{"product_id":"james-brown-sho-is-funky-down-here-2025-reissue","title":"James Brown - Sho Is Funky Down Here (2025 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Sho Is Funky Down Here' is the 31st studio album by American musician, James Brown, originally released in 1971 on King Records. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn entirely instrumental album, full of heavy fuzzed-out guitars in a jazzy psychedelic rock style, resembling the first records by Funkadelic. 'Sho is Funky Down Here' and 'The Grodeck Whipperjenny' are a pair of albums that are the result of an unlikely but highly productive musical relationship between James Brown, a superstar at the creative and commercial peaks of his long career, and David Matthews, a then young arranger-musician whose limited professional experience had little or nothing to do with the funk and soul of his collaborator. Underground, fuzzy, rambling psych-funk. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe genesis of Brown’s “Talking Loud And Saying Nothing,” a 1990s hip hop sample staple, informing A Tribe Called Quest, Large Professor, Brand Nubian and others. Both albums were lacquered directly from the original master tapes at Capitol Studios. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContains an extensive booklet with full annotation, liner notes by Brown historian Alan Leeds and never-before-published photos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOW-AGAIN","offers":[{"title":"Limited Indies Only LP with Booklet","offer_id":56284183298312,"sku":"REL-00721","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/6723\/1240\/files\/0ac73c67c153bac7de2621e48cdc241f.png?v=1775624141","url":"https:\/\/www.relevantrecordcafe.co.uk\/products\/james-brown-sho-is-funky-down-here-2025-reissue","provider":"Relevant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}