I bought the various artists CD Flying Funk because I couldn't ignore anything with a song title as far out as "Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter" on it. Turns out the tune, perfomed here by Nina Simone (according to the liner notes it's originally an Ike & Tina Turner song!) is just one of many rare delights discovered within. I use "rare" because there aren't many known names on this compilation of tracks heavily sampled by hip-hoppers. Simone's probably the most recognizable, followed by Gil Scott-Heron or maybe The Jimmy Castor Bunch. But recognizability means nothing when you find a bunch of new artists you've never heard of whose music you now dig. And if you think "hip-hop" means "beats," you'll be surprised because the music ranges from funk and soul to jazz to the Summer Place-like strings of Esther Marrow's "Mama". The New Birth's "Got To Get A Knutt" exists in a category of its own with the incorporation of advertising jingles, innuendoes, and moaning that would shame Donna Summer. Most of the tracks are from the early 1970s, so some overused chicka-chicka-bow-wow guitar does abound, but the overall inclusion of high quality artists and material on Flying Funk makes it an easy recommendation. Grade: A- Highlights:
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