Kick it in. The ALL TIME top ten. not just the ones you're into today, but, if you had to take 10 wreckas with you and have only those, which ones would you take?

Obviously, purists will insist that "Greatest Hits" don't count, but, I cannot live without Sly's Anthology.

1. Sly Stone Anthology
2. S.O.T.T.
3. Gap Band III.
4. James Brown: Love Power Peace
5. Best of K.C. and the Sunshine Band
6. Dag: Righteous
7. Robert Palmer: Sneaking Sally Thru the Alley (which is a trick answer because the band is the Funky Meters)
8. Soul Coughing: Baby Vroom
9. Stevie Wonder: Musiquarium
10. David Ryan Harris solo album.
[This message was edited Mon Oct 6 12:50:14 PDT 2003 by otan]

I'm going to study this thread carefully. I don't own enough funk to contribute to this thread, but I'll keep an eye out here.

The Time-The Time
D'Angelo-Brown Sugar
Quincy Jones-The Dude
Roger & Zapp-All The Greatest Hits
The Ohio Players-Funk On Fire Anthology
Parliament Funkadelic-The Mothership Connection
Slave-Showtime
Bootsy Collins-Ahhh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby
Gap Band IV
War-All Day Music

I know you blowhards have a top ten of funk records. I'm looking. I'm curious. I dunno where to start, outside of my own collection. Trying to expand my caucasian hitory.

Help a Nilla out.

otan said:

Nilla PLEASE!!!

My funk list would be sooo lame, I'm not going to even attempt it.

in no partikular order:

Lucy Pearl
Sly: There's A Riot Goin On
Gap Band: VI
Meshell: Cookie The Anthroprological Mixtape
The Rainbow Children
James Brown 25 All Time Greatest Hits
Cameo: Secret Omen
Outkast:The love Below
Marvin Gaye: What's Goin On
Rufus: Street Player
Stevie: Songs In The Key Of Life

My top 10 would all be p-funk (or related) albums.

Quazar would be in there.

Glen Goins is the best singer EVER!!!

otan said:

Me too! Help this nilla out!

Neil said:

heard that...

-SWANG'sgottathrowinRiotorFreshtoothough

otan said:

Cool thread Otan...

Subject to change:

1. Mutiny: How's Your Loose Booty? (a 'best of')
2. Funkadelic: Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
3. Prince: The Black Album
4. The J.B.'s: Funky Good Times: The J.B's Anthology
5. Mandril: Mandril Is
6. Herbie Hancock: Man-Child
7. Victor Wooten: A Show of Hands
8. Zapp: Zapp
9. The Meters: Rejuvenation
10. Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow

I should obviously have Shaft, Superfly and Mothership Connection in there but I'd have to sacrifice some names that folks might not have heard...

OK, I'm working up my 10, but am I allowed 'I Am' Earth, Wind & Fire?

james brown-40 alltime greatest hits

stevie wonder-songs in the key of life

beastie boys-paul's boutique

sly and the family stone-anthology

andre 3000-the love below

dee*lite-world clique

beck-midnite vultures

de la soul-de la soul is dead

prince-1999

erykah badu-mama's gun

OK, in no particular order

1. James Brown - Live at The Apollo
2. Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Roit Goin' On
3. The Isley Bros - 3+3
4. Stanley Clarke - School Days
5. Prince - The Black Album
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - BloodSugarSexMagik
7. A Certain Ratio - I'd Like to See You Again
8. The Time - What Time Is It?
9. Beck - Midnite Vultures
10. The Pop Group - How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

infinitetrio said:

Dude you can have Pat Boone's Metal Tribute album, ain't no rules, ain't nobody judging your coolio factor in this one. YOUR top ten. I'm looking for diversity here. If EVERYONE put "Mothership Connection" and "Riot" and "Fullfillingness", it would be a boring list of top tens... so go for it. Put Earth Wind and Fire, Emerson Lake and Palmer or even Crosby Stills and Nash. It's what YOU think is funky.
[This message was edited Mon Oct 6 20:26:26 PDT 2003 by otan]

I tried to include a few gems that have not yet been mentioned...

Me'Shell NdegeOcello - Plantation Lullabies (1993)
Jamiroquai - Return Of The Space Cowboy (1994)
George Clinton - Computer Games (1982)
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977)
Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame: I (1983)
New Power Generation - Exodus (1995)
Cameo - Anthology (2002)
Best of Roy Ayers (1997)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces Of Nature (1989)

The Curtis Mayfield Story/Curtis Mayfield (3 cd box set)

Star Time/James Brown (4 cd box set)

It's Your Thing/The Story Of The Isley Bros./Isley Bros.

Plantation Lullabies/Meshell Ndegéocello

Curtis Live!/Curtis Mayfield (a wah wah geetar never sounded so goood)

Fencewalk: The Anthology/Mandrill (the greatest Funk band the mainstream never heard of - why is that?)

