- Audio CD (3 July 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Harmless
- ASIN: B00004U35N
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 232,651 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Right On - Syl Johnson |
| 2. Hip City (Parts 1 & 2) - Junior Walker & The All Stars |
| 3. Mashed Potato Popcorn (Parts 1 & 2) - James Brown |
| 4. Funky Walk (Part 2) - Dyke and The Blazers |
| 5. The Funky Eight Corners - Willie & The Mighty Magnificents |
| 6. Cadillac Jack - Andre Williams |
| 7. The Funky Judge - Bull and The Matadors |
| 8. Soul - S.O.U.L |
| 9. How You Gonna Get Respect (You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet) - Hank Ballard |
| 10. Soul Train - Little Royal |
| 11. Funky Funky (Hot Pants) - Wee Willie Mason |
| 12. Ali Shuffle - Alvin Cash |
| 13. Black Love - Carlos Garnett |
| 14. F-U-N-K-Y Til The Day I Die - Energy Ensemble |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
During the time of the civil rights movements in America, black artists began seeking a positive identity for themselves through music. Led by artists like James Brown and Curtis Mayfield, an unbridled optimism shined through the music of black Americans. Hip City contains 14 tracks that form a snapshot of this exciting musical period, pinpointing some of the exact records that helped make words like "soul" and "funky" the exquisite territory of black performers. Syl Johnson's shrugs off the chains of authority and makes a claim for black independence on "Right On". James Brown gets up and struts his inimitable funky stuff on "Mashed Potato Popcorn". Andre Williams adopts some slower Blues phrasing to tell the tale of "Cadillac Jack" while S.O.U.L. tell their story to a wildly funky soundtrack and Alvin Cash shows us how to "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee" on "Ali Shuffle". From start to finish, Hip City is stuffed with powerful funk gems that ooze quality. --Paul Sullivan
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is another quality compilation from Harmless, who seem to turn out more and more. Though it is true that there's filler here (everyone could have done without Funky Judge), the James Brown track is almost worth the price alone, but when lumped with the slow-building fast-paced groove of the Southern Energy Ensemble's F.U.N.K.Y. (Til the Day I Die) and the huge party riff of the Syl Johnson track, as well as many other raw, soulful grooves, this will fit nicely as the street funk cousin of your Pulp Fusion albums.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Black pride compilation with style
14 Sep 2000
Format:Audio CD
HIP CITY: TALES FROM THE FUNKY SIDE OF TOWN is the complete title which indicates that the tracks on this collection are taken from the "low-down" ghetto funk genre, specifically from the late 1960s and early 70s when concepts like "soul", "black power", "black is beautiful" et al. were common currency and were reflected and emboldened by the many soul/funk bands and their recordings.
Most of the cuts here are rare (even James Brown's "Mashed Potato Popcorn", from '69, is not famed) but they all in some way contribute to the empowerment of urban African-American life during the period - homages to dance steps like the "funky eight corners" (with its steady tambourine high in the mix and a rolling bass hook, this track by Willie and the Magnificents is one of the best here), shout-outs to American (inner) cities, and uninhibited displays of pride and affection in the physicality of black people, from the "Ali Shuffle" to saxophonist's Carlos Garnett's kozmigroov classic "Black Love."
Again a UK label gives some of our engaging music back to us with more progressive packaging and deeper sound than can be imagined by the financial fundamentalists at Universal, Sony, et al.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
just terrific !
8 Feb 2001
Format:Audio CD
If this sound is your bag..get it and get it quick ! I first heard this in my local record shop and wondered where they dug this one up..within 5 minutes,I was asking if it was forsale !!
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