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In the Jungle Groove

by James Brown

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796
2002

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96

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Overall Rating: 2.8594 In the Jungle Groove is ranked overall as 2.8594 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.4133 In the Jungle Groove has an avg. critic score of 3.4133 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

In the Jungle Groovewas one of the first (and still one of the best) collections of James Brown's transitional and hard-hitting soul/funk workouts from 1969-1971. ...more

Rolling Stone

This brilliant single-disc compilation focuses on the pinnacle of James Brown's achievements: the dance music he made between 1969 and 1971, when he defined the state of the art of rhythm, again and again and again. ...more

PopMatters

Permission Granted to Take It to the Bridge Standing uselessly in the Gap the other day as my girlfriend tried on clothes, my mind wandered to the wretched dance music being relentlessly pumped into the hip boutique. Though I can't dance a single step, I bounce around in my chair in near epilepsy every time I hear a booty-zapping groove. ...more

Yahoo! Music

In the Jungle Groove was one of the first (and still one of the best) collections of James Brown's transitional and hard-hitting soul/funk workouts from 1969-1971. While the first few numbers here feature Brown sidemen who were in on his mid-'60s hits, the majority feature the original J.B. ...more

Yahoo! Music

This reissue of In the Jungle Groove is a further obfuscation of the original masters, though a welcome one. The album is not so much an album but a 1986 collection of James Brown singles and apocrypha from recordings of the period 1969-1971; it sounds as defining and current today as it did when it was first issued on LP. ...more

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Pitch Fork Media

James Brown turned 70 this year, and while most great-grandparents are settling down on their lake house patio, or complaining about the nursing home food, last I heard, James was busy scaring the shit out of solicitors at his South Carolina home....read the complete review at Pitch Fork Media

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