VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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This is a nearly seamless collection of the dopest old grooves you thought hadn't been discovered yet. I probably should have been listening to this album on vinyl, but my $79 K-Fart boom-box will have to do for now.

What sets this apart from any other album of mixed up funk fragments is the presence of Cut Chemist (of Jurassic 5) and Peanut Butter Wolf, to a couple of the contributors and six second morsel obsessives, who all mined audio bullion this time.

Uncovering gems like Slim and the Soulful Saints and The Kashmere Stage Band, and giving them the appropriate illumination, was what every one of the elder artists on this CD have always deserved.

Grade: B+

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