Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (album)

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Soundtrack album by James Brown
Released	July 1973
Recorded	October 14, 1969 – May 25, 1973
Studio	King (Cincinnati, Ohio); Bobby Smith (Macon, Georgia); Starday-King (Nashville, Tennessee); A & R (New York City); United Artists (Los Angeles, California);
Genre	Funk
Label	Polydor; 6015
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
Singles from Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
	"How Long Can I Keep It Up"; Released: June 1973; "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy / Slaughter Theme"; Released: August 1973;

ReleasedJuly 1973

RecordedOctober 14, 1969 – May 25, 1973^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Studio

King (Cincinnati, Ohio)^[2]^[4]
Bobby Smith (Macon, Georgia)^[4]
Starday-King (Nashville, Tennessee)^[1]^[3]
A & R (New York City)^[5]^[6]
United Artists (Los Angeles, California)^[4]^[5]

GenreFunk

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[7]

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off is a soundtrack album recorded by James Brown for the film of the same name and released in July 1973 by Polydor Records.^[6] The album also features The J.B.'s and Lyn Collins. Although the soundtrack was created for the film Slaughter's Big Rip-Off, the score was replaced by new, generic funk sounds and versions of songs from the Coffy soundtrack on all home releases.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Slaughter Theme"		4:00
2.	"Tryin' To Get Over"		2:30
3.	"Transmograpfication"	James Brown, David Matthews	2:00
4.	"Happy for the Poor"		2:43
5.	"Brother Rap"	James Brown	3:04
6.	"Big Strong"		3:15
7.	"Really, Really, Really"		1:48

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Sexy, Sexy, Sexy"	James Brown	3:10
9.	"To My Brother"	Fred Wesley, James Brown	2:10
10.	"How Long Can I Keep It Up" (featuring Lyn Collins)		5:30
11.	"People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul"	James Brown, Fred Wesley, St. Clair Pinckney	3:40
12.	"King Slaughter"		2:45
13.	"Straight Ahead"		2:45

v t e James Brown
Studio albums	Please Please Please Try Me! Think! The Amazing James Brown James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. Prisoner of Love Showtime Grits & Soul Out of Sight Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday I Got You (I Feel Good) Mighty Instrumentals James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown Sings Christmas Songs Handful of Soul James Brown Sings Raw Soul James Brown Plays the Real Thing Cold Sweat I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me I Got the Feelin' James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things A Soulful Christmas Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Gettin' Down to It The Popcorn It's a Mother Ain't It Funky Soul on Top It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In Hey America Sho Is Funky Down Here Hot Pants There It Is Get on the Good Foot Black Caesar The Payback Hell Reality Sex Machine Today Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump Hot Get Up Offa that Thing Bodyheat Mutha's Nature Jam 1980's Take a Look at Those Cakes The Original Disco Man People Soul Syndrome Nonstop! Bring It On! Gravity I'm Real Love Over-Due Universal James I'm Back The Merry Christmas Album The Next Step
Live albums	Live at the Apollo Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal The James Brown Show Live at the Garden Live at the Apollo, Volume II Sex Machine Super Bad Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III Hot on the One Live in New York Live at Chastain Park Soul Session Live Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 Live at the Apollo 1995 Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68
Notable compilation albums	Good, Good, Twistin' Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits In the Jungle Groove Motherlode Roots of a Revolution Star Time 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964–1969 Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang The Godfather: The Very Best of James Brown JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 The Singles (1 - 2 - 3 - 4)
Band members	Bobby Byrd Lyn Collins Catfish Collins Bootsy Collins Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis Maceo Parker Melvin Parker St. Clair Pinckney John "Jabo" Starks Clyde Stubblefield Fred Thomas Fred Wesley
Associated acts	The Famous Flames The J.B.'s
Related articles	Discography Record labels owned by James Brown Super Bowl XXXI halftime show "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" James Brown: Man to Man Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968 Future Shock Tomi Rae Hynie Get on Up

v t e The J.B.'s
James Joseph Brown Fred Wesley Maceo Parker Jimmy Nolen Fred Thomas John "Jabo" Starks Clyde Stubblefield Bootsy Collins Catfish Collins Johnny Griggs Sweet Charles Sherrell Hearlon "Cheese" Martin St. Clair Pinckney Darryl "Hassan" Jamison Jerone "Jassan" Sanford Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells Robert "Chopper" McCollough Jimmy Parker Ike Oakley Russel Crimes Robert Coleman Bobby Roach John Morgan Hollie Farris Joe Poff Melvin Parker Tony Cook David Weston Keith Jenkins Jeff Watkins Arthur Dickson Ron Laster Robert "Mousey" Thompson
Studio albums	Food for Thought (1972) Doing It to Death (1973)
Singles	"The Grunt "Gimme Some More" "Pass the Peas" "Doing It to Death"

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (album)

Personnel

The James Brown Band (October 14, 1969)

Studio band arranged by David Matthews (February 12, 1971)

The J.B.'s (May 13, 1971)

Studio band arranged by David Matthews (September 27, 1972)

Studio band arranged by James Brown and Fred Wesley (May 1973)

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