Extra Added Soul: Crossover, Modern, and Funky Soul (2016)

Tracklist
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01. Love Explosion - Donnell Pitman
02. Patience - Rokk
03. Love Is On the Way - Bill Spoon
04. Standing by Love - Eula Cooper
05. Try My Love - Syl Johnson
06. Lift This Hurt - Elvin Spencer
07. That's What My Lady Says - El Anthony
08. We're Two Fools in Love - Dyson's Faces
09. Charade - Four Tracks
10. I'll Never Say No - The Summits
11. Guilty - Jackie Stoudemire
12. I'm Under Your Spell - Mind & Matter
13. If You See Me - 94 East
14. No Matter - La'Fez
15. Deep in Your Heart - Young Divines
16. I Love You - Karriem
17. Try Me (45 Version) - Wee
18. Main Squeeze - Nate Evan
19. I Think It's Time - Alice Swoboda
20. Third Eye - Cosmos Universal Band
J&D's 20-track compilation Extra Added Soul: Crossover explores obscure avenues of '70s soul, concentrating on offshoots of proto-disco, smooth soul, soft funk, and boogie - highly danceable grooves that have been tagged as an offshoot of Northern Soul called "modern soul" by 21st century R&B mavens. Whether the four-on-the-floor rises to the surface or not, disco is the underpinning of the music here, present in such Philly-styled cuts as Eula Cooper's "Standing by Love" and Mind & Matter's "I'm Under Your Spell," or the stylish breezes of Elvin Spencer's "Lift This Hurt" and the Latin-tinged "No Matter" by La'Fez. If the tracks don't feel as spangly as prime disco, that's also their charm: they were cut on the cheap, so what we're hearing are musicians creating a groove together. That snazzy groove flows throughout these 20 songs, and it's what makes Extra Added Soul: Crossover worth hearing. The songs may not always stick - and, certainly there are no stars here (Syl Johnson is the closest, unless you count Prince's early band 94 East) -- but the rhythm is infectious and the satin slickness is endearing.
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