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Alright mu, time for some real music. Share and discuss your favorite funk + soul tracks, albums, compilations, etc.
I'll start us off with a bit of recent funk rock from Togo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPoSAyTGBgk
>>65988909
Haven't gotten into funk but I think this should help new-comers
Maggot Brain or One Nation Under Groove?
>>65988981
Thanks, there's some great stuff in here for people who are new to the genre. I'd also advise people not to shy away from compilations. There are some especially good comps of funk music from places like ghana and nigeria.
>>65989058
I've always been partial to Maggot Brain, desu
>>65988981
I'm going to say that the best introduction for James Brown isn't The Payback IMO - I'd even rec Live at the Apollo Vol. III (Revolution of the Mind) over it, if we're doing double albums.
I got into him through the Star Time box set, and then got even more into him through a few anthologies that focused on the funk:
>Foundations of Funk 1964-1969
>Funk Power 1970
>Make It Funky: 1971-1975
I don't think I've ever found a musician who has recorded so much great material, so there are plenty of other recordings you could get, but those were a powerful introduction to his work
I might post some shares if anyone is interested. I'll probably cross post to the sharethread, but what's the bump limit? It's currently at 290 replies. Should I just wait until the new thread?
>>65989905
I am assuming they're at least V0
I'm a beginner so whatever is fine desu
>>65989058
maggot brain when youre stoned, nation under one groove when youre drunk
>>65989964
I've never done any sharing before, so lmk if they could be higher quality or if there's anything I should do differently.
Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal - Various Artists (2006)
>funk, soul, gospel
>Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyNjaUTNil0
>Download: http://www113.zippyshare.com/v/u3bCJfKb/file.html
>>65989905
im interested in whatever you have to share, but you wouldn't happen to have any Mandril would you?
>>65989058
One Nation Under A Groove is way better.
>>65990597
No, but I can look into getting some. I'm not super familiar with their work.
>>65990101
Here's another share:
Vaudou Game - Apiafo (2014)
>funk, rock, africa core
>Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inYNwWKhUg4
>Download: http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/iTLU88sV/file.html
>>65988909
bump
>>65988909
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVfnd5r8bM0
>>65990101
Thanks, this is some good stuff.
>>65992077
>>65992111
Thanks for keeping thread alive.
>>65993933
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed.
ayy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RWYtYVLI70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYrvZjiYFfs
been feeling this jawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNoAyppDato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7hKkmao
>>65994764
This is fun.
>>65994895
For some reason I'm getting an error on this one.
>>65994938
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7hKkmaoJCA
should work now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgIds_m5oc
bump u
bump good shit fellas
>this
hell yeah, /fsg/ is back ! time to post singles and get no answers.
also, RIP Wayne Jackson, last of the Memphis horns (24/11/1941-21/06/2016)
>>65994764
the whole Free & easy comp is good and contains every single they released
Bad smoke - Crawl y'all :
https://youtu.be/BXtFMujiSa0
https://youtu.be/p1GGVjlXz6E
The JB's - Hustle with speed :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5oUVYG2cU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz6iCXfKkLU
Oliver Sain - B-OO-G-IE / Feel like dancin' :
https://youtu.be/_fvugN1xQrI
https://youtu.be/n6_UlbJMinQ
JB's wedge - Bessie :
https://youtu.be/i3U35aBVQzA
What do you guys think of this?
Apollis - What it is :
https://youtu.be/IotYya_QqRc
>>65998424
excellent album, kind of a Hendrix/Sly bastard child, reminds me of Black merda
Karma - Celebration :
https://youtu.be/hsXP8eqYgzE
https://youtu.be/6_f6VP6Gbos
https://youtu.be/1K9XC12qlyA
https://youtu.be/TXlar9Wvd1Q
https://youtu.be/Rfh-yVwRrOM
https://youtu.be/H5QNVtCDOJg
https://youtu.be/7c4sl_flVEk
Le gents - Le gents :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oNKnXr1Ckg
https://youtu.be/U1_Nzh7Dv0s
https://youtu.be/fJli6-kqzMA
Iron knowledge - Show-stopper / Oh-love :
https://youtu.be/yzxnlDA4rW0
https://youtu.be/RT1tJdQ3NAY
Moses - I got my mind together / If you don't mean it, don't touch me :
https://youtu.be/pcJEvWY4i5U
https://youtu.be/e9aAp6HC6-w
Jessie Rogers - One monkey don't stop no show :
https://youtu.be/3TfXm37zpEM
The black truth band - Butter nut :
https://youtu.be/704wBEyVIP8
Debbie Trusty - Searchin' for some lovin' / Instrumental :
https://youtu.be/Bbgomrut8TI
https://youtu.be/OG4rug7ez6g
>>65989092
>african funk (compilations)
this is a good idea!
any other suggestions?
