Get into Something

{{Infobox album

| name = Get Into Something

| type = Album

| artist = The Isley Brothers

| cover = Getsomething.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 8, 1970

| recorded = 1969

| venue =

| studio = A&R (New York City)

| genre = {{hlist|Funk|soul}}

| length = 39:36

| label = T-Neck/Buddah Records

| producer = Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley

| prev_title = Live at Yankee Stadium

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Givin' It Back

| next_year = 1971

| misc = {{Singles

| name =
Get Into Something

| type = studio

| single1 = Keep on Doin'

| single1date = February 1970

| single2 = Freedom

| single2date = December 1970

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r41375|tab=review |label=The Isley Brothers - Get Into Something (1970) album review, credits & releases |first=Andy |last=Kellman |accessdate=17 October 2011}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: I|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=I&bk=70|access-date=February 27, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=505}}

|rev4 = Pitchfork

|rev4Score = 6.6/10{{Cite web | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas | title = The Isley Brothers - The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters, 1959-1983 (2015) 23CD Box Set review | publisher = Pitchfork | access-date = December 23, 2015 | url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20989-the-isley-brothers-the-rca-victor-and-t-neck-album-masters/|date=September 11, 2015}}

|rev5 = Uncut

|rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |id={{ProQuest|1771210800}} |title=REISSUES: Freak beats |page=92 |issue=5 |date=October 1, 1997 |last1=Stubbs |first1=David |magazine=Uncut }}

}}

Get Into Something is the eighth album by the Isley Brothers, released on their T-Neck imprint in 1970. Although the album itself did not chart, it includes six songs that appeared in the top 30 of the Billboard R&B chart between late 1969 and early 1971 (most of which dented the lower reaches of the Pop chart as well): the title track, "Bless Your Heart", the horn and drum-driven "Keep on Doin'" (which inspired the instrumental cover by The J.B.'s later that year under the title "The Grunt"), "Freedom", "Girls Will Be Girls" and "If He Can You Can".{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r41375 |tab=charts-awards/billboard-single |label="Get Into Something > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" |accessdate=17 October 2011}}

The album's title track includes a James Brown-styled "give the drummer some" breakdown that was highly influential on the New York b-boy dance scene (later known as break dancing).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} The drum break, along with the LP's scarcity, has made this the most valuable and highly sought after Isley Brothers album among vinyl record collectors. It was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released 23-CD box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters (1959–1983).[https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-rca-victor-t-neck-album-masters-1959-1983-mw0002860669 The Isley Brothers - The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959-1983 (2015) 23CD Box Set review by Andy Kellman, credits & releases] at AllMusic

Critical reception

Newsday, reviewing a reissue, called the album "a raw raveup with a punchy horn section," writing that "the Isleys venture into James Brown territory with the stripped-down funk of 'Keep On Doin' '."{{cite news |last1=Torres |first1=Richard |title=Sony Makes a Reissue Out of Isley Brothers |work=Newsday |date=14 Sep 1997 |page=D31}} Rolling Stone wrote that the album "balances fidgety, syncopated riffs (somebody should sample that title cut) with true-believer gospel harmonies."{{cite magazine |last1=Coleman |first1=Mark |title=The Isley Brothers |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=Sep 18, 1997 |issue=769 |page=106}}