Ain't It Funky

Ain't It Funky is the 27th full-length studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was recorded between 1966 and 1969 and originally released in January 1970.^[4] Much of the album is previously James Brown produced material with Kenny Poole's guitar replacing the vocal track.

Ain't It Funky
Studio album by James Brown
Released	January 1970 (1970-01)
Recorded	May 1967 (1967-05) – October 14, 1969 (1969-10-14)[1][2][3]
Studio	King Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio)[1][2][3] Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)[2] RCA Studios (Los Angeles, California)[3]
Genre	Rhythm and blues Funk soul
Length	37:06
Label	King 1092
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
It's a Mother (1969) Ain't It Funky (1970) Soul on Top (1970)
Singles from Ain't It Funky
"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" Released: January 1969 (1969-01) "Ain't It Funky Now" Released: November 1969 (1969-11)

Use Your Mother, which itself was an instrumental remix of the yet unreleased You Got To Have A Mother For Me, was used as the instrumental for Bobby Byrd's I Need Help.

After You Done It samples Marva Whitney's I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You, which was produced by James Brown.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't It Funky Now, Pts. 1-2"	Brown	9:26
2.	"Fat Wood, Pts. 1-2"	Brown, Jimmy Nolen	9:15
Total length:			17:46

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"Cold Sweat"	Brown, Pee Wee Ellis	5:17
4.	"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"	Charles Bobbit	3:45
5.	"Nose Job"	Brown, Bud Hobgood	2:30
6.	"Use Your Mother"	Brown	3:25
7.	"After You Done It"	Brown	3:28
Total length:			18:07

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocals, organ
• Richard "Kush" Griffith, Joe Davis – trumpet
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Maceo Parker, Eldee Williams – tenor saxophone
• St. Clair Pinckney – baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Nolen, Alfonzo Kellum – guitar
• Sweet Charles Sherrell – bass
• Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks – drums

Overdubs ("Cold Sweat", "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose", "Use Your Mother", "After You Done It")

• Kenny Poole – guitar

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs[7]	43