Artist	Song
Sly & the Family Stone	Sing a Simple Song
from Anthology (1989)
Curtis Mayfield	Move On Up
from Future Shock (2007)
The Isley Brothers	That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2
from The Essential Isley Brothers (2004)
The Staple Singers	Respect Yourself
from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (2006)
Newcleus	Jam On It
from Jam On It - EP (2006)
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force	Don't Stop... Planet Rock (12" Vocal Version)
from The Tommy Boy Story, Vol. 1 (2006)
Whodini	Friends
from Funky Beat: The Best of Whodini (2008)
Dawn Penn	You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) [Extended Mix]
from No, No, No (2005)
Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do With It
from All the Best - The Hits (2005)
Michael Jackson	Billie Jean
from Thriller (1989)
Eazy-E	Eazy-Duz-It
from Eazy-Duz-It (2002)
Freestyle Fellowship	7th Seal
from To Whom It May Concern (1999)
Howard Jones	Things Can Only Get Better
from Best of Howard Jones (2008)
Funky 4 + 1	That's the Joint
from The Sugar Hill Records Story (2009)
Afrorican	Give It All You Got
from Booty Super Party Club Classics (1999)
Gucci Crew II	Sally (That Girl)
from Gucci Crew II: The Greatest Hits (2007)
The Egyptian Lover	Egypt Egypt
from King of Ecstasy (His Greatest Hits Album) (1989)
Debbie Deb	Lookout Weekend
from She's Back (1995)
Jungle Brothers	Beyond This World
from Done By the Forces of Nature (2010)
The Pharcyde	Soul Flower (Remix)
from Bizarre Ride II: The Pharcyde (2007)
Arrested Development	Tennessee
from Classic Masters: Arrested Development (2008)
The Roots	Mellow My Man
from Do You Want More?!!!??! (1994)
Fugees	Killing Me Softly With His Song
from The Fugees: Greatest Hits (2003)

Comment:

It's hard to believe now that they're one of the world's biggest pop acts, but the Black Eyed Peas didn't perfect their GRAMMY®-winning sound overnight. Decades of shape-shifting singles showed them the way, starting with the King of Pop himself — bursting through the barriers of soul, funk, and R&B in "Billie Jean." A B-boy anthem about being yourself, "Don't Stop . . . Planet Rock" is Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force at their very best, right down to its brassy electro breaks and laser-guided Kraftwerk loops. And with "Friends," Whodini sets the scene for B.E.P.'s melodic hip-hop style with sleek new wave synths, singsong melodies, and real-deal rhymes. From the Isley Brothers to the Jungle Brothers, from the Staple Singers to Sly & the Family Stone, we've got the stone-cold jams that've helped will.i.am's genre-jumping group harness their hooks and stockpile their samples.

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