Eric K. (SoulfulStuff)
Reviewed on 1/1/2018...
This 2-disc 2006 Canadian set combines some well-known
mainstream funk/soul hits from the 1970s and 1980s, with other
less-familiar songs, including some Canadian talent largely
unknown outside the country.
DISC ONE
CURTIS MAYFIELD Move On Up (3:56)
WATTS 103RD ST RHYTHM BAND Express Yourself (3:51)
MAZE/FRANKIE BEVERLY Before I Let Go (5:02)
JEAN KNIGHT Mr. Big Stuff (2:45)
BRAND NEW HEAVIES Never Stop (4:11)
SOUL II SOUL Keep on Movin' (5:52)
PPP Your Day Is Done (3:30) (Detroit's Platinum Pied Pipers)
ERYKAH BADU On & On (3:46)
D'ANGELO Brown Sugar (4:44)
J'DAVEY No More (5:57) (L.A. duo, "The Black Eurythmics")
DEBARGE Stay With Me (3:32)
PATRICE RUSHEN Remind Me (5:13)
KOOL & THE GANG Summer Madness (4:19)
ISAAC HAYES The Look of Love (3;17)
DISC TWO
AL GREEN Love & Happiness (5:01)
MARVIN GAYE Inner City Blues (5:26)
STAPLE SINGERS I'll Take You There (4:20)
IVANA SANTILLI Lonely Lullaby (3:36) (Toronto singer, 1999)
SUNSHINE ANDERSON Heard It All Before (4:51)
CHRIS "HOMINY MANCHILD" ROUSE Majik (4:22) (Canadian, 2000)
DWELE Find a Way (4:06) (Detroit singer, 2003, Billboard Soul #42)
BIG BLACK LINCOLN Rock n' Roll (3:15) (Canadian hip-hop, 2006)
DONALD BYRD (Fallin' Like) Dominoes (4:09)
FAZE-O Riding High (5:17)
INDIA ARIE Brown Skin (4:57)
DARONDO Didn't I (3:25) (San Fran area singer, used in "Breaking Bad")
OHIO PLAYERS Ecstasy (2:20)
ROY AYERS Everybody Loves the Sunshine (3:57)