Ain't That a Bitch

Ain’t That a Bitch
Studio album by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Released	1976
Recorded	1976
Studio	Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Blues, funk, rock
Label	DJM Records: DJLPA-3
Producer	Johnny Guitar Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson chronology
I Don’t Want to Be a Lone Ranger (1975) Ain’t That a Bitch (1976) Real Mother for Ya (1977)

Ain’t That a Bitch is a funk album by the American blues musician Johnny "Guitar" Watson, whose long career influenced the development of blues, soul music, rhythm & blues, funk, rock music, and rap music. It was recorded and released in 1976.^[1]

It was Watson's first successful funk album and contains a few of his best-known funk songs. It was certified as a Gold Record for sales of over 500,000 copies.^[2]

Track listing

The original 1976 release tracklist is as follows:

1. I Need It (4:46)
2. I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby (5:49)
3. Superman Lover (5:44)
4. Ain't That a Bitch (5:02)
5. Since I Met You Baby (3:30)
6. We're No Exception (4:18)
7. Won't You Forgive Me Baby (5:17)

In 2003 the UK music company Sanctuary Records under the Castle Records label re-released and digitally remastered the album as a "Deluxe Expanded Edition" on compact disc with two bonus tracks:

1. I Need It (4:46)
2. I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby (5:49)
3. Superman Lover (5:44)
4. Ain't That a Bitch (5:02)
5. Since I Met You Baby (3:30)
6. We're No Exception (4:18)
7. Won't You Forgive Me Baby (5:17)

Bonus tracks:

1. I Need It (7" Single edit) (3:31)
2. Superman Lover (7" Single edit) (3:18)

In 2005 the American music company Shout! Factory Records also re-released the album on compact disc and on vinyl record with two different bonus tracks:

1. I Need It (4:46)
2. I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby (5:49)
3. Superman Lover (5:44)
4. Ain't That a Bitch (5:02)
5. Since I Met You Baby (3:30)
6. We're No Exception (4:18)
7. Won't You Forgive Me Baby (5:17)

Bonus tracks:

1. Funkula (4:20)
2. Follow Me (4:36) (this instrumental was released in 1979 on the album "Extra Disco Perception" under his funk band name "The Watsonian Institute")

(the vinyl copy is now out-of-print, and considered rare and very valuable)

• All songs credited to Watson except Superman Lover (by Johnny Guitar Watson and Renaldo Rey).

Personnel

• Johnny "Guitar" Watson – organ, synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano, conga, drums, keyboards and vocals
• Paul Dunmall – saxophone
• Bruce Fowler – trombone, horn
• Peter Martin - trumpet
• Tommy Robertson – trombone
• Emry Thomas – drums, backing vocals

Samples by other artists

Several tracks from the album have been sampled by other artists:

• "I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby"
  • "Sooperman Luva II" by Redman from the album Dare Iz a Darkside

• "Superman Lover"
  • "A Day of Sooperman Lover" by Redman from the album Whut? Thee Album
  • "Supa GFK" by Ghostface Killah from the album The Big Doe Rehab
  • "The Nod Factor" by Mad Skillz from the album From Where???
  • "Who's the Mic Wrecka" by Da Youngsta's from the album The Aftermath
  • "Afro Puffs" by Lady of Rage from the soundtrack of Above the Rim
  • "The Predator" by Ice Cube from the album The Predator
  • "Comptons Lynchin'" by Compton's Most Wanted from the album Straight Checkn 'Em
  • "Broad Factor" by Quasimoto from the album Yessir Whatever

• "Ain't That a Bitch"
  • "Ain't That a Bitch (Ask Yourself)" by UGK from the album Ridin' Dirty
  • "Funk Soul Sensation" by Jemini the Gifted One from the album Scars And Pain

• "We're No Exception"
  • "Hot Thing" by Talib Kweli from the album Eardrum

References

1. Stephen Cook. "Ain't That a Bitch - Johnny "Guitar" Watson". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
2. "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. 18 June 1977. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

External links

• "Ain't That a Bitch" - Review at allmusic.com