Ok, we got the HipHop thread going on so I thought I’d bring some balance.
I’m talkin:
James Brown
The Meters
Delphonics
Maseo and the Macks
Kool and the Gang
The Detroit Spinners
even down to film scores by:
Chris Boardman
Lay it down suckas!
[quote]Neebone wrote:
Ok, we got the HipHop thread going on so I thought I’d bring some balance.
I’m talkin:
James Brown
The Meters
Delphonics
Maseo and the Macks
Kool and the Gang
The Detroit Spinners
even down to film scores by:
Chris Boardman
Lay it down suckas![/quote]
Can’t leave out:
The Gap Band
George Clinton
Sly and the Family Stone
Marvin Gaye
Smokey and Miracles
Barry White
Issac Hayes
The Temptations
There’s ore but these are the “essentials”.
MasterBlaster
Here’s one of my early 80s playlists w/ lots of p-funk. 70s list is separate. A couple rap songs are mixed in too:
More Bounce to the Ounce ? Zapp
Wild and Loose - The Time
Sex Shooter - Apollonia 6
Shake Your Pants - Cameo
Dirty Mind ? Prince
Super Freak - Rick James
Pumpin? it Up ? Urban Dance Floor Guerillas
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
Electric Kingdom ? Twilight 22
Nasty Girl - Vanity 6
You Dropped a Bomb on Me ? The Gap Band
The Message ? Grandmaster Flash
Give It to Me Baby - Rick James
Private Joy - Prince
The Double Dutch Bus ? Frankie Smith
Rapper?s Delight ? Sugar Hill Gang
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life ? Indeep
Erotic City ? Prince
Just Be Good to Me ? SOS Band
Let it Whip - Dazz Band
The Roof Is On Fire - Rock Master Scott/The Dynamic Three
Juicy Fruit - M’Tume
Joy and Pain - Rob Base and Easy Rock
I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Til I Saw You Rock N Roll) - Planet Patrol
White Horse ? Laid Back
Burn Rubber On Me - Gap Band
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
No Parking on the Dance Floor - Midnight Star
DMSR ? Prince
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Just a Friend ? Biz Markie
Candy Girl - New Edition
All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
Planet Rock (Don’t Stop) ? Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force
I didn’t notice Maceo Parker, Ray Charles, The Commodores, or Sam and Dave in here yet.
TOWER OF POWER…!!!
puts me in a good mood everytime
[quote]SBB wrote:
Here’s one of my early 80s playlists w/ lots of p-funk. 70s list is separate. A couple rap songs are mixed in too:
More Bounce to the Ounce ? Zapp
Wild and Loose - The Time
Sex Shooter - Apollonia 6
Shake Your Pants - Cameo
Dirty Mind ? Prince
Super Freak - Rick James
Pumpin? it Up ? Urban Dance Floor Guerillas
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
Electric Kingdom ? Twilight 22
Nasty Girl - Vanity 6
You Dropped a Bomb on Me ? The Gap Band
The Message ? Grandmaster Flash
Give It to Me Baby - Rick James
Private Joy - Prince
The Double Dutch Bus ? Frankie Smith
Rapper?s Delight ? Sugar Hill Gang
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life ? Indeep
Erotic City ? Prince
Just Be Good to Me ? SOS Band
Let it Whip - Dazz Band
The Roof Is On Fire - Rock Master Scott/The Dynamic Three
Juicy Fruit - M’Tume
Joy and Pain - Rob Base and Easy Rock
I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Til I Saw You Rock N Roll) - Planet Patrol
White Horse ? Laid Back
Burn Rubber On Me - Gap Band
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
No Parking on the Dance Floor - Midnight Star
DMSR ? Prince
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Just a Friend ? Biz Markie
Candy Girl - New Edition
All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
Planet Rock (Don’t Stop) ? Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force
[/quote]
That is one hell of a play list…damn, you know your Funk and Soul…my compliments.
MasterBlaster
Let’s not forget:
Wild Cherry (Play that funky music)
King Curtis (Memphis Soul Stew)
Maceo Parker
Solomon Burk
That Dramatics
Nikka Costa
D’Angelo
The O’Jays
Parliament
Natalie Cole
Cameo
I’m surprised no-ones mentioned Curtis Mayfield. He’s a legend. Even when he was in The Impressions he was a cut above the rest. Pretty much anything on his Curtom label was shit hot.
Err…
Nobody mentioned
Earth, Wind & Fire!?!?!?!?!?
The Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child
Evelyn Champagne King - Shame
The Miracles - Love Machine
Pointer Sisters - Automatic
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
James Brown - Super Back (Pt1)
James Brown - Funky drummer
Maceo and the Macks - Across the tracks (such a cool track!)
James Brown - Payback
Gotta be the best genre for music.
Right, where are my 45s…
[quote]PGA200X wrote:
Err…
Nobody mentioned
Earth, Wind & Fire!?!?!?!?!?[/quote]
No Al Green, Stevie Wonder or MarvinGaye? WTF
You want old skool funk? Listen to Dyke and the Blazers, an old band from the sixties. That’s right, the sixties! If you like funky bass, this is the premiere! And we all know that funk is all about the bassman ( or wo-man!)
[quote]PGA200X wrote:
Err…
Nobody mentioned
Earth, Wind & Fire!?!?!?!?!?[/quote]
No shit. Those cats are the Rolling Stones of R&B. The horns, the vocal harmonies, and the slick production are second to no one. Don’t forget the non-stop stage antics and the simple, yet rock solid bass work of Verdine White, he’s the superglue that holds that band together.
Let me also mention,
One-hit wonder funk masterpiece: Firecracker by Mass Production. Go to Napster/Limewire/etc. and download that badboy.
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
You want old skool funk? Listen to Dyke and the Blazers… [/quote]
Are they lesbians?
(not that there’s anything wrong with that)
[quote]TONEdef wrote:
I’m surprised no-ones mentioned Curtis Mayfield. He’s a legend. Even when he was in The Impressions he was a cut above the rest. Pretty much anything on his Curtom label was shit hot.[/quote]
He invented the wacka-wacka guitar. While touring with Impressions, Curtis had a chance to pass this technique on to a young man named James Hendrix…
I’ve got Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross playing right now.
[quote]simon-hecubus wrote:
Yo Momma wrote:
You want old skool funk? Listen to Dyke and the Blazers…
Are they lesbians?
(not that there’s anything wrong with that)[/quote]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Pretty funny, considering what these guys look like!
Anyway, Dyke used to be a cool cat name for a guy waaaaaaaay back in the day…
What the fuck! We forgot another one! Jackson 5!
Sam Cooke
my life changed the day i heard “maggot brain” for the first time.