Make It Funky

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“Make It Funky”

Single by James Brown from the album There It Is
A-side	"Make It Funky - Pt. 1"
B-side	"Make It Funky - Pt. 2"
Released	August 1971
Format	7"
Recorded	July 13, 1971, at Rodel Studios, Washington, D.C.
Genre	Funk
Length	3:34 (Pt. 1)
Label	Polydor PD14088
Writer(s)	James Brown Charles Bobbitt
Producer	James Brown

"Make It Funky" is a song recorded by James Brown with The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single in 1971 which reached #1 on the R&B charts. The song features the band members chanting the song's title and a prominent organ part played by Brown himself. A full-length version of the song was included on the 1972 album There It Is. Brown recorded a continuation of "Make It Funky" (listed as "Parts 3 & 4") in a medley with "My Part" for his album Get on the Good Foot, also from 1972.

The rapper Ice-T sampled "Make It Funky" in a song of the same name on his 1987 album Rhyme Pays.

[edit] Personnel

James Brown - lead vocal, organ

with The J.B.'s:

Jerone "Jasaan" Sanford - trumpet, vocals
Russell Crimes - trumpet, vocals
Fred Wesley - trombone, vocals
Jimmy Parker - alto saxophone, vocals
St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone, vocals
Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar, vocals
Robert Coleman - guitar, vocals
Fred Thomas - bass, vocals
John "Jabo" Starks - drums, vocals
Bobby Byrd - vocals
Martha Harvin - vocals

[edit] References

Leeds, Alan M., and Harry Weinger (1991). Star Time: Song by Song. In Star Time (pp. 46-53) [CD liner notes]. London: Polydor Records.
White, Cliff (1991). Discography. In Star Time (pp. 54-59) [CD liner notes]. London: Polydor Records.