Skit #2 – from Chains & Black Exhaust compilation
Let's Get Small - Trouble Funk (link is to BDP's "Criminal Minded" built on a sample from Trouble Funk)
Let's Get Small - Trouble Funk (link is to BDP's "Criminal Minded" built on a sample from Trouble Funk)
Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn – James Brown
Let a Woman Be a Woman and Let a Man Be a Man - Dyke and Blazers (link to "Sally" by Stetsasonic built on a sample from Dyke and the Blazers)
Let a Woman Be a Woman and Let a Man Be a Man - Dyke and Blazers (link to "Sally" by Stetsasonic built on a sample from Dyke and the Blazers)
Ripplin’ – Ripple
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| Ripple, year unknown |
Bands with Numbers —
Spreadin’ Honey – The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
She’s Not Just Another Woman – The 8th Day
Daisy Lady – 7th Wonder
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| LP Cover, Climbing Higher by 7th Wonder, 1979 |
I’m Just Like You – 6ix
The Grunt – The JB’s
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| 45 Label, "Pickin' Cotton" by Johnny Talbot & De Thangs |
Pickin’ Cotton – Johnny Talbot & De Thangs
You Better Think Twice – Sharon Jones
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| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings in a holiday mood |
Rap with Funk Instrumentation —
Synthesizer – OutKast
Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Cut Chemist Suite – Ozomatli
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| Ozomatli (w/ Chalie 2na) |
At the House – People Under the Stairs
Truth Be Told – Surreal and the Sound Providers
Put It On Her - Big Grams (link is to video to performance of "Goldmine Junkie" on Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Put It On Her - Big Grams (link is to video to performance of "Goldmine Junkie" on Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
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| Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
Main Theme from Trouble Man / T Plays It Cool – Marvin Gaye
No Name Bar – Isaac Hayes
Aht Uh Mi Hed – Shuggie Otis
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| CD cover for re-release of Shuggie Otis, "Inspiration Information" |
You Don’t Know How Much I Love You – Alphonse Mouzon
Getaway – Earth Wind & Fire
Unwind Yourself (remix) – Marva Whitney
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| LP Cover, Funky Snakefoot by Alphonse Mouzon, 1974 |
Bop Gun (Endangered Species) – Parliament
It's Just Begun - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (link to TV performance)
It's Just Begun - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (link to TV performance)
Showstopper – Iron Knowledge
Jungle Jazz – Kool and the Gang
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| 45 Label, "Showstopper" by Iron Knowledge |
Unwind Yourself (remix) – Marva Whitney
You’re Welcome, Stop On By – Vicki Anderson (w/ Bobby Byrd)
Ya Mama Wants Ya Back – Betty Davis
The Easiest Way to Fall – Freda Payne
We Beg Your Pardon (Pardon Our Analysis) – Gil Scott-Heron
Living for the City – Stevie Wonder
We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue – Curtis Mayfield
If You Don't Give a Doggone About It - James Brown (link is to video of the Godfather trying to teach his dance moves to this song -- my favorite is the Camel Walk)
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| The late great Gil Scott-Heron, the Conscience of Funk |
We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue – Curtis Mayfield
If You Don't Give a Doggone About It - James Brown (link is to video of the Godfather trying to teach his dance moves to this song -- my favorite is the Camel Walk)
Ape Is High – Mandrill
Jerking the Dog – The Mighty Hannibal
Fallin’ Like Dominoes – Donald Byrd
Tune in next Saturday for more Sublime Funk! Same place same time!
Jerking the Dog – The Mighty Hannibal
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| The Mighty Hannibal at a radio station record hop, mid-60s |
Pop-Eye Stroll – The Mar-Keys
Ye Ye De Smell – Fela Ransome Kuti & the
Afrika 70 (live,w/ Ginger Baker)
Fallin’ Like Dominoes – Donald Byrd
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| Donald Byrd, Jazz trumpeter & Professor at Howard University |
Tune in next Saturday for more Sublime Funk! Same place same time!
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