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Genre:
R&B
Release Date: 03/19/1996
Run Time: 37:12
Prior to
James "JT" Taylor adding pop flavor vocals, which help garner a handful of top selling albums, this was
Kool & the Gang's most successful album, spawning three bonafide R&B hits. Produced by
Robert Bell, and featuring
Donal Boyce's incredulous vocals, these songs have held up well. The fast, chugging
"Jungle Boogie" was a club favorite, while
"Funky Stuff," with its "whoa whoa whoa" hook, was slower and spacier than
"Jungle Boogie." The band formerly known as the
Jazziacs got their first R&B number one with
"Hollywood Swinging," a slightly faster than mid-tempo song with whistles, festive ambiance and lead vocals by keyboardist
Ricky West. All three hits were inspired by
Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa," and were recorded in one night at a studio in midtown Manhattan. The title cut flash backs to their prerecording jazz days, when they dazzled New Jerseyites with their playing skills.
~Andrew Hamilton, All Music Guide
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