Artist	Song
King Floyd	Groove Me
from Choice Cuts (1994)
The Temptations	Shakey Ground
from Anthology Series: The Best of the Temptations (1995)
Billy Preston	Will It Go Round in Circles
from Ultimate Collection: Billy Preston (2000)
Midnight Star	No Parking (On the Dance Floor)
from Midnight Star: Greatest Hits (1989)
George Duke	Dukey Stick
from George Duke Greatest Hits (1996)
The Gap Band	Early in the Morning
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Gap Band (2000)
Aretha Franklin	Rock Steady
from The Very Best of Aretha Franklin - The 70's (2008)
Stevie Wonder	Maybe Your Baby
from Talking Book (2000)
The Bar-Kays	Holy Ghost
from The Best of the Bar-Kays (2006)
James Brown	The Payback
from JB40 (40th Anniversary Collection) (1996)
Bootsy Collins	The Pinocchio Theory
from Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! (2008)
Grace Jones	Pull Up to the Bumper
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Grace Jones (2003)
The Isley Brothers	Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2
from The Essential Isley Brothers (2004)
The Blackbyrds	Do It, Fluid
from The Blackbyrds: Greatest Hits (2006)
Jermaine Jackson	Let's Get Serious
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Motown '80s, Vol. 1 (2002)
Bobby Byrd	I Know You Got Soul
from James Brown's Funky People, Pt. 2 (1988)
Zapp & Roger	So Ruff, So Tuff
from Zapp & Roger: All the Greatest Hits (2009)
Larry Graham & Graham Central Station	It's Alright
from The Best of Larry Graham and Graham Central Station... Vol. 1 (2010)
Kool & the Gang	Funky Stuff
from Wild and Peaceful (1996)
Quincy Jones	Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Quincy Jones (2001)
The Dramatics	Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
from The Best of the Dramatics (2006)
The Bar-Kays	Shake Your Rump to the Funk
from The Bar-Kays: All-Time Greatest Hits (2001)
The Commodores	Slippery When Wet
from The Commodores: Anthology (2001)
Eddie Kendricks	Girl You Need a Change of Mind
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eddie Kendricks (2000)
The Isley Brothers	I Turned You On
from The Essential Isley Brothers (2004)

Comment:

Motown legend Stevie Wonder had been showing signs of funk going back to the days of the teasing, blue-note harmonica solo in "Fingertips," but in [i]Talking Book[/i]'s "Maybe Your Baby," it's strutting like a peacock with Wonder's voice sliding and swooping over a growling synth riff. Midnight Star's poppin' and lockin' "Freak-A-Zoid" spurs the funk out under the lights of a mirrored disco ball, with a bassline that thunders and thumps to the rhythm of a bumpin' booty. And Roger Troutman's trademark funk-from-another-planet processed vocals in Zapp & Roger's "So Ruff, So Tuff" blast off on the mothership to a new dimension, dishing up a slammin' side of cosmic slop.

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