Go Funk yourself
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Sly and the Family Stone,
George Clinton and Parliament
Funkadelic
Curtis Mayfield
Bootsy Collins
And of course; "I'm Rick James bitch"
George Clinton and Parliament
Funkadelic
Curtis Mayfield
Bootsy Collins
And of course; "I'm Rick James bitch"
thedonutman
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I suggest you check out Graham Central Station and the other Larry Graham related stuff.
Esp Griffyn
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Stanley Clarke had a damn good stab at Funk music, for a Jazz fusion player!
And then for the natural progression of Bass playing, listen to some Victor Wooten. All things lead to Vic
And then for the natural progression of Bass playing, listen to some Victor Wooten. All things lead to Vic
thedonutman
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Stanley Clarke had a damn good stab at Funk music, for a Jazz fusion player!
And then for the natural progression of Bass playing, listen to some Victor Wooten. All things lead to Vic
Listening to Vic will only highlight one's incompetence as a bass player.
But since we're talking about Funk/Jazz bass players:
Louis Johnson
Marcus Miller
As for essential recordings, I'm not sure if it classifies as 100% funk, but Herbie Hancock's "Headhunters" is a great album.
Esp Griffyn
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I'd put Headhunters down as a Jazz Fusion album, but it is a decent album. Vastly overrated imo, definitely not the greatest fusion album of all time like some people bill it!
Crucified
Deathgrind Maniac
If you want a surprise and something new, try Jamiroquai - Official Website
It's along the same lines with some new flavors thrown in.
It's along the same lines with some new flavors thrown in.
I can't believe no-one's mentioned Prince yet!
Funkadelic -- "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On"
Parliament -- "Mothership Connection"
The Brothers Johnson -- "Blam!"
Ohio Players -- "Skin Tight"
Stevie Wonder -- "Innervisions"
Kool & The Gang -- "Wild And Peaceful"
Bootsy Collins -- "Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby"
Parliament -- "Mothership Connection"
The Brothers Johnson -- "Blam!"
Ohio Players -- "Skin Tight"
Stevie Wonder -- "Innervisions"
Kool & The Gang -- "Wild And Peaceful"
Bootsy Collins -- "Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby"
StevieHimself
7-STRING SCORPION
My essential funk albums (just my opinion of course):
1. Prince...well, basically ANYTHING!
2. Bootsy AH THE NAME IS BOOTSY, BABY
3. Dag RIGHTEOUS (under-rated album!!)
4. Living Colour VIVID (mostly heavy rock/metal but when they funk it up...DAMN!)
5. James Brown STAR TIME
6. TM Stevens BOOM!
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers FREAKY STYLEY
8. Fishbone TRUTH AND SOUL
9. Level 42 WORLD MACHINE
10. Honourable mention: Lock-Up SOMETHING BITCHIN' THIS WAY COMES
(Hard-to-find album featuring Tom Morello before he was in RATM. He NEVER mentions this album but it's not that bad, really. A tad safe at times but still has some decent grooves.)
1. Prince...well, basically ANYTHING!
2. Bootsy AH THE NAME IS BOOTSY, BABY
3. Dag RIGHTEOUS (under-rated album!!)
4. Living Colour VIVID (mostly heavy rock/metal but when they funk it up...DAMN!)
5. James Brown STAR TIME
6. TM Stevens BOOM!
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers FREAKY STYLEY
8. Fishbone TRUTH AND SOUL
9. Level 42 WORLD MACHINE
10. Honourable mention: Lock-Up SOMETHING BITCHIN' THIS WAY COMES
(Hard-to-find album featuring Tom Morello before he was in RATM. He NEVER mentions this album but it's not that bad, really. A tad safe at times but still has some decent grooves.)
If you like that, pick up a copy of the DVD "The Mothership Connection Live From Houston", recorded at the Houston Summit in 1976. As good as the PFunk could be in the studio, live it absolutely kills, and the tours back in the '70s featured a stage show that made Kiss look like a bar band. Highly recommended. Here is the opening track from the video, "Cosmic Slop":
I also can't say enough about Funkadelic's "Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On"--recorded by largely the same cast of characters as "Mothership Connection". If you didn't know, both Parliament and Funkadelic were the same group of people, led by George Clinton. Albums released as Parliament focused on poppier tunes and featured horns. Funkadelic albums were a lot weirder and substituted layers of acid-drenched guitars for the horns.
Here is an excellent video of "Red Hot Momma", the first track off of "Standing on the Verge", from the early '90s with an allstar band featuring former PFunk keyboardist Bernie Worrell, bassist T.M. Stevens, guitarist Larry Mitchell, and featuring a solo from legendary Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel, shortly before he passed away. It's not actually Parliament-Funkadelic, but it gives you a great idea how amazing Funkadelic could be.
i second Tower of Power and Parliament-Funkadelic. 
some tower of power:
some tower of power:
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Warpticon
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Massive bump here, but y'all need to be hurt for the absence of EWF in this thread.
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Rippopotamus
The soundtrack from Interstate 76 (Arion Salazar from Third Eye Blind, can rip the funk! Who knew?!
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Agreed 1000%.
Rippopotamus
The soundtrack from Interstate 76 (Arion Salazar from Third Eye Blind, can rip the funk! Who knew?!
)Agreed 1000%.
