Better than the previous Westbound compilation,
The Best of the Early Years, Vol. 1 collects one track from each of the first two
Funkadelic albums, two from
Maggot Brain and
America Eats Its Young, three from
Cosmic Slop and one selection from
Let's Take It to the Stage. By properly focusing on the best tracks from the best albums, Westbound chronicled
Funkadelic's early career quite well; still, the best place to hear these tracks are on their original albums.
–
John Bush, Rovi