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Classic funk. I am looking to make a playlist of 30-40 classic funk tracks both to get into new stuff and to keep all the tight jams together on my Spotify.
Won't you post your favorite funk jams? Can either be a YouTube or just typing it out and I will go seek them.
George Clinton, Fela Kuti, Sly, Rufus, etc are my normal go-tos for the funk. What are their best jams in your opinion? Try to stay in the 80s and before. Not so much interested in 90s funk.
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Since you made it specific, here're a few tunes by them that I always wear out when I'm in my work out:
Parliament/Funkadelic/P-Funk All Stars:
1. Hydraulic Funk 2. Pumpin' It up 3. One Nation Under A Groove 4. Flashlight 5. Agony of Defeet 6. (Not Just) Knee Deep 7. Get Off Your Ass & Jam
Fela: 8. Shakara 9. Expensive Shit 10. Water No Get Enemy 11. No Agreement
Sly & 'nem: 12. Miss Dynamite 13. Underdog 14. Loosy Booty(Try getting both versions, the official and the alternate, the latter is funkier IMO) 15. Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin 16. Thank You For Talking To Me Africa 17. Sing A Simple Song 18. Love City 19. Dance To The Medly
Rufus: 20. Tell Me Something Good 21. Maybe Your Baby 22. You Got The Love 23. Once You Get Started 24. I'm A Woman(I'm A Backbone) 25. Have A Good Time 26. Jive Talking 27. At Midnight(My Love Will Lift You Up) 28. Ain't Nobody Like You(W/O Chaka) 29. Secret Friend 30. Ooh I Like Your Loving
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Thanks Harlepolis! I'm gonna go check those out now. Also, if you have any other suggestions from bands I didn't mention, feel free to hip me to that. I am open to everything re: the funk.
And thanks Rhyging! I am really feelin "Holy Ghost" - I am really green to the Bar Kays. | |
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Here're a few albums that I think are essential when it comes to funk music(IMVHO at least)
Zapp & Roger: Roger & The Human Body The Many Facets of Roger Zapp Zapp II Zapp III Zapp V Zapp IV U
Johnny Guitar Watson: The Funk Anthology I could've came up with a load of albums, but this is pretty good starting point IMO.
Cameo: Ugly Ego Secret Omen Cameosis Feel Me Knights of The Sound Table Alligator Woman(Didn't know Vanity was on the cover till recently via Cinnie) Style
Bootsy: Stretchin' Out On Bootsy's Rubber Band Ahh,,,The Name's Bootsy, Baby! Bootsy? Player Of The Year
Betty Davis(Although, she's more ambiguous, I'd seriously consider her one of the early originators of punk rock along with funk ) Betty Davis They Say I'm Different Nasty Gal Is It Love Or Desire?
Isley Bros: 3+3 Live It Up The Heat Is On Harvest For The World Go For Your Guns Showdown Winner Takes All
Eddie Hazel(This one is VERY dear to me): Game, Dames & Guitar Thangs His posthumous releases are pretty solid too.
Savor 'em all! | |
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http://www.youtube.com/wa...tizl92JhlQ - General Crook - Fever In The Funkhouse http://www.youtube.com/wa...xlITW2C_yc - Funkadelic - I got a thing, u got a thing, everybody's got a thing http://www.youtube.com/wa...embedded#! - Betty Davis - Shut off the light http://www.youtube.com/wa...embedded#! - The Impressions - if it's in you to do wrong http://www.youtube.com/wa...r_embedded - Sly Stone - Crossword Puzzle http://www.youtube.com/wa...r_embedded - Funkadelic - You'll like it too http://www.youtube.com/wa...r_embedded - Curtis Mayfield - Kung Fu
real ass funk!
hope I helped! | |
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Ohio Players /albums Ecstasy (1973) Skin Tight (1973) Climax (1974) Fire (1974) Honey (1975)
Con Funk Shun/ albums Loveshine (1978) Candy (1979) Touch (1979) Spirt of Love (1980) Con Funk Shun 7 (1981) To the Max (1982) Fever (1982)
Kool & The Gang Spirit of the Boogie (1975) Open Sesame (1976) Behind the Eyes The Force (1977)
Bar-Kays Do You See What I See? Coldblooded (1974) Too Hot To Stop (1976) Flying High On Your Love (1977) Money Talks (1978) Light of Life (1978) Injoy (1979) As One (1980) Nightcruising (1981) Proposition (1982) Dangerous (1984) Banging the Wall (1985) Contagious (1987) Animal (1988)
Commodores Caught In the Act (1975) Move On (1975) Commodores (1977)
Labell Labelle (1971) Pressure Cookin' (1973) Nightbirds (1974) Chameleon (1976)
The Gap Band/ 6 albums The Gap Band II, III, IV, V (Jammin'), VI, Gap Band VII
Dazz Band Let the Music Play Keept It Alive Joystick On on One Juke Box
Slave Slave The Hardness of the World [1977] both albums The Concept (1978) Just a Touch of Love (1979) Stone Jam (1980) Showtime (19810
Mo' Funk
Willie Henderson & The Soul Explosions - Funky Chicken (1970)
The Everday People - The Everday People (1972)
Grahnam Central Station - Graham Central Station (1973) Release Yourself Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It Mirror Now Do U Wanta Dance My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me
G. C. S. always gets left out of the mix, but the group was pure funk.
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You guys are amazing. Thank you so much!! I have a lot of work cut out for me. lol. | |
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Check out some Midnight Star as well! Whenever you say that you can't, that's when you need to be trying. | |
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A random sampling of funky things.
Dyke & The Blazers... "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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