who are your favorites?
this thread is the "flip-side" of the "favorite white artist's who got the funk" thread.

Of course we have to start here.....



and also....

Fishbone


and Living Colour


and Bad Brains


24-7 Spyz


this guy.....


the whole Funkadelic crew...

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Mothers Finest

Dancelot said:

I don't know them.

minneapolisgenius said:

Harlepolis and some others will get you banned fom here for saysing that, hehe

but seriously, charming guy that I am I would say that you are just to young to know them

Dancelot said:

Wow..I never knew what they looked like, but I would have never thought they'd have that rocker look.
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well after the displays above i'd say those guys too.

the last time i saw Living Colour, Doug Wimbish was sweating. i mean, he was sweating like crazy. he had a steady stream flowing from his wrist. now that's the real deal.

Dancelot said:

Believe me, I'm not young. I just don't know them. I can't know EVERYTHING now can I? I'm sure I could mention some bands that I know, and those guys would have no clue about them, and therefore I could give them this look as well ----> But anyway.....


Ok, so I just looked them up, and they still don't ring a bell. But reading their bio, I came across this:

"The follow-up album Another Mother Further lived up to its title. The opening track was a cover of the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team's "Mickey's Monkey," made popular by Smokey Robinson. But the guitar riff was a blatant copy of Jimmy Page's from the Led Zeppelin song "Custard Pie," released two years earlier. Perhaps because the song was a cover, or the fact that they stole from blues legends early in their career, Led Zeppelin never sued and the track (along with others like "Piece of the Rock" and "Hard Rock Lover") helped make Another Mother Further the group's springboard."

hehehe... Yeah, Zeppelin knew they couldn't even try to sue anyone for stealing their songs. But I still love 'em of course.
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U forgot the family stand!





Their "chain" album had some radio friendly rock on it (ala Byran Adams type stuff which was quite cool like "the last temptation") but a track like "shades of blue" off their "moon in scorpio" album is rockin'!

In addition to those already listed:

Jean Paul Bourelly
Ernie Isley
Foley Nile Rodgers
Hiram Bullock
Family Stand
Greg Howe
Van Hunt
Jef Lee Johnson
Defunkt TM Stevens
TTD/Sananda
Seal
Slave
Meshell Ndegeocello
Doug Wimbish
Chris Thomas King
David Ryan Harris


RIP:

Sonny Sharrock
Eddie Hazel






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Stax said:

I already posted them.

Phil Lynott

minneapolisgenius said:

damn, don't you spoil my illusions


of course you can't, no one can. I was just teasing chartwise they didn't have that big of an impact, but hey... the voice of Joyce Kennedy is defintely worth checking out

Cameo also could rock the house if they wanted to

minneapolisgenius said:

Vernon Reid

All the good ones have been posted already.



I have this album. It's pretty rockin'.

Stax said:

funny

Chuck Berry
Fats Domino
Lil "fucking" Richard
James Brown
Isley Brothers
Sly and the family
Hendrix
Phil Lynott
Parliament
Rick James
Prince
Bad Brains
Living Color
The Black guy from Kings X
The Black girl from Skunk Anansie
Tom Morello best guitarist of the 90's? maybe?

Lets not forget Mr.

Romeo Blue
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Dancelot said:

Well, it depends on what you mean by "young". I should look into them though.

How 'bout "Follow For Now", "Hard Corps", "Sound Barrier", "Bus Boys", and "Phil-E-Phunk"[out of Philly]

jw1914 said:

minneapolisgenius said:

Betty Davis is the FUCKIN' truth, ruth

Tony Rich, Lenny Kravitz, Maxwell, Jon Butcher Axis, Defunkt, Kid Creole, Labelle, Grace Jones, Tina Turner, Osabissa, and Cymande.

Public Enemy was nominated for a grammy for "Bring the Noize" ??? Well they were placed in the "rap music" catagory...when CLEARLY that song should have been placed in "heavy metal", since the music they rapped over was provided by Anthrax !! And if I mentioned someone that someone else posted....sorry

Jimi Hendrix
Prince
Tina Turner
Jesse Johnson
Lenny Kravitz
Terrence Trent Darby

michael jackson, now go check the guitar solo he plays in beat it...not really

fartman said:

not really

but,..... definately not a posed photo