Totally Unrestricted! The Millie Jackson Anthology - 4525

Amazon.com "Queen of Sex and Soul" Millie Jackson may well be one of the most underrated female singers in R&B. Because so much emphasis has been put on the raunchy, X-rated material that made her a mainstay among a staunchly loyal, mostly African American audience throughout the '70s, this Georgia-born sister is seldom cited as a key player in the vocal stakes. Fortunately, this first-ever two-CD retrospective of Jackson's work for New York-based Spring Records includes plenty of good old-fashioned Southern soul singing alongside the famous raps and monologues that made albums like 1974's Caught Up, 1975's Still Caught Up, and 1977's Feelin' Bitchy such bestsellers for the truth-tellin' Jackson. Hit singles like her first chart outing, the socially conscious "Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)" and her biggest, "Hurts So Good," are balanced with mainstays of her mid-'70s repertoire like "The Rap" and "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)" and humor-filled ditties like "Go Out and Get Some (Get It Out'cha System)" and the hilarious "Phuck U Symphony." Long before there was a Lil' Kim, there was Millie Jackson, and while mainstream pop audiences never quite caught the fire, this excellent compilation offers evidence of her stature as a workaday, earthy, one-of-a-kind urban diva. --David Nathan
ASIN: B00000343S
VSKU: LFV.B00000343S.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Jackson, Millie
Binding: Audio cd