Ain't It Funky

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ain't It Funky

| type = Studio

| artist = James Brown

| cover = Ain’t It Funky.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 1970

| recorded = 1966–1969

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rhythm and blues, funk, soul

| length = 37:06

| label = King

| producer = James Brown

| prev_title = It's a Mother

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Soul on Top

| next_year = 1970

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Ain't It Funky

| type = studio

| single1 = Give It Up or Turnit a Loose

| single1date = January 1969

| single2 = Ain't It Funky Now

| single2date = November 1969

}}

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/aint-it-funky/1444194415 |title=iTunes - Music - Ain't It Funky by James Brown & The James Brown Band |publisher=iTunes |date=1933-05-03 |access-date=2015-07-18}} Tracks 3 to 7 are instrumentals recorded between 1966 and 1969.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{AllMusic |class=album |id=r66271 |label="James Brown: Ain't It Funky" |accessdate=21 September 2011}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=James Brown|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/109 109]}}

}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side A

| total_length = 17:46

| title1 = Ain't It Funky Now, Pts. 1-2

| writer1 = Brown

| length1 = 9:26

| title2 = Fat Wood, Pts. 1-2

| writer2 = Brown, Jimmy Nolen

| length2 = 9:15

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side B

| total_length = 18:07

| title3 = Cold Sweat

| writer3 = Brown, Pee Wee Ellis

| length3 = 5:17

| title4 = Give It Up or Turnit a Loose

| writer4 = Charles Bobbit

| length4 = 3:45

| title5 = Nose Job

| writer5 = Brown, Bud Hobgood

| length5 = 2:30

| title6 = Use Your Mother

| writer6 = Brown

| length6 = 3:25

| title7 = After You Done It

| writer7 = Brown

| length7 = 3:28

}}

Personnel

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