Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend [LP]

Tracklist:

A1 Listen To Me
A2 Mama Get Yourself Together
A3 A Change Is Going To Come
B1 Mighty, Mighty
B2 Hard Times
B3 California Dreaming
B4 Running
B5 One Dragon Two Dragon

This is hard and heavy funk and soul. Literally big, beefy, brassy. Sadly, the lead singer, the 400lb. Baby Huey died a year before it was released. Actually, the band itself is worth the purchase. However, no doubt, Baby Huey fronted it. Rap fiends should definately check this album as it's been sampled to death over the years and listen to me was a party favorite back in the days of Bronx block parties in the 70's.

If you're a fan of blues or Hendrix and would like to start investigating soul/funk but find James Brown too dancefloor friendly or Marvin Gaye too polished then this would a good starter along with the first 3 Curtis Mayfield studio albums.