Mastercuts: Soul Weekender [Box]

Performer: Various Artists
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: This carefully assembled 30-track collection focuses on the major R&B hits of the early '70s that anticipated disco and helped to shape the genre at the height of its cultural relevance. Hits like The O'Jays' "Backstabbers," Labelle's "Lady Marmalade," and Evelyn "Champagne" King's "Shame" evoke the era's frantic nightlife, while Bill Withers's "Who Is He (And What Is He To You)" and Billy Paul's "Your Song" provide the set with some mellow interludes. Another one of Mastercuts' three-disc grab bag affairs, Soul Weekender emphasizes the '70s and '80s but extends to the following decades, balancing classics (from Lonnie Liston Smith's frantic but heavenly jazz-funk gem "Expansions" to Keni Burke's kicked back but stimulating "Keep Risin' to the Top") with deeper selections and decent but mostly forgettable material from obscure modern acts like Angela Love and Mo Blu. It shifts between styles and eras in a jarring way, not unlike Norman and Joey Jay's Good Times series, yet it is not nearly as discerning or all that concerned with a sense of flow. Only necessary if you need several songs here and can get it for cheap. ~ Andy Kellman

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