Best Ever Albums

Re: Funk Album

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:02:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/28/2013 12:02

OK, albums I love that contain some semblance of 'funk':

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly
Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield - Roots
Fela Kuti - Zombie
Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears and Blood
Fela Kuti - Alagbon Close
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
George Clinton - R'n'B Skeletons in the Closet
Parliament - everything you can find
Funkadelic - everything you can find
George Duke - everything you can find
Dam-Funk - Toeachizown
Steve Arrington & Dam-Funk - Higher
The Egyptian Lover - On the Nile
Sly & The Family Stone - Stand
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson
Miles Davis - On the Corner
Prince - The Black Album
Prince - Dirty Mind
Prince - Prince
Art Webb - Mr. Flute
The Brothers Johnson - Right on Time
Tower of Power - Urban Renewal
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
Gil Scott-Heron - Bridges
Gil Scott-Heron - 1980
Gil Scott-Heron - Winter in America
James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad to be in America?
Cymande - Cymande
Zapp - Zapp
Zapp - Zapp II
The Meters - anything pre-1978
Earth, Wind & Fire - anything pre-1982
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
The Weather Report - everything you can find
Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces
Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tomorrow
Lonnie Liston Smith - Cosmic Funk
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
Slave - everything you can find
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Rufusized
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Rags to Rufus
Roy Ayers - anything 1968-1980
Rose Royce - the first three albums
Kool & The Gang - Kool & The Gang
James Brown - The Payback
The Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock
War - The World is a Ghetto
UGK - Super Tight
Outkast - the first three albums

There's loads I'm forgetting, but you can't go wrong with those. Check out Inell Young's fantastic song 'What Do You See In Her?' too.

Re: Funk Album

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:35:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/28/2013 11:35

Not familiar with funks.
There's a riot going on is the only one I know・・・・・・・・

Re: Funk Album

Norman Bates — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 17:01:10 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 10/27/2013 21:01

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Mothership Connection by Parliament

One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic

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Re: Funk Album

drakonium — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:58:03 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 10/27/2013 20:58

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Pieces Of A Man by Gil Scott Heron

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield

If these count as funk.

Re: Funk Album

MrFrogger — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:46:26 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 10/27/2013 20:46

There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly And The Family Stone
Only funk album that I've had an emotional connection with

Funk Album

Rikuff — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:32:19 GMT

Author: Rikuff

Posted: 10/27/2013 20:32

What is your favorite funk albums?