Father MC Everything's Gonna Be Alright [May 19, 1992]

 

Rose Royce I Wanna Get Next To You [Live February 8, 2020 Las Vegas, Nevada]

 

Cherrelle I Wanna Get Next To You [1997]

 

The Isley Brothers Voyage To Atlantis [April 16, 1977]

Go For Your Guns is the fifteenth album by The Isley Brothers. Released on April 16, 1977 on their T-Neck label, it was also the band's fifth album to be distributed by their deal with Epic. It is generally regarded by fans, particularly fans of the funk genre, as their best album overall. The album was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released CD box set The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959-1983.

Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_for_Your_Guns

In Memoriam: The Jimmy Castor Bunch It's Just Begun [1972]

James Walter Castor [January 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012] was an American funk, R&B, and soul musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is credited with vocals, saxophone and composition. He is best known for songs such as "It's Just Begun", "Bertha Butt Boogie", and the biggest hit single, million-seller "Troglodyte [Cave Man]."

Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Castor

Kool & The Gang Funky Stuff [September 1973]

 

Atlantic Starr With Your Love I Come Alive [June 30, 1978]

Atlantic Starr is the self-titled debut album by R&B/funk band Atlantic Starr. Produced by Bobby Eli, founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio group MFSB. The nine-piece band had an impressive showing on the Billboard R&B charts with "Stand Up", "Keep It Comin'", "(I'll Never Miss) The Love I Never Had" and "With Your Love I Come Alive".

TLC What About Your Friends [February 25, 1992]

"What About Your Friends" is TLC's third single from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. It reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's third consecutive top-ten single. The single was released in August 28, 1992.

"What About Your Friends" was written by Dallas Austin and TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and features lead vocals by T-Boz. The song samples Blues & Pants by James Brown.

The main performance scenes of the video are the girls walking in an alley surrounded by backup dancers, underneath a bridge, on an outside staircase, on an apartment roof, in a slushie bar and wearing graffiti clothes in front of a graffiti-covered wall. Two versions of the video were made: one focuses on more of the performance shots of the girls and scenes of them infiltrating a stylish fashion show, while the other features scenes of a party in a big park where the girls are being very happy, dancing and having fun with their friends and some family members; including a scene of them reprising their roles as hillbillies from the "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" video at the end. Jermaine Dupri makes a cameo appearance.

The song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group's third consecutive top ten single, and reached No. 2 on the Hot R&B Singles chart, behind "Games" by Chuckii Booker. The single was certified gold by the RIAA. In the United Kingdom, "What About Your Friends" peaked at No. 59.

Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_About_Your_Friends

Slave Watching You [November 1980]

Slave was an American Ohio-based funk band popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Steve Washington, born in New Jersey, attended East Orange High School, and was one of the first users of the "electric trumpet". He and Trombonist Floyd Miller formed the group in Dayton, Ohio in 1975.

During late 1975 and spring of 1976, trombonist Floyd Miller teamed with trumpeter Steve Washington to form Slave. The original line-up included Tom Lockett Jr. [tenor and alto sax], Carter Bradley [keyboards], Mark Adams [bass], Mark "Drac" Hicks [lead and rhythm guitar, background vocals], Danny Webster [rhythm and lead guitar, lead and background vocals], Orion "Bimmy" Wilhoite [alto and tenor sax] and Tim "Tiny" Dozier [drums]. They scored their first big hit with the single "Slide" in 1977 for Cotillion Records, which is the label they remained with until 1984. In 1978 Slave's sound changed slightly when drummer/percussionist Steve Arrington, along with vocalists Starleana Young, Curt Jones, and keyboardist Ray Turner joined the band. Arrington ultimately replaced Miller and Webster as lead vocalist.  Other Top Ten R&B hits were "Just a Touch of Love" in 1979, "Watching You" in 1980, and "Snap Shot" in 1981. They added Charles Carter on sax and brother Sam Carter on keyboards. Starleana Young, Steve Washington, Curt Jones and Lockett departed to form Aurra in 1981. Slave added Roger Parker, Delbert Taylor, Jr., and Kevin Johnson as replacements. Arrington himself left in 1982 after the Showtime album. The band continued on, though not as successfully, into the mid 1990s.  The group moved to Atlantic Records for one LP [New Plateau] in 1984, then switched to the Atlanta-based Ichiban Records the following year, releasing Unchained at Last in late 1985. Despite scoring a couple of minor hits on the R&B chart from this album the following year and another minor hit from their 1987 follow-up album, Make Believe, Slave could not recapture the commercial success they had enjoyed in their heyday. Rhino issued Stellar Fungk: The Best of Slave Featuring Steve Arrington, an anthology of their finest cuts, in 1994.

Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_(band)

The D.O.C. It's Funky Enough [August 1, 1989]

 

Patrice Rushen Remind Me [April 14, 1982]

 

Patrice Rushen Settle For My Love [October 23, 1979]

 

Bob Marley & The Wailers Three Little Birds [June 3, 1977]

 

Bob Marley & The Wailers So Much Trouble In The World [October 2, 1979]

 

Keith Sweat [There You Go] Tellin' Me No Again [March 5, 1991]

 

Cameo Sparkle [June 25, 1979]

 

Al Green Dream [December 6, 1977]

 

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Up For The Down Stroke/Super Stupid [#Explicit #NSFW] [Live November 2, 2018 Sony Hall, New York City, New York]

 

Millie Jackson Till I Get It Right [1981]

Mildred Virginia Jackson a.k.a. Millie Jackson [born July 15, 1944] is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and former model. Beginning her career in the early 1960s, three of Jackson's albums have been certified gold by the RIAA for over 500,000 copies. Jackson's songs often include long, humorous, and explicit spoken sections. She recorded songs in a disco or dance music style and occasionally in a country style. Occasionally, Jackson has been called the "mother of hip-hop," or of rapping itself. According to the cataloguing site WhoSampled.com, her songs have appeared in 189 samples, 51 covers, and six remixes revealing the appeal of her proto-typical rapping style of delivery.

Courtesy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_Jackson

In Memoriam: Billy Preston You Are So Beautiful [May 5, 1974]