''Baddest'' is a double compilation (1972–1978) album by American jazz musician

Grover Washington Jr. Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. He wr ...

The album was released in February 1981 via Motown label. The songs were conducted and arranged by Bob James.

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stated "An excellent 2LP set that compiles Grover's killer funky cuts for Kudu – packaged here in an expanded best-of set that Motown issued when they took over the Kudu distribution. We hardly need to tell you how great these cuts are..."

Track listing

Disc 1 # "It Feels So Good" ( Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) # "Mister Magic" (Ralph MacDonald) # "No Tears, In the End" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) # "Black Frost" (Bob James, Grover Washington, Jr.) # "Do Dat" ( Leonard Gibbs) # "Summer Song" (Tyrone Brown, John E. Blake, Jr.) Disc 2 # "A Secret Place" (Grover Washington, Jr.) # " Ain't No Sunshine" ( Bill Withers) # "

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" is the second single from Marvin Gaye's 1971 album, '' What's Going On''. Following the breakthrough of the title track's success, the song, written solely by Gaye, became regarded as one of popular music's most poi ...

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Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

) # " Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx) # " Lean on Me" (Bill Withers) # "

Masterpiece A masterpiece, ''magnum opus'' (), or ''chef-d’œuvre'' (; ; ) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, ...

" ( Norman Whitfield)

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References

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