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• "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
  
  

• "UFO" by ESG
  ESG
  ESG may refer to:* Engineering Seismology Group, a microseismic monitoring and data analysis company from Canada.* Environmental Social and Corporate Governance, the commonly accepted factors involved in Responsible Investment assessments...
  
  
• "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
  Syl Johnson
  Syl Johnson is an American blues and soul singer and record producer.-Biography:Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed...
  
  
• "Die Nigger!!!" by The Last Poets
  The Last Poets
  The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread...
  
  
• "Rise Above" by Black Flag
  Black Flag (band)
  Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band...
  
  
• "Long Red" by Mountain
  Mountain (band)
  Mountain is an American hard rock band that formed in Long Island, New York in 1969. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist Felix Pappalardi and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 before reuniting in 1974 and remaining active until today...
  
  
• "I Just Want to Celebrate" by Rare Earth
  Rare Earth (band)
  Rare Earth is an American rock band affiliated with Motown's Rare Earth record label , who prospered in 1970-1972. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first big hit-making act signed by Motown that consisted only of white members...
  
  
• "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
• "Hook and Sling" by Eddie Bo
  Eddie Bo
  Edwin Joseph Bocage was an American singer and New Orleans-style pianist. Schooled in jazz, he was known for his blues, soul and funk recordings, compositions, productions and arrangements...
  
  
• "Big Beat" by Billy Squier
  Billy Squier
  William Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No...
  
  

• "Die Nigger!!!" by The Last Poets
  The Last Poets
  The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread...
  
  
• "Sir Nose d'Voidoffunk" by Parliament
  Parliament (band)
  Parliament was a funk band most prominent during the 1970s. It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
  
  
• "N.T." by Kool & the Gang
  Kool & the Gang
  Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
  
  
• "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go" by Curtis Mayfield
  Curtis Mayfield
  Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
  
  
• "Niggers Are Scared of a Revolution" by The Last Poets
  The Last Poets
  The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread...
  
  
• "Cissy Strut" by The Meters
  The Meters
  The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
  
  
• "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat
  Little Feat
  Little Feat is an American rock band formed by singer-songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969 in Los Angeles....
  
  

• "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins
  Lyn Collins
  Lyn Collins was an African American soul singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s. Contrary to some reports, she is not related to Bootsy Collins, nor Catfish Collins....
  
  
• "Funky Stuff" by Kool and the Gang
• "Niggers vs. the Police" by Richard Pryor
  Richard Pryor
  Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets...
  
  

• "I've Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body)" by Parliament
• "If It Ain't Ruff " by N.W.A.
  N.W.A.
  N.W.A was an American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre....
  
  

• "Stoned to the Bone" by James Brown
  James Brown
  James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
  
  
• "Storm King" by Bob James
  Bob James (musician)
  Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
  
  
• "Sneakin' in the Back" by Tom Scott
  Tom Scott (musician)
  Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...
  
  
• "Remember" by Jimi Hendrix
  Jimi Hendrix
  James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
  
  
• "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
• "Just Wanna Make A Dream Come True" by Mass Production
  Mass production
  Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines...
  
  

• "Give it Up" by Kool & the Gang
• "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn
  Cheryl Lynn
  Lynda Cheryl Smith , known better by her professional name Cheryl Lynn, is a female African-American disco, R&B and soul singer known best for her 1978 disco song, "Got to Be Real".-Early career:...
  
  
• "Gashman" by The Last Poets

• "Can't Stay Away" by Bootsy Collins
  Bootsy Collins
  William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...
  
  

• "Zimba Ku" by Black Heat
  Black Heat
  Black Heat was a 1970s funk band founded by King Raymond Green and discovered by Phillip Guilbeau. Their albums include Black Heat , No Time To Burn and Keep On Runnin. The group had one hit single, "No Time to Burn", which reached #46 on the U.S. Billboard Black Singles chart...
  
  
• "Funkin' 4 Jamaica" by Tom Browne
• "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" by Barry White
  Barry White
  Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...
  
  

• "Rapper's Delight
  Rapper's Delight
  "Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song's opening lyric "I said a hip hop, a...
  
  " by the Sugarhill Gang

• "My Automobile" by Parliament

• "Cardova" by The Meters
• "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" by Barry White
• "That Girl is a Slut" by Just-Ice
  Just-Ice
  Just-Ice A former bouncer at punk clubs, Ice was one of the first of the New York MCs to embrace hardcore rap, and when he burst out of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, as Just-Ice, he gained instant notoriety. Muscle-bound, tattooed, aggressive—he resembled Mike Tyson in more than just looks—and with a...
  
  

• "I'd Rather Be with You" by Bootsy Collins

• "A.J. Scratch" by Kurtis Blow
  Kurtis Blow
  Kurt Walker , better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the first commercially successful rappers and the first to sign with a major record label...
  
  
• "Get up & Get Down" by The Dramatics
  The Dramatics
  The Dramatics are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1962. They are best known for their 1970s hit songs "In the Rain" and "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get", both of which were #1 R&B and Top 10 Pop hits.-Career:The Dramatics originally formed in 1962 recording as the...
  
  
• "Get Me Back on Time, Engine No. 9" by Wilson Pickett
  Wilson Pickett
  Wilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...
  
  
• "God Made Me Funky" by The Headhunters
  The Headhunters
  The Headhunters are an American jazz-funk fusion band, best known for their albums they recorded as a backing band of jazz keyboard player Herbie Hancock during the 1970s. Hancock's debut album with the group, Head Hunters, is one of the best-selling jazz/fusion records of all time.-History:Herbie...
  
  
• "Scorpio" by Lalo Schifrin
  Lalo Schifrin
  Lalo Schifrin is an Argentine composer, pianist and conductor. He is best known for his film and TV scores, such as the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations...
  
  

• "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" by Parliament

• "Troglodyte" by Jimmy Castor Bunch
• "Impeach the President" by The Honeydrippers
  The Honeydrippers
  The Honeydrippers was a rock band of the 1980s. Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant formed the group in 1981 to satisfy his long-time goal in having a rock band with a heavy R&B basis. Formed originally in Worcestershire, the band went on to record an EP in the US...
  
  
• "Players Balling (Players Doin' Their Own Thing)" by Ohio Players
  Ohio Players
  The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...
  
  
• "On the Ill Tip" by LL Cool J
  LL Cool J
  James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...
  
  

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