Business before pleasure - (I'm in) the prime of love / Funk you :
https://youtu.be/3aYBGGyfUro
https://youtu.be/7OtF8BSwSHE
ahhhh so happy to see that this is still up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xdauR2QsKI
>>65999228
updated
>>65999228
Brand new wayo
Lagos disco inferno
Fred & the new JB's - Breakin' bread :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pa8gJBA5Ss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTmfUC8IJYk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-jvGNrPNOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh50kPjzMEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CRxCSlMkmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryk-yM5jRgY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBplAvUGjVo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofeUuDL9rOM
>>65999333
why is it that things named Mark III are good
Marvin Whoremonger - Mark III :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncstCK16AU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc2k5F05fUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLwfF_uOHg8
>>65989058
I personally prefer ONUAG
Also ONUAG Live Maggot Brain >>>> Album Version Maggot Brain
Various - Brand New Wayo - Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983
Various – Ivory Coast Soul - Afro Funk From Abidjan From 1972 To 1982
Various – Africa Airways One: Funk Connection 1973-1980
Various – Africa Airways Two: Funk Departures 1973-1982
Various – Afro-Rock Presents Deep Funk Africa
The Funkees – Dancing Time: The Best Of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77
Orlando Julius & His Afro Sounders – Orlando's Afro Ideas 1969-72
>>65999548
nice! let me do a cool chart on photoshop, topsters is shit
https://youtu.be/r_YCKzP5odw
>>65999592
let's not forget albums however, there have been several reeditions of mostly african and impossible to find albums this year by this label : https://preschmedia.bandcamp.com/music
Manu Dibango - Dikalo :
https://youtu.be/1ixfrBztoIc
Lunar funk - Slip the drummer one / Space monster :
https://youtu.be/neuigw6TvEk
https://youtu.be/x3hm7SVEmlg
Lionel Robinson - Steppin' out / Instrumental :
https://youtu.be/K-chgi6HK0s
https://youtu.be/mE1ntNS_Dx4
>>65999775
sure, there are dozens of gems, but I prefer to focus on comps atm
https://youtu.be/iK_hCcevZeQ
>>65999998
>off by one
damn !
The outlaw gang - Funky fast bump / Weed hopper :
https://youtu.be/B6dgwqpGlcA
https://youtu.be/P5rfn53FFPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siQCrefrgk0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neuigw6TvEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdKjVu4BOrI
thanks yall. i can't contribute because i'm still new to this but thanks for all the links
>>66000134
please post more, i'll keep coming to /mu/ if theres thread s like this. love the tunes.
Prince Geno & the tailormades - Brand new man with the masterplan :
https://youtu.be/TwRA-mfsoiQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7RazdiPm54
RIP
>>66000397
holy shit I'm so fucking sick of this fucking meme year
Sir Mack Rice - Muhammad Ali :
https://youtu.be/J_KZOcdGekM
updated chart!
let's add ethiopian afro-funk / afrobeat comp
Bobby Franklin's insanity - Don't lose what you got (trying to get back what you had) / Sexplot :
https://youtu.be/Sf_vsdzUQEY
https://youtu.be/u4ik11U-uIw
>>66000825
Dope im looking for some more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd6SZ1sDmFc
>>66000825
Kuti is Nigerian not Ethiopian, friend
Maceo & all the King's men - Thank you for letting me be myself again :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOYnCtBzf4k
Disco time! Why don't you listen to disco? I can't even image someone disliking this genre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HnzNY0epzE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk6E1i4hklA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6ckoeT77yU
>>66000952
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKgL5s3bERg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN5bVEVjLV8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHBwL7JAoKI
Sparkle - Disco madness / Down the way :
https://youtu.be/KaLs2RruoOA
https://youtu.be/iwq1xKf-dIU
https://youtu.be/70GeYTjD-FU
8==D
https://youtu.be/tZP2Uk9vlxY
8=D
E.T. White & his great potential band - Funky soul shake :
https://youtu.be/eQs04azP5DA
David Batiste and the gladiators - Funky soul :
https://youtu.be/_f-d_vINTq4
Great funk from Togo and Benin.
