Bringing Back the Funk

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Bringing Back the Funk
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Studio album by
Brian Culbertson
ReleasedApril 29, 2008
Genre Funk, smooth jazz
Label GRP Records
Producer Maurice White
Brian Culbertson chronology
A Soulful Christmas
(2006)		Bringing Back the Funk
(2008)		 XII
(2010)
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Bringing Back the Funk is a studio album by Brian Culbertson released in 2008 on GRP Records. [4] The album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. [5] [6]

Contents

Overview

Bringing Back the Funk was executively produced by Maurice White. [7]

Artists who feature on the album include Bootsy Collins, Ray Parker Jr., Musiq Soulchild, Larry Dunn, Ledisi, Maceo Parker, Larry Graham, Sheldon Reynolds and Gerald Albright. [7] [8]

Singles

The song "Always Remember" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Songs chart. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Funkin' Like My Father" (featuring Bootsy Collins) Bootsy Collins, Brian Culbertson, Candice Cheatham, Keith Cheatham, Donald Moore, Sheldon Reynolds, Pete Roberts, Zion Roberts5:15
2."Always Remember"Culbertson, Reynolds4:22
3."Hollywood Swinging" (featuring Gerald Albright and Musiq Soulchild) Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Claydes Smith4:09
4."The House of Music" (featuring Larry Graham and Ronnie Laws)Culbertson, Larry Graham4:50
5."You Got to Funkifize" (featuring Chance Howard) Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka 5:26
6."The Groove"Culbertson, Larry Dunn4:41
7."The World Keeps Going Around" (featuring Ledisi) Bill Withers 4:26
8."Excuse Me... What's Your Name?"Culbertson, Maurice Fitzgerald, Chris Miskell1:59
9."Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)" (featuring David T. Walker and Eddie Miller)Richard Evans, Ric Powell, Phil Upchurch 6:02
10."Let's Stay in Tonight"Culbertson, Reynolds, Maurice White 5:29

Performers

Production

Charts

Albums

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [10] 99
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard) [11] 1
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [12] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [13] 18

Singles

YearTitleChartPosition
2008"Always Remember"US Smooth Jazz Songs [9] 1

References

  1. ↑ "Brian Culbertson: Bringing Back The Funk". Allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ "Picks and Pans Review: Quick Cuts". people.com.
  3. ↑ "Brian Culbertson: Bringing Back the Funk". Jazz Times.com. 26 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Brian Culbertson: Bringing Back the Funk. GRP Records. 2008.
  5. ↑ "Brian Culbertson: Bringing Back the Funk (Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Brian Culbertson: Bringing Back the Funk (Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  7. 1 2 "Culbertson Switches Up the Groove". npr.org. NPR. August 11, 2008.
  8. ↑ Kasey. Wheeler, Katrina (June 11, 2008). "Brian Culbertson: Bringing Back the Funk". allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
  9. 1 2 "Brian Culbertson: Always Remember". billboard.com. Billboard.
  10. ↑ "Brian Culbertson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Brian Culbertson Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Brian Culbertson Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Brian Culbertson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
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