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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Playlist: May 5th, 2018

EZ’s Favorite Funk Mega-List

Prelude – Parliament
Breakin’ Bread – Fred Wesley & The JBs

LP Cover for Breakin' Bread by Fred & The New JBs (1974, People)

Sexy Coffee Pot – Tony Alvon & The Belairs
The Seed 2.0 – The Roots (w/ Cody Chestnutt)

Cody ChesnuTT

Get Off Your Ass and Jam – Funkadelic
Rigor Mortis – Cameo
What’s Up Front That Counts – The Fabulous Counts

LP Cover for What's Up Front That Counts by The Counts (1972, Westbound)

African Rhythms – The Oneness of Juju
Survival – Osibisa

LP Gatefold for Woyaya by Osibisa (1971, Decca)

Move on Up – Curtis Mayfield
Black Man’s Cry/ Egbe Mi O Medley – Lever Brothers Gay Flamingoes
Musicawa Silt pt 1 & 2 – The Daktaris

Inner City Blues – Reuben Wilson

LP Cover for The Sweet Life by Reuben Wilson (1972, Groove Merchant)

Amen Brother – The Winstons
All Your Goodies Are Gone – Parliament
Hook & Sling pt 1 & 2 – Eddie Bo
Moment of Truth – Earth Wind & Fire
Big Bird – Eddie Floyd

Eddie Floyd

Get On The Good Foot – James Brown
Ashley’s Roach Clip – The Soul Searchers
I Made a Mistake (Because It’s Only You) – Marva Whitney
“T” Plays It Cool – Marvin Gaye

LP Cover for Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye (1972, Tamla)

Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Tramp - Lowell Fulsom

Nautilus – Bob James
Rock Creek Park – The Blackbyrds

The Blackbyrds

You Better Think Twice – Sharon Jones
Chameleon – Herbie Hancock

Erotic City – Prince
Atomic Dog – George Clinton
Who’s Gonna Take The Weight? – Kool & The Gang
Sport – Lightnin’ Rod

Inside Gatefold of Hustler's Convention, featuring Jamaluddin al-Nuruddin

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
I Want To Take You Higher – Sly & The Family Stone
Humpty Dump – The Vibrettes

Telephone Girl – Assagai
Fencewalk – Mandrill
Bra – Cymande
Spreadin’ Honey – The Watts 103rd Rhythm Band

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin
Walk On By – Isaac Hayes

Cosmic Slop (live) – Funkadelic
Let a Woman Be a Woman and Let a Man Be a Man – Dyke & the Blazers
Creation (Prologue)/ It’s Just Begun – The Jimmy Castor Bunch

The Jimmy Castor Bunch

Night of the Thumposaurus Peoples – Parliament
Jungle Jazz – Kool & The Gang
Say It Loud, I’m Black I’m Proud – James Brown

LP Cover for Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud by James Brown (1969, King)

Apache – Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band
Unwind Yourself – Marva Whitney
Give It Up or Turnit Loose (In The Jungle remix) – James Brown
Think (About It) – Lyn Collins
Drop the Bomb – Trouble Funk

Trouble Funk in action

Cissy Strut – The Meters
Keep On Doin’ – The Isley Brothers

LP Cover for Get Into Something by The Isley Brothers (1969, T-Neck)

The Grunt pt 1 & 2 – The JBs
Cramp Your Style – All the People feat. Robert Moore
Mary Jane – Rick James

LP Cover for Come Get It! by Rick James & The Stone City Band (1978, Gordy)

Holy Ghost (extended version) – The Bar-Kays

Funky Worm – The Ohio Players
Your Man, My Man – Betty Davis
I Know You Got Soul – Bobby Byrd

Soul Brother One & a Half, the Fabulous Bobby Byrd

Dazz – Brick
Superfly – Curtis Mayfield
Some Kind of Wonderful – Soul Brother Six

Soul Brother Six

Red Hot Momma – Parliament

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