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What have you been enjoying lately?
/funk, soul, r&b/
Hudson Price
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Austin Wilson
кoт reporting in for funky (You)s
if thread doesn't live, кoт will off himself
you've been warned
Sebastian Green
Zachary Flores
I'm not going to give you any (you)'s and I'm going to sage this thread because I want your cat to an heron
Kayden Phillips
What are some essential funk and soul albums? I need some recs.
Blake Sullivan
Should get you started.
Jonathan Anderson
what about beaver then ?
Little beaver - Joey / Funkadelic sound :
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copypasting what I already posted in other threads regarding funk :
first of all, you should get to known James Brown's music, which is really a cornerstone. for example, get his Live at the Apollo vol. II, and then listen to some of his 70s releases (Love power peace or The payback for example, and notice the evolution). The Singles boxsets are also great addition, especially volumes 6 to 10, as well as JB's and other Brown's collaborators solo stuff
as for early funk, Sly & the family Stone albums are quite essential, especially Stand and There's a riot goin on. a compilation of Sly's 7" from 1969-70 called I'm just like you was recently released and is also worth of interest
You also have to take a look at the Funkadelic/Parliament galaxy (P funk all stars, Godmoma, Sweat band, Brides of Funkenstein...) and the various offshots that the band members did (Eddie Hazel, Bootsy Collins, Fuzzy Haskins...)
from here, you can venture into the other well known funk bands territory, like EW&F, Mandrill Brass construction or The meters, and into the realm of obscure and forgotten singles and maxis, be it on compilations or original 7"/12"
here are some LPs that can get you started, but they're barely a scratch on the ice covering funk sea, and only representative of my opinion
James Brown - Live at the Apollo vol. II
James Brown - Love Power Peace
Funkadelic - One nation under a groove
Parliament - Mothership connection
Bootsy's rubber band - Bootsy ? Player of the year
Sly & the family Stone - Stand
Mandrill - Mandrill
Kool & the gang - Kool & the gang
Prince - Dirty mind
Brass construction - Brass construction 5
I hope this will help
Michael Lee
Jacob Foster
Five o'clock - When the cat's away :
Robert Taylor
We the people - Break down / On the way to L.A. :
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David Lee
Great Pride - She's a Lady
Oliver Cox
Björn Wagner's new project (Magic source - Earthrising) is out since some days and it's a great album
waiting for my copy to come in the mail
Isaiah Richardson
mmm, sounds gooood
Nolan Jenkins
Thank you so much!
Joseph Morris
you welcome, friend. have fun !
Con funk shun - Mr. Tambourine man / Bumpsomboody :
Jason Ward
Best of the best
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Nathaniel Cooper
The first jamiroquai is great
Evan Clark
he still tours a lot, I saw him eight times in the past ten years, probably the funk artist I saw the most with Fred Wesley
and he's a good producer too :
Eighties ladies - Ladies of the 80s :
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Aiden Foster
I hate 80s music, this might just change my mind
Elijah Sanders
>I hate 80s music
now that's some bold statement, that I would even called uninformed as far as funk music is concerned. 1980/81/82/83 are widely recognized as botomless goldmines
Logg - Logg :
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Joseph Young
Alexander Cooper
Modern funk/soul like this?
No memerap/pbr&b crap.
Caleb Gonzalez
Betty Davis [Just Sunshine, 1973]
Between her connections (wife of Miles, girlfriend of Jimi) and her concept (autonomous black woman forges metal funk), Betty's got a head start in the hype department. She makes up for these advantages, however, with a forced, narrow voice and a complete absence of riff sense or melodic gift. On the other hand, she--or producer-drummer Greg Errico of the Family Stone--does know a lot about rhythm. Upshot: most overstated comic-book sex since Angelfood McSpade. B-
Wyatt Nelson
she recently released a new album if you like Martha High. you can check out Mavis Staple - Livin' on a high note
Tim, Gary & Romeo - 777 / Sex machine (gettin' up and doin' our thang) :
Ethan Edwards
Rare pleasure - Let me down easy :
Dominic Bell
>"chill" funk? Pieces of a Man
>contemporary funk? vulfpeck
>electronic afro-funk? William Onyeabor
>psych-funk? Maggot Brain
But funk is mostly singles, most albums aren't as cohesive as in other genres. One of my favorite singles I stumbled upon on Sup Forums is Dr. Togo - Be Free
Liam Ward
>contemporary funk? vulfpeck
I really don't get this meme and I'm quite sad because at this point it will definitely stay and Thrill of the arts be considered as representative of contemporary funk, while it's nothing but fun music with nothing to get down for. I mean it's not a bad album but there's definitely lots of better funk from the same year
Dogg master - Peace & phunk :
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Nicholas Mitchell
classic christgau
Gavin Collins
whatever you like, we all got our own understanding of what soul is... But I got a tip for you: don't JUST look for good albums. There are a lot of good singles out there and I tend to find the best stuff on 12" and 7" singles.
Have an open ear and mind and try to listen to everything you can find. There are a few obvious milestones of course, but these will come to you naturally if you keep on digging for the stuff you like best.
Here's one of my all time favourite soul tunes and this has only been released on a 45 ;)
Xavier Thompson
I have these saved in a list from last year, not really up on 2016, dunno where the Vulfpeck meme came from.
The Mighty Mocambos - Showdown
The Haggis Horns - What Comes To Mind
The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - s/t
The Soul Motivators - Free to Believe
The New Mastersounds - Made For Pleasure
The Nitty Gritty Sextet - s/t
Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers - Cranes and Carpets
Speedometer & James Junior - No Turning Back
VA - Daptone Records II
Dogg master - Peace & phunk
The federation of the disco pimp - Inamorata
Calibro 35 - S.P.A.C.E.
