When the four-disc Star Time box was released in 1991, James Brown's catalog sorely needed an overhaul; much of it was out of print, and what was available was hardly befitting of his magnitude. Star Time got everything right: it put Brown's hugely influential career into striking perspective, helping to complete his critical renaissance, and the richness of its music set a standard for box sets in general. It was no easy task to balance Brown's lengthy, multi-part funk workouts with the need to include all of his most significant tracks, and the compilers did an excellent job in deciding when and when not to truncate ("Cold Sweat," for example, must be heard in its entirety). There's nothing from Live at the Apollo (which should be experienced start to finish), and his last hurrah on the pop charts, "Living in America," is missing, but these 71 tracks cover all the other high points, and make an eloquent case for Brown as the greatest R&B artist of all time. Disc One covers Brown's early R&B years, when his pleading intensity helped lay the groundwork for soul music. Disc Two, however, is where his genius truly crystallizes -- it basically chronicles the birth of funk, as Brown gradually discards song structure in favor of working hard grooves; it also offers a picture of Brown's emergence as a bandleader and spokesman for black pride. Disc Three features Brown's hardest funk, including his much-revered material with the Bootsy Collins band. Disc Four traces Brown's later creative decline, yet he duplicated his former glories often enough to make this disc a surprisingly solid listen; plus, his massive impact on hip-hop is underlined on the last track, the Afrika Bambaataa duet "Unity." Star Time paved the way for several other excellent compilations which highlighted different parts of Brown's vast legacy, but as the definitive retrospective of one of the most important musicians of the 20th century (black or otherwise), it has yet to be equaled.
Tracklist:
CD1 [Mr. Dynamite]
01 - Please Please Please
02 - Why Do You Do Me
03 - Try Me
04 - Tell Me What I Did Wrong
05 - Bewildered
06 - Good Good Lovin'
07 - I'll Go Crazy
08 - I Know It's True
09 - (Do The) Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 1
10 - Think
11 - Baby, You're Right
12 - Lost Someone
13 - Night Train
14 - I've Got Money
15 - I Don't Mind [Live]
16 - Prisoner Of Love
17 - Devil's Den
18 - Out Of The Blue
19 - Out Of Sight
20 - Grits
21 - Maybe The Last Time
22 - It's A Man's World
23 - I Got You
24 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pts. 1-3
CD2 [The Hardest Working Man In Show Business]
01 - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
02 - I Got You (I Feel Good)
03 - Ain't That A Groove
04 - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
05 - Money Won't Change You
06 - Don't Be A Dropout
07 - Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue)
08 - Let Yourself Go
09 - Cold Sweat
10 - Get It Together
11 - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1
12 - I Got The Feelin'
13 - Licking Stick-Licking Stick
14 - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
15 - There Was A Time [Live]
16 - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
17 - I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)
CD3 [Soul Brother No. 1]
01 - Mother Popcorn
02 - Funky Drummer
03 - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
04 - Super Bad, Pts. 1-2
05 - Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing
06 - Get Up, Get Into It And Get Involved
07 - Soul Power Pts. 1-2
08 - Brother Rapp Ain't It Funky Now [Live]
09 - Hot Pants, Pt. 1
10 - I'm A Greedy Man, Pt. 1
11 - Make It Funky, Pt. 1
12 - It's A New Day [Live]
13 - I Got Ants In My Pants, Pt. 1
14 - King Heroin
CD4 [The Godfather Of Soul]
01 - There It Is, Pt. 1
02 - Public Enemy No. 1, Pt. 1
03 - Get On The Good Foot
04 - I Got A Bag Of My Own
05 - Doing It To Death
06 - The Payback
07 - Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
08 - Stoned To The Bone, Pt. 1
09 - My Thang
10 - Funky President (People It's Bad)
11 - Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved)
12 - Get Up Offa That Thing (Release The Pressure)
13 - Body Heat, Pt. 1
14 - It's Too Funky In Here
15 - Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)
16 - Unity, Pt. 1
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