Motown Remixed CD

Disc 1

Song Title

1. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5 (Z-trip remix) ~ Various Artists

2. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips (Sympathy For The Grapes Randy Watson Experience mix) ~ Various Artists

3. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (Da Producers MPG Groove mix) ~ Various Artists

4. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder (DJ Smash Essential Funk mix) ~ Various Artists

5. ABC - The Jackson 5 (Salaam Remi Krunk-A Delic Party mix) ~ Various Artists

6. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth (Mocean Worker remix) ~ Various Artists

7. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations (DJ Jazzy Jeff & Pete Kuzma Solefull remix) ~ Various Artists

8. Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson (Groove Boutique remix) ~ Various Artists

9. My World Is Empty Without You - Diana Ross & The Supremes (Tranzition remix) ~ Various Artists

10. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations (Easy Mo Bee remix) ~ Various Artists

11. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth (Futureshock Main Ingredient mix) ~ Various Artists

12. Tears Of A Clown, The - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Hotsnax remix) ~ Various Artists

13. Keep On Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks (DJ Spinna remix) ~ Various Artists

14. War - Edwin Starr (KIng Britt remix) ~ Various Artists

15. Mary Jane - Rick James (DJ Green Lantern Evil Genius remix, bonus) ~ Various Artists

Notes & Personnel Info
	MOTOWN: REMIXED features a guest roster of producers, DJs, and mixers who reconstruct classic Motown singles, putting their individual spin on cuts like the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "The Tears of a Clown." The most successful tracks preserve the integrity and feel of the original by adding accents and colors that highlight the strengths of the master tapes. The Randy Weston Experience's revision of Gladys Knight & the Pips' "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," for example, keeps the tambourine-driven groove funky and spare, while pushing Knight & the Pips' vocals up high in the mix.
	Mocean Worker's thumping funk remix of "I Just Want to Celebrate" would likely meet with approval from Rare Earth, while Salaam Remi's "krunk-a-delic party mix" of the Jackson 5's "ABC" wins points for originality. Purists may cry "blasphemy," and it is, in fact, difficult to get used to Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" set to a bouncing, early-2000s R&B beat. However, the remix project has become a major leg of contemporary soul and dance music, and it was only a matter of time before the Motown masters were re-imagined through a contemporary electronic lens.
Producer: Harry Weinger (Compilation)

Rolling Stone (No. 975, p.76)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[The DJs] excavate elements buried in the original productions... "

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Motown Remixed (2005)