EZ’s Favorite Funk Mega-List
Prelude – Parliament
Breakin’ Bread – Fred Wesley & The JBs
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| 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)
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| Cody ChesnuTT |
Get Off Your Ass and Jam – Funkadelic
Rigor Mortis – Cameo
What’s Up Front That Counts – The Fabulous Counts
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| LP Cover for What's Up Front That Counts by The Counts (1972, Westbound) |
African Rhythms – The Oneness of Juju
Survival – Osibisa
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| LP Cover for Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye (1972, Tamla) |
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Tramp - Lowell Fulsom
Nautilus – Bob James
Rock Creek Park – The Blackbyrds
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| Trouble Funk in action |
Cissy Strut – The Meters
Keep On Doin’ – The Isley Brothers
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| 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
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| 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
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| Soul Brother One & a Half, the Fabulous Bobby Byrd |
Dazz – Brick
Superfly – Curtis Mayfield
Some Kind of Wonderful – Soul Brother Six
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| Soul Brother Six |
Red Hot Momma – Parliament