Listening to Just as I am by Bill Withers right now.
The free mind - Just jammin' / After we're gone (the world keeps turning) :
https://youtu.be/sFNQOiO6WKE
https://youtu.be/SrQR0oNMHuU
been loving this album. her voice is god tier. start with Alibi, first song isn't great.
https://soundcloud.com/lawrencetheband
>>65988981
I remember some of those covers, gonna get back to them, a lot of great music waiting for me!
United 8 - Getting uptown (to get down) :
https://youtu.be/4x0Ipe_3wiM
The Daktaris - Upside Down (Fela kuti cover) https://youtu.be/ZLI7MqOZB4E
+
https://youtu.be/J8eVZD173mg
Chucky Thurmon - Turn it over / Tickets for doomsday :
https://youtu.be/ssiJQSm-Ln4
https://youtu.be/r1XQv2KyIgw
Blue rhythm combo - Tke the funky feeling / Knock on wood :
https://youtu.be/fVRhhe1vbfU
https://youtu.be/37wvjuuc8yc
https://youtu.be/f9-2i8ibxEI
saw these guys last year with Nicole Willis! it was quite nice
>>66001367
not bad!
>>66002125
lucky you, they toured my country last year in october but I was abroad at the time so I couldn't get to see them. Have you heard Björn Wagner's new project ? https://favoriterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/earthrising
Rick James - Street songs :
https://youtu.be/1dNIQVYGXbM
https://youtu.be/2wWh-3ZN-g0
https://youtu.be/UAi1e7AoEWA
https://youtu.be/p7pn6s_HXLg
https://youtu.be/QYHxGBH6o4M
https://youtu.be/CPikYsi6_zU
https://youtu.be/4fG9cAjEsmQ
https://youtu.be/d1TPSlLwKb8
chart done!
>>66002179
>https://favoriterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/earthrising
thx I'm gonna check that
>>66002284
np
also sorry to be tacky but Niger ≠Nigeria
Black fur - When we get together soon / Feel the shock :
https://youtu.be/342WBMMUrJg
https://youtu.be/aJfa-tg51_0
>>66002432
not tacky at all, i'm just dumb
... and i should have added some South African/"township funk" https://youtu.be/GxgIy8okA6g
and ethipian funk too https://youtu.be/ezPfGrnE3eA
I'm gonna fix that.
Nice thread, glad to see them surviving a while now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a9PpDvgpoU
Jaymz Bedford - Just keep my boogie / Happy music :
https://youtu.be/DVl8d1NOFwc
https://youtu.be/KUk_557YDVE
never paid attention to Rex Williams before
https://youtu.be/xF62h_vfc08
https://youtu.be/PEMSnN-Vq9U
>>66003463
didn't know about this guy either, p good. he released a lot of LPs apparently
Mick Jessup - Take it easy when you get down / Instrumental :
https://youtu.be/SqS46TADBfw
https://youtu.be/V-fuBl_PEUc
What are the defining characteristics of funk?
If metal is guitars and distortion (very rough characterization, I know), what is funk? Instrumentation? Harmony? Melody?
>>66003814
it often revolves around a bass/guitar/drums groove that emphasizes the first beat ("the one") on which vocals and other instruments can take their turn
but subgenres like p-funk or boogie can differ. funk music can and was adapted to a lot of styles : caribbean music, indian music, whatever, so it's not a rule that absolutely needs to be followed
9th creation - Mellow music / A step ahead :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3jzHumhJZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enrHf0mTpC0
>>66003814
a tough downbeat
>>66003814
Let bootsy explain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHE6hZU72A4
Arlana - Spring time :
https://youtu.be/dBy9gSMlb3Y
We the people - Break down / On the way to L.A. :
https://youtu.be/ERrr9XvJqbk
https://youtu.be/PVp1tROp8RY
Beckie Bell - In need of... :
https://youtu.be/wMxNHyhuDs8
https://youtu.be/HLzyD1G8URE
https://youtu.be/nx9UlcN_QAo
https://youtu.be/6bsnWegdd70
Family of Eve - I wanted to be loved by you / Please be truthful :
https://youtu.be/rGLPzYrwf7U
https://youtu.be/_yfkpU5fouE
Kinky foxx - So different / instrumental :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg3zmWt314I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJyeP2I3DVE
wow ! 100 posts ! I didn't think I would see that soon. good job, /f&s/ ! have a Prince letter to read while I sign off hoping to find the thread still alive in a few hours when I get back home
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun https://youtu.be/WylCcdTrzS4
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - A groove will make you move https://youtu.be/PNv66BVdnLM
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Dracula (i guess this song was used for Blackula...) https://youtu.be/8BPb1UnD0kc
>>66002179
Anyone have a download of this album?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEfDRlJMnvA
"Afro-funk compilations" chart updated!
