The Brand New Heavies - 2 in 1: All About the Funk & Get Used to It (2011)

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Title: 2 in 1: All About the Funk & Get Used to It
Year Of Release: 2004 / 2011
Label: earMUSIC
Genre: Acid Jazz, Funk, Soul
Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet) / MP3
Total Time: 1:42:17
Total Size: 680 / 240 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Boogie (03:52)
2. Need Some More (03:57)
3. Waste My Time (03:29)
4. Keep on Shining (04:20)
5. What Do You Take Me For? (04:34)
6. Surrender (03:47)
7. Many Rivers to Cross (03:32)
8. How Do You Think (03:49)
9. Every Time We Turn It Up (03:42)
10. It Could Be Me (04:35)
11. I Feel Right (05:55)
12. How We Do This (05:50)
13. We've Got (04:43)
14. I Don't Know Why (I Love You) (03:32)
15. Get Used to It (03:26)
16. Sex God (04:54)
17. Let's Do It Again (05:08)
18. We Won't Stop (04:08)
19. Right On (04:05)
20. Music (03:35)
21. I Just Realized (04:35)
22. All Fired Up (04:12)
23. Love Is (04:15)
24. I've Been Touched (04:11)


The leading band of London's acid jazz scene, the Brand New Heavies have translated their love of sophisticated '70s funk grooves into an evolving danceable sound that has endured for over 30 years. The Brand New Heavies made their recorded debut near the end of the 1980s and thrived throughout the '90s, powered by vocalists N'Dea Davenport, Siedah Garrett, and Carleen Anderson. The band's first full decade was marked by the platinum U.K. Top Ten albums Brother Sister (1994) and Shelter (1997) and 15 U.K. Top 40 singles, ranging from originals like "Stay This Way," "Dream On Dreamer," and "Sometimes," to covers of '70s classics such as "Don't Let It Go to Your Head," "Midnight at the Oasis," and "You've Got a Friend." Although a knowing throwback approach is an outstanding aspect of their appeal, and they emerged during an era when hip-hop started to overtake R&B, the Heavies have remained contemporary and aren't purists, having frequently collaborated with rappers and younger producers. Since their most prolific decade, they've kept that mentality while more than doubling the length of their discography. Among their later highlights are Allabouthefunk (2004), their fifth charting album, along with Get Used to It (2016) and TBNH (2019), LPs graced by Davenport that respectively saw them return to early U.S. and U.K. label homes Delicious Vinyl and Acid Jazz.