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Twennynine featuring Lenny White (drummer of Return to Forever)
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P-funk
Funkadelic And Parliament (2 seperate bands that then later joined under George Clinton) in my opinion are truly some of the best funketeers around if you ask me. Their music is incredible
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I've never really listened to Soul and Funk, but I'm interested in both genres.
Where does one start with Funk and where does one start with Soul? What are the important sub genres of soul? I'm mostly interested in Funk. (Yup, I've just asked almost the same question in the jazz and blues forums, I kind of want to discover some new music.) |
I'd like more funk recs please. I've been looking, but haven't found much that's really interesting. For those of you who have an idea of what my music taste is like, or what you consider mind-blowing I'd like to hear it. I prefer something experimental with a strong funk swing. I'm familiar with the well known artists like James Brown, Parliament, Funkadelic, Sly & the Family Stone, The Meters, etc.
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I'm not really familiar with what type and style of funk you guys actually like, but I will recommend that you check out the band Zapp. And Zapp featuring Roger Troutman. Zapp was formed in Hamilton Ohio in 1977. They were highly influential to the electro sub genre of funk.
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I swear I've heard More Bounce to the Ounce featured in some hip-hop song. Was it Biggie? Anyway, they're ok from what I've heard so far.
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This was my go to for a long long time. They also have ones from different parts of the US. |
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Try: Black Devil - Disco Club Lightnin' Rod - Hustlers Convention Swamp Dog - Rat On Undisputed Truth - Cosmic Truth |
Pretty good recs. Really liked Disco Club and Cosmic Truth. :) Thanks!
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Kind of like Sly and the Family Stone meets Frank Zappa in the 90's. |
Maybe I can be of a some assistance as 70's Funk/Soul/R&B runs thick thru my veins.....!
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I absolutely love Charles Bradley and The Budos band. Can you recommend me artists like them? I mean some recent releases, i don't like the 90s, 80s and etc. I want something like them from the new era.
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This particular site offers it's list of the "100 GREATEST FUNK SONGS" ever.
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rb-funk.html While I personally feel/opine that some of thier picks are of the "generic value", they do list some classics that s/b heard (tho' I've also listed an additional 100 -total funk song count to 200)! I've "bolded" the "joints" I felt met & or exceeded the "standard level" of funk. Red-hi'lighted, underlined & increased font-sized jammies are "MUST-HEAR", FUNK CLASSICS! Purple-flavored, bold & underlined song, #184 "ALWAYS THERE" by famed-saxist Ronnie Laws is a jazz classic yet spurred no less than 20 different, cover versions - most famous cover of 'em all being performed by '70's funk-royalty band, "The Side Effects" (Fantasy Records). "Always There" being 1 of my ALL-TIME fave songs (I myself have produced, performed and recorded 3 diff covers of this jazz classic)! Again, my bolded & hi'lited RED joints below are only my opinion (worth .02cents) of what are the standard & classic funk joints & you might agree or disagree with 'em. There are many I feel shoul have made this list (Kool & the Gang's "Love The Life You Live" is 1 of them), but I'm using below as a starting point for discussion.:afro: FYI- #13 & 109 ****= D Y K E & the Blazers..... .................................................. ............................................... 1. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine) Part I - James Brown 2. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown & The Famous Flames 3. Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone 4. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker/Give Up the Funk - Parliament 5. Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes 6. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield 7. Superstition - Stevie Wonder 8. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations 9. When Doves Cry - Prince & The Revolution 10. One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic 11. Cold Sweat Part I - James Brown & The Famous Flames 12. Out of Sight - James Brown & The Famous Flames 13. Funky Broadway - **** & The Blazers 14. Cissy Strut - Meters 15. Chameleon - Herbie Hancock 16. It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers 17. Flash Light - Parliament 18. War - Edwin Starr 19. Super Freak Part I - Rick James 20. Little Red Corvette - Prince & The Revolution 21. Don't Stop ('Til You Get Enough) - Michael Jackson 22. Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone 23. Living for the City - Stevie Wonder 24. I'll Take You There - Staple Singers 25. That Lady Part I - Isley Brothers 26. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight 27. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus 28. Kiss - Prince & The Revolution 29. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder 30. Play That Funky Music (White Boy) - Wild Cherry 31. Car Wash - Rose Royce 32. Brick House - Commodores 33. Fire - Ohio Players 34. Low Rider - War 35. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band 36. Got to Give It Up Part I - Marvin Gaye 37. More Bounce to the Ounce Part I - Zapp & Roger 38. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang 39. Funky Drummer Parts I and II - James Brown 40. Amen, Brother - Winstons 41. Apache - Incredible Bongo Band 42. The Payback - James Brown 43. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins 44. Word Up - Cameo 45. Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band 46. Atomic Dog - George Clinton 47. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate 48. Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang 49. Dazz - Brick 50. Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire 51. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang 52. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express 53. For the Love of Money - O'Jays 54. Give It to Me Baby - Rick James 55. Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright 56. Groove Me - King Floyd 57. Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan 58. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin 59. What is Hip? - Tower of Power 60. You Dropped a Bomb on Me - Gap Band 61. I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles 62. Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club 63. (Not Just) Knee Deep Part I - Funkadelic 64. Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang 65. Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players 66. It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor Bunch 67. Slide - Slave 68. P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) - Parliament 69. I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up and Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head) - Gap Band 70. Keep on Truckin' Part I - Eddie Kendricks 71. Fight the Power Parts I and II - Isley Brothers 72. Say It Loud - I'm Black and Proud Part I - James Brown 73. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (In the Jungle Groove remix) - James Brown 74. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas 75. Bustin' Loose - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers 76. Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone 77. Sign O' the Times - Prince 78. Cloud Nine - Temptations 79. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today) - Temptations 80. Funkin' for Jamaica - Tom Browne 81. Heartbeat - Taana Gardner 82. Use Me - Bill Withers 83. Shakey Ground - Temptations 84. Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield 85. Just Kissed My Baby - Meters 86. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me?) - Gap Band 87. Get the Funk Out of Ma Face - Brothers Johnson 88. Freddie's Dead (Theme from "Superfly") - Curtis Mayfield 89. Upside Down (Inside Out) - Diana Ross 90. Lovely Day - Bill Withers 91. The Jam - Graham Central Station 92. Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone 93. Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John 94. Computer Love - Zapp & Roger 95. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside 96. Let it Whip - Dazz Band 97. I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - Instant Funk 98. No Parking (On the Dancefloor) - Midnight Star 99. Cutie Pie - One Way 100. Get on the Good Foot - James Brown 101. Doing It To Death Part I - Fred Wesley & The JBs 102. Tramp - Otis & Carla 103. Get Out of My Life, Woman - Lee Dorsey 104. Mothership Connection (Star Child) - Parliament 105. Up for the Down Stroke - Parliament 106. Soul Finger - Bar-Kays 107. The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co. 108. Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis & The Kingpins 109. Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man - **** & The Blazers 110. I Gotcha - Joe Tex 111. Smiling Faces Sometimes - Undisputed Truth 112. Outa-Space - Billy Preston 113. Be Thankful for What You've Got - William DeVaughn 114. Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield 115. I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd 116. Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk 117. Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown 118. Bootzilla - Bootsy's Rubber Band 119. Jungle Love - The Time 120. A Love Bizarre - Sheila E. & Prince 121. (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - L.T.D. 122. Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band 123. Too Hot to Stop - Bar-Kays 124. Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - Indeep 125. She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Carl Carlton 126. Serpentine Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire 127. Slippin' Into Darkness - War 128. Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Willie Hutch 129. Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack & Peace 130. The Bottle - Gil Scott-Heron 131. Jungle Fever - Chakachas 132. The Funky Worm - Ohio Players 133. You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder 134. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbough & Peoples 135. Holy Ghost - Bar-Kays 136. Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic 137. Pass the Peas - Fred Wesley & The JBs 138. Ffun - Con Funk Shun 139. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes 140. (Fallin' Like) Dominoes - Donald Byrd 141. Juicy Fruit - Mtume 142. All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls 143. Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson 144. Candy - Cameo 145. Take Me To the Mardi Gras - Bob James 146. Fencewalk - Mandrill 147. (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going To Go - Curtis Mayfield 148. Street Life - Crusaders 149. Rock Creek Park - Blackbyrds 150. Running Away - Roy Ayers 151. God Made Me Funky - Headhunters 152. The Message - Cymande 153. Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got, To Get What She Wants) - James Brown 154. I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations 155. Escape-ism - James Brown 156. Funky Nassau - Beginning of the End 157. Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang 158. Backstrokin' - Fatback 159. Funky President (People It's Bad) - James Brown 160. Why Can't We Be Friends? - War 161. Birdland - Weather Report 162. Yes We Can Can - Pointer Sisters 163. I Can Understand It - New Birth 164. The World is a Ghetto - War 165. Supernatural Thing Part I - Ben E. King 166. N.T. Parts I and II - Kool & The Gang 167. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved - James Brown 168. (I Wanna) Testify - Parliaments 169. Everybody is a Star - Sly & The Family Stone 170. The Breakdown Part I - Rufus Thomas 171. Sing a Simple Song - Sly & The Family Stone 172. The Ghetto - Donny Hathaway 173. Mary Jane - Rick James 174. Machine Gun - Commodores 175. Joy and Pain - Maze feat. Frankie Beverly 176. Funky Sensation - Gwen McCrae 177. Movin' - Brass Construction 178. I Want To Be Your Man - Roger 179. We Got the Funk - Positive Force 180. Impeach the President - Honey Drippers 181. Ashley's Roachclip - Soul Searchers 182. Dance to the Drummer's Beat - Herman Kelly 183. Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother For Me) - James Brown 184. Always There - Ronnie Laws 185. Could Heaven Ever Be Like This? - Idris Muhammad 186. To Prove My Love - Ned Doheny 187. I Thought It Was You - Herbie Hancock 188. Right Off - Miles Davis 189. Love Will Bring Us Back Together - Roy Ayers 190. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron 191. Whistle Bump - Deodato 192. Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On) - Lee Dorsey 193. Superman Lover - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 194. I Get Lifted - George McCrae 195. Dukey Stick - George Duke 196. If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up - Betty Davis 197. Burning Spear - S.O.U.L. 198. Action Speaks Louder Than Words - Chocolate Milk 199. Soul Power '74 - Maceo Parker 200. Zombie - Fela Kuti |
Swamp Dogg, Brass Construction, The Cosmic Truth...
