With so much good music, it is hard to select the top 50 funk jams. In selecting my top 50, I considered the following elements
1. Must have heavy pulsating bass and drum beat.
2. Strong down beat. The beat that makes you rock your head
3. A sound that can be easily traced to the Godfather "James Brown" (On-the-One)
Some of the songs on this mix are easily recognized, but others may be less known by some. I think in this mix I captured the true essence of the funk sound. I consider two songs by James Brown (Cold Sweat and Make it Funky) as the origin of funk. "Make it funky" has all of the elements of a funk song (driving bass line, vocal chants, instrumental solos). Cold Sweat has that pulsating bass, and superior sax solo by Maceo. I think everyone that followed can trace their roots in those two songs.
Tracklist
Reach for It Son of Reach (TD Ext Remix - George Duke
Good Thang - Faze-O
Make If Funky (Pt 1-4) - James Brown
Cosmic Stop - Funkadelic
Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band) - Bootsy Collins
Confunkshunizeya - Con Funk Shun
Get The Funk Out Ma Face - Brothers Johnson
More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp Band
Flashlight - Parliament
Witch Doctor - Instant Funk
Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off) - Parliament
Drop The Bomb - Trouble Funk
Holy Ghost - Barkays
The Jam Larry - Graham & Graham Central
Pump Me Up - Trouble Funk
Do It Roger - Roger Troutman
Dazz - Brick
I'm The One (TD Remix) - Jesse Johnson
Skin Tight - The Ohio Players
Dusic - Brick
I Got My Mind Made Up (Ext) - Instant Funk
Ffun (12 inch) - Con Funk Shun
Rigor Mortis - Cameo
Gritt On It - Osiris
Cold Sweat (Original Extended) - James Brown
Phunklords (TD Ext Remix) - Funkadelic
Doing it to Death - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
Slide - Slave
I'm a Sucker for Your Love - Teena Marie
Volcano Rupture - Slave
Give It on Up (If You Want To) - Mtume
Throw It Down (TD Ext Remix) - Cameo
Hot Stuff - Raydio
She Talks To Me With Her Body - Barkays
Planetary Invasion - Midnight Star
It's All the Way Live - Lakeside
Put Your Body In It (12'' mix) - Stephanie Mills
Free World - Jesse Johnson
Gigolette [12" Mix] - Ozone
The Grooveline (ext remix) - Heatwave
Freakazoid - Midnight Star
Can You Get It - Mandrill
Pull My Strings - Lakeside
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
Groove Me - Mass Production
You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band
That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers
Be Your Man (12in) - Jesse Johnson
Fight the Power - The Isley Brothers
Orbitron Attack - Axiom Funk
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