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Curtis Mayfield - Mayfield: Remixed - The Curtis Mayfield Collection Audio CD

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Title: Mayfield: Remixed - The Curtis Mayfield Collection
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Release Date: 2005-03-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Superfly -- Little Louie Vega EOL Mix 2: Do We Wap Is Strong In Here -- Ashley Beedle Re-Edit 3: Move On Up -- Eric Kupper Vocal Mix 4: We're A Winner -- Grandmaster Flash Remix 5: Little Child Runnin' Wild -- King Britt Scuba Mix 6: Freddie's Dead -- Blaze Roots DJ Mix 7: If There's A Hell Below We're All Going to Go -- Maurice Joshua Nu Soul Mix 8: We Got to Have Peace -- Eddie Baez Laid Back Mix 9: People Get Ready -- Stonebridge Club Remix 10: Pusherman -- MixMasterMike Pusher's Nephew Mix

Funky and Full of Energy...
It is exactly what the title says it is. . a remix album. If you like house and dance music, it's for you. If you want traditional, untouched Mayfield, stick to his unaltered recordings. .


My first "Remix" and probably my last.
Most of these "remixs" come across and lame, discoizations of superior music. If you're like me, old enough to remember Curtis in his prime and also old enough to have suffered through Disco, then this disk will be like torture to you. That same old tired "thumpa thumpa" beat is used in song after song.

I believe the "artists" who made these remixes have little or no love nor familiarity with Curtis' materiel. Most of the these tracks seemed to consist of Curtis' vocals being "square pegged" into some canned beat. Only "Move On Up" seems to have been complimented and/or improved by it's treatment on this disk. The rest are regrettable and forgettable Frankensteinian mish mashes that neither entertain nor enlighten.

If you honor and love Curtis and his legacy, avoid this piece of trash like the plague.

Da Worfster .


Curtis Probably Wouldn't Be Happy
Most songs are unrecognizable from the originals. This has got to be one of the worst albums I've heard. If you like Curtis, skip this. If you are a fan of house music, you may like it.


Could have been much better...
Are there really Acapella tapes in the vault of the record co. A Curtis Mayfield remix album ? Not a bad idea. ? That should be a dream come true and it should have been a boxed set of 10 CDs with the WHO'S WHO of the pop/rock/dance scene. Remixes by THE ROOTS, perhaps LINKIN PARK, LENNY KRAVITZ again (like Superfly 1990 with Ice-T), COLDCUT, BILL LASWELL (hey !!!), . . . ok, ok,. . . WAKE UP, music fans and open-minded listerners, what we have got here in our hands after all is an overall disappointment (2 stars rating means Ashley Beedle, King Britt and Mixmaster "Pusher" [that "izzay" or what?] ;-0 did their job almost well. Louie Vega's Remix could've been so much better (he worked with Mr. Puente and Roy Ayers etc. ; they should've helped him on this one), or is it really necessary to throw a 909 kickdrum and some housey organ sounds (all-)over everything ? Grandmaster Flash is losing it on the Go-Go scene ? By the way - ask Trouble Funk to do this again. . . Maurice Joshua also would've done better with a 303 bassline and some old school 909 beats on "If There's A Hell. . ". Instead he did a ugly digital sounding DJ-tool out of it. The record companies (what's up with Rhino anyway ?) should do better researching on possible artists or release the original tapes for the customers to do a remix by themselves. In this case here nearly every second homemade Remix would've been better. Take a listen - and just overlook this release. With hope on a better future release.


More than a Remixed

The cd is a little more than a remixed and a little less that a remake. The 4 stars is an average between the bravery to Remix a MonsterKing of the music (5 stars for bravery) and for the outcome music(3 stars).
The original songs are easy to identify but finally they are new songs (this is a remix or a remake?).
Anyway if you are a fan of Curtis probably you miss this side of his music (but if you are a purist probably you will not like it)and if you are a beginner probably is a good way to know the King Curtis.
A clever experience i am happy that this cd is in my collection.


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