Kool And The Gang - The Hits Reloaded - 28 Tracks - 128kbps - Lame Mp3 - Slimoo

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Kool & The Gang - Gold (CD1)
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Artist...............: Kool & The Gang
Album................: Gold (CD1)
Genre................: R&B
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2005
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) / Level 8 & TSSTcorp CDDVD SE-S204N
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: FLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 76 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Ripped by............: Warlordhunter on 9/8/2008
Posted by............: Warlordhunter on 9/9/2008
Included.............: NFO, PLS, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front,Leaflet
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Tracklisting
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1. (00:02:57) Kool & The Gang - Kool & The Gang
2. (00:02:56) Kool & The Gang - Kool's Back Again
3. (00:02:58) Kool & The Gang - Let The Music Take Your Mind
4. (00:03:11) Kool & The Gang - Funky Man
5. (00:06:23) Kool & The Gang - Who's Gonna Take The Weight
6. (00:05:41) Kool & The Gang - Love The Life You Live
7. (00:03:02) Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff
8. (00:03:05) Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
9. (00:04:38) Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging
10. (00:04:59) Kool & The Gang - Higher Plane
11. (00:03:21) Kool & The Gang - Rhyme Tyme People
12. (00:04:20) Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness
13. (00:04:54) Kool & The Gang - Spirit Of The Boogie
14. (00:07:35) Kool & The Gang - Caribbean Festival
15. (00:07:52) Kool & The Gang - Love And Understanding (Come Together)
16. (00:03:49) Kool & The Gang - Open Sesame
Playing Time.........: 71 min 43 sec
Total Size...........: 482.06 MB
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Kool & The Gang - Gold (CD2)
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Artist...............: Kool & The Gang
Album................: Gold (CD2)
Genre................: R&B
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2005
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) / Level 8 & TSSTcorp CDDVD SE-S204N
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: FLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 85 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Ripped by............: Warlordhunter on 9/8/2008
Posted by............: Warlordhunter on 9/9/2008
Included.............: NFO, PLS, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front, Leaflet
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Tracklisting
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1. (00:03:29) Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night
2. (00:05:05) Kool & The Gang - Too Hot
3. (00:05:00) Kool & The Gang - Celebration
4. (00:04:03) Kool & The Gang - Take My Heart (You Can Have It)
5. (00:04:52) Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It
6. (00:03:51) Kool & The Gang - Big Fun
7. (00:06:42) Kool & The Gang - Let's Go Dancin' (Ohh, La, La, La)
8. (00:04:00) Kool & The Gang - Joanna
9. (00:04:14) Kool & The Gang - Tonight (AOR Mix)
10. (00:04:06) Kool & The Gang - Misled
11. (00:03:49) Kool & The Gang - Fresh
12. (00:05:42) Kool & The Gang - Cherish
13. (00:05:16) Kool & The Gang - Emergency
14. (00:04:04) Kool & The Gang - Victory
15. (00:03:55) Kool & The Gang - Stone Love
Playing Time.........: 68 min 05 sec
Total Size...........: 452.49 MB
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Kool & the Gang are a highly successful American jazz/R&B/soul/funk/disco
group. They originally formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. in 1964. They
went through several musical phases in their career, starting out with a purist
jazz sound, becoming practitioners of R&B and funk, progressing to a smooth
disco ensemble, and ended the successful period of their career producing
pop/R&B crossovers. They have sold over 70 million albums worldwide.
History
The group's main members over the years included brothers Robert Bell
(known as "Kool") on bass (born October 8, 1950, Youngstown, Ohio) and
Ronald Bell on tenor saxophone (born November 1, 1951, Youngstown,
Ohio); George Brown on drums (born January 5, 1949); Robert Mickens on
trumpet; Dennis Thomas on alto saxophone; Claydes Charles Smith on guitar
(born September 6, 1948; died June 20, 2006), and Rick Westfield on
keyboards. The Bell brothers' father was an acquaintance of Thelonious Monk
and the brothers were friends with Leon Thomas.
In 1964 Robert formed an instrumental band called the Jazziacs with five high
school friends. They changed their name to Kool & the Gang and were signed
by Gene Redd to his then new De-Lite Records in 1969. They first hit the pop
charts with the release of their debut eponymous album.
Though none of the three singles from the album went far on the pop charts,
their R&B success was swift and massive. Several live and studio albums
followed, with 1973's Wild and Peaceful breaking into the mainstream with
"Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging". Many reviews see the Gang's
1974 album Light of Worlds and 1975 album Spirit of the Boogie as the
greatest achievements of the band, with the 1975 single "Summer Madness"
gaining much attention. However, after the release of those albums the band
abandoned deep funk-music and switched to disco. Generally, the albums
released after 1975 have not received the same critical recognition as their
early work.
The late 1970s saw a lull in Kool & the Gang's career that ended — after new
lead singer James "J.T." Taylor joined the group — with 1979's Ladies' Night,
the title track from which spawned a 25-year-long tradition of ladies' nights in
New Jersey dance clubs and bars. Their only #1 hit was 1980s "Celebration",
off Celebrate!, produced by Eumir Deodato. More international hits followed
in the early 1980s, including "Big Fun", "Get Down on It" and "Joanna". Their
1984 album Emergency yielded four top 20 hits, including "Fresh" and
"Cherish." Their chart presence stopped abruptly after the Forever album,
when both Taylor and Ronald Bell (who started using the name Khalis
Bayyan) left the group; both would eventually return, but the hits would not.
Kool and the Gang rose to some popularity again in 1994 after "Jungle
Boogie" was featured on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's hit cult classic
Pulp Fiction. The band released the album "Still Kool" in 2007.
"Hollywood Swinging" was performed by Jon Arons in his dance/trombone
number on "Steve Harvey's Big Time" thus earning him the title, "The
Trombone Guy."
"Hollywood Swinging" was also sampled by DJ Kool in his song "Let Me Clear
My Throat".
Kool & the Gang's "Summer Madness" off their 1974 album Light of Worlds has
been sampled numerous times. Most notably, it was used by DJ Jazzy Jeff
and the Fresh Prince for their version of "Summertime" as well as being
featured in the 1976 smash hit Rocky. More recently, Also, Live at PJ's' track
"N.T" has been sampled extensively, by artists such as Boogie Down
Productions, Brand Nubian, De La Soul, N.W.A and Kriss Kross.
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