Here is a couple of shows that might have flipped your switch! 6/6/75; Chaka Khan, Rufus, The Eagles, Billy Preston, The Rolling Stones 5/28/77;Rose Royce, The Brothers Johnson, Bootsie's Rubber Band, Rufus, Parliment/Funkadelic, The Isley Brothers Both shows at Arrowhead Stadium K.C, MO. |
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Looking for some tunes that sound like the Mummies. I've yet to come across anything like it on my own, so I'm asking for a little help to see if their's anything out there that has eluded me. Here's a sample:
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^ Blowfly is the only one that comes to my mind at the moment. Some of his stuff is soul/funk and the rest is pretty much all over the musical map. He even did a punk album of cover songs. The quality of the musicianship ranges from quite good to cringe-worthy, depending on who he was working with at the time.
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I checked into some Blowfly, and while they're very funny, they just don't have the quality musicianship as the Mummies. Maybe I didn't find the right songs. *shrug* I did put Electronic Pussy Sucker in the mix for a CD I'm making though.
Wild Cherry has some quality stuff. They do rely a bit on the same formula as PTFMWB though. I also grabbed some Parliament, Bootsy (really good stuff), and some Sly ATF Stone for the CD too. Went over well at the Shed. The Shed now has a Kenwood surround system, btw. The neighbors are not happy about this. :p: |
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Hey guys, I need some fresh music. I recently fell in love with Funkadelic, especially their first 3 records and I'm in need of something similar. Something that has those strong, echoey beats, that loud squelching guitar and the psychedelic nastiness that they're famous for. Some of my favourite tracks include "I Wanna know if it's good to you"( Fuzzy rocks the vocals and Bernie kills keys), "Super Stupid", "Good Ole Music","I'll Bet You", "Wars of Armageddon"(one if Tiki's greatest works, imo) and "Friday Night August the 14th".
The closest I've gotten to finding a match to this sound is with Hendrix's albums "Are you Experienced" and "Band of Gypseys", and The isley's "Go for your Guns". One other album I took to is the 1977 self-titled album "Shotgun", BUT sadly I haven't been able to find a download for it. Recommendations don't have to be limited to funk bands, just something that has the heat and the heaviness that those Funkadelic records have. |
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http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps880dea72.jpg Chairmen of the Board - Skin I'm In (1974) http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5f5deb41.jpg Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988) http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9a0f86a5.jpg Chico Magnetic Band - Chico Magnetic Band (1971) |
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Thanks Psy-Fi, these are some great albums. I especially liked Skin I'm in |
^ Glad you like 'em!
Here's another band you might like (if you haven't heard them already) they Sound closer to Santana than Funkadelic on much of the album but there are some Funkadelic type moments also. http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...psd87a7d54.jpg Mandrill - Mandrill (1971) |
Anyone know of any websites with soul and R&B chart information from the 60's, 70s, 80s?
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WEFUNK Radio : WEFUNK is a Hip Hop, Funk & Soul mix show broadcasting from Montreal
I haven't listened to it much lately they maybe got a bit more commercial but they used to play some heavy underground funk that can still be found in their archives Highly rec |
I want funk with a lot of slap bass.
Slap bass is my music fetish. edit: Bands/artists I already listened to: James Brown Sly & The Family Stone Larry Graham Graham Central Station. |
Skinny Cooks
A combo of jazz, funk, rnb, soul and electronica. Just really great stuff!
Type in "Skinny Cooks" in google and it'll take you right to it. |
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Stomp!
by the Brothers Johnson has a descent slap break during the song. |
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