Thanks!
Havens, while cool, is a little too folky for me.
The Isley brothers seem okay, but they sound kinda generic to me.
I'll have to give them several listens though, I'm new to the genre and bound to dismiss stuff based on my ignorance.

Try some Gil Scott Heron.

I've heard some of his songs before and quite liked them.
I'll have to check out some albums.
Thanks for the rec.

Sade - No Ordinary Love

Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky

Solomon Burke - None Of Us Are Free

Paolo Nutini - Looking for Something

Solomon Burke - If You Need Me




Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

Any really good, unpoplular and obscure funk?

Some Rodan?

Thanks. I'll check it out.

Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

Aaron Neville - Hercules

That voice... it's effortless.

Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer

Janis Joplin - To Love Somebody

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Duffy - Stepping Stone

The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Van Morrison - Crazy Love

Stevie Wonder - Superstition



:tramp:

Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself

was very surprised with Jungle. fairly fresh take on soul and funk

Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

just give me something with dat groova

Where should I start?
 

I'm interested in funk but don't really know what artists/songs should I listen to. I would like to begin with funk (a bit older one). Ty you guys.

There's a thread somewhere asking the exact same question, I tried to find it & link to it but the search function of this board sucks balls so I couldn't find it.

Here it is:
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...rt-thread.html

It's about artists though. Genre recommendations are usually simply requested in the respective recommendation threads.

Moved to the appropriate thread.

As for funk recs, Thrust by Herbie Hancock is my favourite. Anything from Funkadelic and Parliament is good as well. A few others

Miles Davis - On the Corner
Prince - 1999
James Brown - Hell
War - The World is a Ghetto

Parliament's Chocolate City and The Clones Of Dr Funkenstein are good albums to start with P-Funk. I find these two records more easy to get into than the Funkadelic ones.

As Frownland suggested Hell by James Brown already, I will add his The Payback LP but most of his discography is recommended.

Then try some Ohio Players and early Kool & The Gang.

Not a big soul/funk fan, but really digging Baby Huey lately.
Can anybody recommend similar music?

These albums all have a similar vibe to one degree or another...

Latasha Lee has a real cool throwback sound! Check her out on youtube...