Favorite Funk Albums?

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:58 am

What are some of your favorite Funk Records? The weather is real nice and I like to dust off my funk albums after a long winter and give them some play. Help me refresh my memory, but here's a rough top 10..

1) Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
2) Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
3) Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
4) Ohio Players - Honey
5) Parliament - Mothership Connection
6) The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py
7) Rick James - Street Songs
8) Zapp - Zapp II
9) Bootsy Collins - Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
10) Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:04 am

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:17 pm

Stone cold classics :

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
The JBs - Food For Thought
James Brown - Sex Machine - Live
Marva Whitney - It's My Thing
The Meters - The Meters
Funkadelic - Funkadelic
Parliament - Mothership Connection
Lightnin' Rod - Hustler's Convention
Ohio Players - Pleasure
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis Mayfield
Baby Huey & The Babysitters - The Baby Huey Story
Zapp - Zapp

Speaking of Funk Inc, Superfunk is my fav' LP by them due to Goodbye, So Long being on it.

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Those horns used on All On My Nut Sac by Da Lench Mob and Smoke 'Em And Choke 'Em by Big Mike are just too good.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:33 pm

I Drive A Lexus wrote: Lightnin' Rod - Hustler's Convention

such a damn good album, i'm really surprised this never caught on as a cult item. considering the subject matter/proto rap status/kool&gang involvement this really should've had a trendy revivalist moment that hopefully would've prompted similar things coming to light

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:59 pm

I guess it sorta has what with all the people who've been put onto it via Sport being on an Ultimate Breaks & Beats LP back in the 80s and all the subsequent sampling by Dismasters Jungle Brothers, Beasties, Black Moon, Wu etc, but, yeah, the LP definately deserves more praise/a bigger following and it's suprising the album hasn't been raped by rap producers as there are so many truly sick horns on there ripe for sampling.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:40 pm

Kool And The Gang - S/T
James Brown - Slaughter's Big Rip Off ST
James Brown - Black Caeser ST
Muscle Shoals Horns - Doin' It To the Bone
The Checkmates Ltd. - FSO
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Curtis Mayfield - Roots
The Meters - S/T
Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:46 pm

i'm having trouble with this cause every single one i think of is immediately ammended by 'but that's kind of a soul (or rock or jazz) album as well'. my top 3 might actually be identical to vermillions, except maybe S/T for the funkadelic one, but i wouldn't consider any of them purely funk albums. I always think of maggot brain as a rock album anyways.

i might be over thinking things here

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:17 pm

drizzle wrote:i'm having trouble with this cause every single one i think of is immediately ammended by 'but that's kind of a soul (or rock or jazz) album as well'. my top 3 might actually be identical to vermillions, except maybe S/T for the funkadelic one, but i wouldn't consider any of them purely funk albums. I always think of maggot brain as a rock album anyways.

i might be over thinking things here

Yeah most Funk albums bleed into a few different genre's. Some people I know claim Purple Rain is a funk album. Anyways, thanks for all these mentions. I'm going out of town soon and all these albums are going to come in handy for the long trip..

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:39 pm

^^ judging by how many of the ones you listed lean into a somewhat rockish direction, i would recommend looking into Fugi and Black Merda if you haven't already

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:38 pm

i like the first list a lot.
like drizz said.. maggot brain especially i don't know if i'd classify a funk record. but i guess it counts

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:42 pm

drizzle wrote:i'm having trouble with this cause every single one i think of is immediately ammended by 'but that's kind of a soul (or rock or jazz) album as well'.

had that problem too until i loosened my definition of what a funk album is...

i figured prince's self titled and/or shuggie otis' inspiration information were a bridge too far though...

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:31 am

i count shuggie as 'advanced' blues

Awkward · Post by **Awkward** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:17 am

Funkadelic 'Lets Take It To The Stage'....a masterpeice