Holy shit this thread is still going? Yeeessssss
>>66005595
next sharethread ;)
>>66006020
I'm just as surprised. it's a miracle
>>66005731
Great job! Thanks for making this. Lots of great comps here.
>>66005731
i will try to meme this chart on flowchart threads to get more people into this
>>66005731
Pic related is an excellent Nigerian compilation as well. There's some great funk, highlife, and psychedelia on here.
>>66006197
Actually, I found it in the archive, if anyone is interested:
>Disc 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?2vylmlorz0d
>Disc 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?jz0ycmetjkn
>>65988909
I'm back ! will post some more before going to bed
Skull snaps - Skull snaps :
https://youtu.be/wqX9iUkarz8
https://youtu.be/md_8fd6GuNo
https://youtu.be/eSNMlD9qvPQ
https://youtu.be/BgwmUDbozU0
https://youtu.be/fsDEof4hOOo
https://youtu.be/ri4paYFz-h4
https://youtu.be/u9-vW_psPIM
https://youtu.be/0QggRfHtFpw
https://youtu.be/6xSWvGcMSK4
Can anyone rec me a song similar to Martha and the Vandellas - Heatwave? Love the hook on it and looking for something similar.
Ohio players - Skin tight :
https://youtu.be/oBG3qpYj5DU
https://youtu.be/uHxGMPJOvnY
https://youtu.be/78X1Utu9s6U
https://youtu.be/d_233gCshw0
https://youtu.be/AAxsek1ovkA
https://youtu.be/iuiFc9dXzAQ
>>66009764
have you heard their album Natural ressources ? otherwise maybe the Supremes would float your boat, but I'm no soul or R&B expert
Prince - Sexy dancer :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETMJhESmiYc
Mickey & the soul generation - We got to make a change / Give everybody some :
https://youtu.be/phuQxP5MPXA
https://youtu.be/4j07PHm18CI
Willie "King Juan" Dickey - Hot on your spot :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-xUy5dWfok
Rickie Ross - Shut yo mouth :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6AhOSpGC7A
Starbound - Party in the city :
https://youtu.be/QqXSGEj9B1k
Silverflash funk - Funky space player :
https://youtu.be/5ctoDnO3--k
thank you for all these great singles
>>66010884
part of the pleasure is to make people who are part of your community discover good stuff and take their recommendations back, so these threads are a mutual asset for everyone posting !
Holt '45 - Ain't got time / Hot love :
https://youtu.be/Uam_tbsI05U
www.dailymotion.com/video/x2wkmy9
>>66010993
aw shit, 4chan doesn't take dailymotion links ?
Paradise stars - Don't forget :
https://youtu.be/Bj3lA_oqvyA
https://youtu.be/3pZzLykX814
https://youtu.be/DUsPBP29-J0
https://youtu.be/Dv_vfQUdNbg
https://youtu.be/j1Y_or8hoEQ
https://youtu.be/d9mi8q39Wrk
https://youtu.be/HyE7Ndi7zBE
https://youtu.be/ck1g_ToqaMw
Brothers by choice - Brothers by choice :
https://youtu.be/YXeuOTILUW0
https://youtu.be/ZJXp3FbiDko
https://youtu.be/Vz9dqXKmmso
https://youtu.be/X8PTUQ4WR4k
https://youtu.be/LImvqkpJ9WE
https://youtu.be/LImvqkpJ9WE
https://youtu.be/vndNJRGsBgU
I'm leaving because I work in a bit less than seven hours. thanks to all the funkateers who participated, my want list grew bigger today (once again). I hope to see this thread still alive and well tomorrow when I get up !
sleep tight, /f&s/
This thread is amazing.
>>66011436
I'm so happy I kept making these. I've been trying to get a funk and soul general off the ground for like months.
Zappa once claimed a funk guitarist was an influence for him...does somebody remember who he was talking about?
>>66012830
Would it have been Johnny "Guitar" Watson?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_%22Guitar%22_Watson#Influence
>>65998424
Just got around to listening to this. It's pretty good! Might have been a little long, but I understand that they tacked a single with three songs onto the end of the album after it was released on cd.
>>66012830
Eddie Hazel
