Similar in set-up and scope to
Pure Funk, just as
Disco Love Collection -- released at the same time by the same label -- appeared to be patterned after
Pure Disco,
Funk Explosion includes 14 tracks, the majority of which have appeared on several other compilations. As with
Disco Love Collection, this is a half-hearted introduction to funk, and it might be useful for those who need at least a handful of these songs and don't mind potential (nearly unavoidable, actually) overlap with other various-artist discs. Featured:
Kool & the Gang's "Jungle Boogie,"
the Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb on Me,"
Rufus' "Tell Me Something Good," and
the O'Jays' "For the Love of Money."