liner notes
- Alessandra Quaranta - research [photo research]
- Steven P. Gorman - research [photo research]
- Venessa Atkins - supervised by [editorial supervision]
- Alice Calamar - supervised by [package supervision]
- Wayne Henderson - featuring
- Eddie Palmieri - featuring
- Jimmy Norman - featuring