In The Jungle Groove
Innervisions
There's A Riot Goin' On (Sly not YLT)
Hot Buttered Soul
Rejuvination - The Meters
Baby Huey's A Living Leg-end
What's Goin' On?
Superfly
Spirit Of The Boogie - Kool & The Gang
The Many Facets Of Roger (Troutman). Because we all love a bit of Rogering first thing in the morning...
Of course if Rocksteady could be included On Top by The Heptones beats the lot.
my main man Jimmy in with the solid picks as always.
Jim please do me and especially yourself a favor and listen to this funky soca/calpyso compilation of mini-masterpieces I promise you won't regret it
Blow ’Way by Lancelot Layne
In The Jungle Groove
Innervisions
There's A Riot Goin' On (Sly not YLT)
Hot Buttered Soul
Rejuvination - The Meters
Baby Huey's A Living Leg-end
What's Goin' On?
Superfly
Spirit Of The Boogie - Kool & The Gang
The Many Facets Of Roger (Troutman). Because we all love a bit of Rogering first thing in the morning...
Of course if Rocksteady could be included On Top by The Heptones beats the lot.
Honorable mention to Honki Ponki.
Singles? Got loads of 'em. Send me a PM and I'll knock yer lights out (in fact my favourite single this year is a soul track...)
Roger Troutman is a true god. Still can't believe he has been dead for almost 20 years.
I'm pretty sure this song has made me cry a couple times. So beautiful. I love this genre and thank you all so much for making it shine here in this thread.
Jim please do me and especially yourself a favor and listen to this funky soca/calpyso compilation of mini-masterpieces I promise you won't regret it
Blow ’Way by Lancelot Layne
Mate that title track is FIRE! I've got some Rapso in my collection oddly enough (Brother Resistance's Rapso Take Over) but that cut is all kinds of ace. Cheers for the tip.
I've been thinking about this thread (I know, sad git eh?) and there's so much stuff I wanted to stick in that Top 10, but ended up coming round to the tried and trusted classics, mainly as given the nature of the competition some lesser-known corkers would end up getting lost in the ether. As it is, there's no room for Norma Jean & Ray J's Raising Hell, Willie Hutch's Soul Portrait, William DeVaughn's Be Thankful For What You've Got, NuYorican Soul S/T, Rick James' Street Songs, some disco (Tommy Stewart, Cloud One, Alfredo De La Fe) and gospel (Edwin Hawkins, Andrew Wartts, Pastol TL Barrett) nuggets and a whole heap of funk from Africa. Ho-hum, maybe I'll reboot my diary and ramble on about them aimlessly, especially as it was only yesterday whilst I was on Portobello Road I picked up one of the greatest soul compys I've ever heard - Eddie & Ernie's Time Waits For No One.
Here are the top 10 finalists for the R&B/Soul Genre Olympics.
Wow - this was quite the competition. Quite a few great runners up, but here are the top ten! (also found in OP now)
Next steps are for anyone and everyone to rank the following albums (even if you didn't submit during the original semi-finalist rounds). See OP on how the point system works (#1 weighted with 10 points and #10 with 1 point). Many of you have given commentary on why you love the albums you do, but as you vote, it might be fun to say what you love about each album. Enjoy!
