#826 James Brown - In the Jungle Groove

This is James Brown at his jammiest. Just one track after another, each packed with tight, hypnotic production stretching six minutes+, every beat irresistible, every bassline restless, balancing Brown's insistent, endless exaltations with pure funk soul power. This is definitely the numberonegoto for James Brown party music: the repetition gears it as background, rushing rushing to nowhere at all, but punchy enough to spike new energy every time around the beat. Impossibly understated for being so overstated, the listening's insidiously exciting 4/5