In the Jungle Groove
In the Jungle Groovewas the first James Brown reissue to provide  full-length and unedited versions of his classic funk vamps of the late '60s and  early '70s. While later sets have followed its pattern of restoring previously  edited music and unearthing previously unissued takes, it remains invaluable for  stripping the fake applause off theSex Machineversion of "Give It  Up or Turnit a Loose" alone. The bonus-beats mix of Clyde Stubblefield's  break in "Funky Drummer" helped make this a must-own for '80s hip- hoppers, while the "Swing on the vine/Check out your mind/In the jungle,  brother" chant of "I Got to Move" is one of Brown's proudest,  most audacious assertions of blackness.--Rickey Wright