Here is the final review if you want to check my math (cause I can haz the maths):
Album Points User
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye 29 sethmadsen, Tha1ChiefRocka, AfterHours, Jimmy Dread, Stover75
Superfly by Curtis Mayfield 24 baystateoftheart, sethmadsen, Tha1ChiefRocka, Jimmy Dread, Stover75
Innervisions by Stevie Wonder 23 sethmadsen, bobbyb5, PurpleHazel, Jimmy Dread
In The Jungle Groove by James Brown 20 dividesbyzero, Jimmy Dread
Star Time by James Brown 20 PurpleHazel, Tha1ChiefRocka
There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone 19 bobbyb5, Mercury, Jimmy Dread
Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder 17 Mercury, Stover75
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone 17 sethmadsen, glynspsa
Thriller (album) by Michael Jackson 17 Stover75, Mercury
Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes 16 Tha1ChiefRocka, Jimmy Dread
Maggot Brain by Funkadelic 15 glynspsa, PurpleHazel
Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding 15 sethmadsen, PurpleHazel, baystateoftheart, glynspsa
The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding 15 dividesbyzero, Tha1ChiefRocka
They Say I'm Different by Betty Davis 14 glynspsa, PurpleHazel
Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye 13 Mercury, baystateoftheart
Mothership Connection by Parliament 13 sethmadsen & PurpleHazel
Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 by Sam Cooke 12 Tha1ChiefRocka, dividesbyzero
Sign 'O' The Times by Prince 12 Mercury, PurpleHazel
The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend by Baby Huey 11 glynspsa, Jimmy Dread
Icon by War 10 bobbyb5
Purple Rain - Prince 10 AfterHours
Sade's Love Deluxe 10 Luigii
The Muscle Shoals Sound by Various Artists 10 baystateoftheart
3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers 9 bobbyb5
Fresh by Sly & The Family Stone 9 PurpleHazel
Frizzle Fry - Primus 9 AfterHours
Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs by Eddie Hazel 9 glynspsa
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You ...a Franklin 9 sethmadsen
It's Your World by Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson 9 dividesbyzero
Jamiroquai's Emergency on Planet Earth 9 Luigii
Friendly as a Hand Grenade 8 AfterHours
Gil Scott Heron's Bridges 8 Luigii
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)...a Franklin 8 bobbyb5
Live At The Apollo by James Brown 8 sethmadsen
Pieces Of A Man by Gil Scott-Heron 8 baystateoftheart
Buy - Contortions 7 AfterHours
Curtis by Curtis Mayfield 7 baystateoftheart
Hustlers Convention by Lightnin' Rod 7 dividesbyzero
Risqué by Chic 7 bobbyb5
The Harder They Come by Various Artists 7 Stover75
Come To My Garden by Minnie Riperton 6 Tha1ChiefRocka
I Remember Yesterday by Donna Summer 6 Mercury
Rejuvination - The Meters 6 Jimmy Dread
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae 6 AfterHours
The Complete On The Corner Sessions by Miles Davis 6 dividesbyzero
The Electric Lady by Janelle Monáe 6 baystateoftheart
(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The... Chi-Lites 5 baystateoftheart
Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack & J.J. Johnson 5 glynspsa
Blow ’Way by Lancelot Layne 5 dividesbyzero
The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill 5 Mercury, AfterHours
Controversy by Prince 4 Stover75
Dirty Mind by Prince 4 Mercury
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro 4 AfterHours
Small Talk At 125th And Lenox by Gil Scott-Heron 4 glynspsa
Soul Finger by Bar-Kays 4 bobbyb5
Back To Black by Amy Winehouse 3 sethmadsen
Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard 3 baystateoftheart & sethmadsen
Dreamer by Bobby Bland 3 glynspsa
Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield 3 Mercury
Green Onions by Booker T. & The M.G.'s 3 bobbyb5
I'm Still In Love With You by Al Green 3 baystateoftheart
Look-Ka Py Py by The Meters 3 PurpleHazel
Solid Soul by Willie Mitchell 3 Tha1ChiefRocka
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song by Me...& Fire 3 dividesbyzero
That's The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind And Fire 3 Stover75
The Reality of My Surroundings - Fishbone 3 AfterHours
1957–1972 by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles 2 dividesbyzero
Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder 2 glynspsa
Rufusized by Rufus & Chaka Khan 2 Stover75
Spinners by The Spinners 2 bobbyb5
Spirit Of The Boogie - Kool & The Gang 2 Jimmy Dread
Tell Mama by Etta James 2 Mercury
What Color Is Love by Terry Callier 2 Tha1ChiefRocka
Call Me by Al Green 1 PurpleHazel
Hot Pepper by The Impossibles 1 dividesbyzero
One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic 1 AfterHours
Remember My Song by Labi Siffre 1 Stover75
The Many Facets Of Roger (Troutman) 1 Jimmy Dread
The Stylistics by The Stylistics 1 bobbyb5
Shame that two JB compilations are taking up two slots -- practically every track of one of them is on the other -- when Otis Redding, P-Funk etc. didn't make the cut. Especially when Stevie Wonder and Sly are already taking up two slots apiece. I'd be willing to throw my vote to In the Jungle Groove for the sake of giving attention to more artists. Also (this hadn't occurred to me before), though most participants probably have heard at least half the songs on Star Time, if even one or two haven't, asking them to listen to most of a 4-CD set is a lot to expect.
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