Redtenbacher's funkestra - Dr Hypenstein
Coop Deville - Bat funk crazy... in 3D !!!
Lettuce - Crush
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic - Live at the Metropolis
Yo mama's big fat booty band - Funk life
Seven eleven - Back to the source
OctavePussY - Assfunk
V.A. - Le freak : music inspired by Chic
V.A. - Supafunkanova vol. 2
V.A. - Carribean disco boogie sounds 1977-1982
V.A. - France chébran : french boogie 1980-1984
V.A. - Private wax vol. 2
Chase Murphy
Thanks guys, didn't mean to meme woth Vulfpeck, genuinely like it - you gotta admit Joe Dart is a good bass player.
Will give your recs a listen
Kevin Kelly
everybody go check private wax 2... amazing compilation
Justin Bennett
And this is from a guy who loves funk/soul/R&B.
Brayden Price
yeah it's my 2015 list from Dogg master onwards
the rest is to my knowledge from the only other user bothering making funk lists (or maybe it's turny posting as user but idk)
it's not I who will tell people what to like and what not to like, just giving my opinion. what I regret the most is the fact that most of Sup Forums only starts to care about albums when they are spammed and rarely care to go deeper than the meme, so since Vulpeck's was the only one to get such treatment it will more than probably end on user made charts as the only worth 2015 funk release
Sir Mack Rice - Muhammed Ali :
Aiden Nguyen
Betty Davis is the best funk musician ever isn't she
Andrew Cruz
She's Gone [Bell, 1975]
Since we've stopped resisting middle-class soul, why is Lou Rawls more objectionable than Gladys Knight? Because for Rawls, middle-class soul feels like a compromise rather than an achievement. Again and again, the sureness of his rich voice betrays a subtle disdain for what he's doing, and even worse, what he's doing often deserves it. Respectful Gladys would never settle for a song as fustian as "Hourglass" or as contrived as "Now You're Coming Back Michelle." Which is why she's irresistible. C-
Benjamin Sanchez
>middle class soul
The fuck is Christgau on about?
Lincoln Perez
He means that Lou Rawls was a Vegas lounge act who found it condescending to shit out working class music. Since that's the only Rawls album he reviewed, I take it he wasn't a fan.
Cameron Adams
Meshell N'gedeocello did some cool shit in the 90s before turning to complete shit
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Chaka Khan did some great stuff too
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Ethan Johnson
thank you!
Zachary Gutierrez
np
there's way more if you don't care about more disco oriented stuff
Gladys Knight & the pips
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Lolleatta Holloway
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Michele
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Beckie Bell
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Dee Edwards - Why can't there be love / Hurt a little everyday :
Nicholas Evans
Lord funk - Rock tonight :
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John Myers
why can't these damn threads go past 50 posts ?
they always start good and fall fucking flat on their faces DC gogo style
James Flores
>you don't know nearly enough about funk music to help keep threads alive
I must dig deeper.
And grow an afro.
Aiden Peterson
Charles Ward
Gavin Hill
you can always post classics while progressing deeper
afro ain't necessary, but it cool
Funkadelic - Music for my mother / Instrumental :
Samuel Bailey
if anyone has this damn maxi for sale or exchange I'll take it. saw it in a disc store some months ago for 50€ but didn't hve the money and it pisses me off
Dolette McDonald - (Xtra) special / instrumental :
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Camden Gonzalez
Split decision band - Wtchin' out / Dazed :
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Mid air - Ease out / instrumental :
Jonathan Walker
I'm too white to grow an afro anyway
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Angel Cook
Where exactly do i go from here
Cooper Brown
you start exploring labels where the albums you like come from, discover other bands, who often themselves released albums on other labels and so on
for big names you can check out the different band members discography, the projects they participated in...
and check out more comps, there are really not enough on here
can't go wrong with Ubiquity records
also,
>I'm too white to grow an afro anyway
you can be anyhting you want !
Thomas Hill
Don & Oli - Superman :
Xavier Carter
Stone - Time / Instrumental :
Parker Cooper
>Neo-Soul
>No Lucy Pearl
Xavier Martinez
thanks m8 i found some really cool shit
Nolan Robinson
>Lucy Pearl
this sounds like a porn name
np mate, enjoy ! and don't forget 45s/12" singles
Bobby Cash Redd - Skate-party people :
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NCCU - Freak / Superstar :
Kevin White
Charles Ortiz
Bump
James Powell
>can't go wrong with Ubiquity records
Damn right, great label
Camden Ward
gonna post some more before going to bed
The meters - Rejuvenation :
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Parker Russell
Fresh band - Come back lover / Dub mix :
Ryder Anderson
Ajaxxx band - Freak the freaks :
Grayson Cox
Freedom machine - Bionic booty / Give up what you got :
Nicholas Thomas
Direct connec shun - He's no good :
Andrew Johnson
Any suggestions for high-energy screaming 60's soul? More like Wilson Pickett, less like Otis Redding.
Hudson Adams
I'm not digging crates for soul as much as I dig funk ones so I can't really recommend something precise... is it something like this you're looking after ?
Skyy - Skyyport :
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Luke Hall
Damn Sam the miracle man & the soul congregation - Damn Sam the miracle man & the soul congregation :
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Tyler Wood
Mahogany - My chance to dance :
Ian Hill
Solar source - Now's the time :
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time for me to go, if someone wants to keep this thread going he's more than welcome to ! sleep tight, /funk&soul/
Kevin Cruz
Anyone got a link to these albums?