When papa found the brand new bag called The One?the funk beat wherein the first accent hits at the start of the bar?he revolutionised African-American dance music. The next 10 years ('65-'75) were spent honing the most propulsive grooves ever laid down on tape: "Cold Sweat", "Mother Popcorn", "Sex Machine" and their kind. Prior to his golden decade, Brown and the crack unit that was the Famous Flames were an impassioned rhythm'n'gospel line-up. Everything from 1955's throat-shredding "Please, Please, Please" to the specious Afrika Bambaataa collaboration "Unity" is here on Star Time. No home's complete without it.
When papa found the brand new bag called The One?the funk beat wherein the first accent hits at the start of the bar?he revolutionised African-American dance music. The next 10 years (’65-’75) were spent honing the most propulsive grooves ever laid down on tape: “Cold Sweat”, “Mother Popcorn”, “Sex Machine” and their kind.
Prior to his golden decade, Brown and the crack unit that was the Famous Flames were an impassioned rhythm’n’gospel line-up. Everything from 1955’s throat-shredding “Please, Please, Please” to the specious Afrika Bambaataa collaboration “Unity” is here on Star Time. No home’s complete without it.