The Best Of - 1969-1976/Kool & The Gang (pre-80s Kool is the ONLY Kool for me)

Hot Buttered Soul/Isaac Hayes

Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!/Bootsy Collins

The Mothership Connection/Parliament

Headhunters/Herbie Hancock

Motor Booty Affair/Parliament

These are the funkiest ablums in my collection. (This will explain a lot about me.)

Duran Duran - Notorious
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Meshell NdegeOcello - Plantation Lullabies
PM Dawn - Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross
Depeche Mode - Violator
Deee-Lite - World Clique
Prince - Graffiti Bridge
Wendy & Lisa - Fruit at the Bottom

Damn, only 8. I can't add anymore without doubling up on an artist or stretching it really bad. There are some funky tracks by other artists that I can think of, but not full ablums per se.



Oh! Manki just sent me some compilations he burned for me: 1 Bootsy cd and 1 Sly and the Family Stone.

1. James Brown -- Payback
2. Mandrill -- Mandrilland
3. Mandrill -- Composite Truth
4. Hidden Strength -- Hidden Strength
5. Cane and Able -- Relating a Message to you
6. Roy Ayers -- A Tear to a Smile
7. The JBs -- Damn Right I am Somebody
8. The Ohio Players -- Pleasure
9. Maxayn -- Bail out for fun
10.Mother Freedom Band -- Cutting the Chords

oh, since Supernova came up with the Headhunters, I might add:

11. Headhunters -- Survival of the Fittest

funk edit
[This message was edited Tue Oct 7 1:06:21 PDT 2003 by soulpower]

in no specific order...


"Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy,Baby" by Bootsy Collins (1977)
"Street Songs" by Rick James (1981)
"1999" by Prince (1982)
"The Commodores" by The Commodores (1977)
"Outlaw" by War (1982)
"Mothership Connection" by Parliament (1976)
"All N' All" by Earth Wind & Fire (1977)
"Knights Of The Sound Table" by Cameo (1981)
"Synchronized" by Jamiroquai (1999)
"Look Out For #1" by The Brothers Johnson (1976)

VinaBlue said:

aaaw! These are ALL funky!

Do you have the Black Album or 1999? Would you consider Graffiti Bridge more funkier? No ones right or wrong, I just find the definition of funk interesting...can be quite subjective sometimes!

DavidEye said:

Are you serious, brother?

soulpower said:

Yes,I'm serious

Have you heard this album? Listen to tracks like "Planet Home" and "Where Do We Go From Here",and tell me that ain't funky!! Jamiroquai has earned their funk credibility.

DavidEye said:

I used to work with these guys when they started off, so I know their funk very well. I have always looked at them as a band that lacks innovation... They have brought some fresh flavor to the charts, thats fure sure, and I wouldnt think they`d be that successful. They play pretty well, but live in concert they lack the real feeling.. the real soul. They are too technical in my opinion, and that whole "save the planet" shit was a farce to make money.
Like I said, they are good, but to list them on your funk top ten would be a disgrace to hardworking soulful groups like Mandrill, the New Birth and James Brown, just to name a few.
Do you see my point? Its only my opinion, of course.

in no particular order:

Michael Jackson- Dangerous (ya'll know that first half is fonky)
NPG- Exodus
Prince- Black Album
Parliament- Mothership Connection
Parliament- Placebo Syndrome
Funkadelic- One Nation Under a Groove
Jamiroquai- Funk Odyssey
Earth Wind and Fire- I Am
The Time- What Time is It
Andre 3000- The Love Below

VinaBlue said:

soulpower said:

Yeah, but, like I said, no judging other's funk pinions on this one. I WANT a wide breadth of selections. Otherwise, like I said, every list would be "James Brown, 21 hits", "Sly anthology", "Stevie Key of life" etc. I want a wide listing. Like INXS. And the Stones. They got some funky shit but because they're mainstream rock, folks ignore killer stuff like "Hot Stuff" or "Need you Tonight". If it's a hit on white radio, does that invalidate the funk potential?
[This message was edited Tue Oct 7 11:00:40 PDT 2003 by otan]

MaggotBrain said:

Yeah, I have all of Prince's cds. Truthfully, if I really wanted to name the funkiest cds in my collection, it would have been all prince cds. Well, except maybe for RHCP and Meshell... More Funkier? Well, I thought Graffiti Bridge was a good choice since it had George and the Time on it. Kinda killin a few birds with the only stone I have...

I'm testin positiiive fo the funk...

I'll glady peee in anybody's cup...

Sandra said:

If you have to aaask... you'll neva knooowww...Funky muthafucka will not be told to go...

otan said:

Sad how easy it is to forget that this is actually one of the funkiest tracks ever made.

Add Kick onto my list

otan said:

I was curious why Dave would use Jamiroquai. Pardon me for using your thread to ask him.