Artist	Song
Parliament	Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
from The Best of Parliament - Give Up the Funk (1995)
James Brown	Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine, Pts. 1 & 2 (Single)
from JB40 (40th Anniversary Collection) (1996)
Curtis Mayfield	Superfly
from Superfly (2004)
Marvin Gaye	Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1
from Number 1's: Marvin Gaye (2007)
The Gap Band	You Dropped a Bomb On Me
from Gap Band: Ultimate Collection (2001)
Wild Cherry	Play That Funky Music
from Wild Cherry (1990)
Ohio Players	Fire
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ohio Players (2000)
Kool & the Gang	Hollywood Swinging
from The Very Best of Kool & the Gang (1999)
Parliament	Flash Light
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Parliament (2000)
Rick James	Super Freak
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James (2000)
James Brown & The J.B.'s	Super Bad
from JB40 (40th Anniversary Collection) (1996)
Sly & the Family Stone	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
from Anthology (1989)
Stevie Wonder	Superstition
from Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection (2002)
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	Express Yourself
from Rhino Hi-Five: Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - EP (2005)
Slave	Slide
from From the Archives (2008)
The Brothers Johnson	Get the Funk out Ma Face
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Brothers Johnson (2000)
Brick	Dazz
from The Best of Brick (1995)
Stevie Wonder	Higher Ground
from Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (2000)
Lakeside	Fantastic Voyage
from Lakeside: Greatest Hits (1984)
Average White Band	Pick Up the Pieces
from Rhino Hi-Five: Average White Band - EP (2005)
Rose Royce	Car Wash
from Pure Funk (1998)
Dazz Band	Let It Whip
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dazz Band (2001)
The Isley Brothers	That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2
from The Essential Isley Brothers (2004)
Cameo	Word Up
from Funk Essentials - The 12" Collection and More: Cameo (1999)
Carl Carlton	She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
from Funk Essentials: Funk Funk - The Best of Funk Essentials, Vol. 2 (1994)
The Isley Brothers	It's Your Thing
from The Essential Isley Brothers (2004)
Sly & the Family Stone	If You Want Me to Stay
from Anthology (1989)
Earth, Wind & Fire	Serpentine Fire
from All 'n' All (1997)
Kool & the Gang	Jungle Boogie
from The Very Best of Kool & the Gang (1999)
The O'Jays	For the Love of Money
from Ship Ahoy (2003)
Curtis Mayfield	Freddie's Dead (Theme from 'Superfly')
from Superfly (2004)
Average White Band	Cut the Cake
from Rhino Hi-Five: Average White Band - EP (2005)
The Commodores	Machine Gun
from The Commodores: Anthology (2001)
Rick James	Give It to Me Baby
from The Ultimate Collection (1997)
Parliament	P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
from The Best of Parliament - Give Up the Funk (1995)
Billy Preston	Outa-Space
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Billy Preston (2002)
The Gap Band	Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
from Gap Band: Ultimate Collection (2001)
Ohio Players	Skin Tight
from Funk On Fire - The Mercury Anthology (2002)
Earth, Wind & Fire	Let's Groove
from The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2002)
Rick James	You and I
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rick James (2000)
The J.B.'s & Fred Wesley	Doing It to Death, Pt. 1
from Pass the Peas: The Best of the J.B.'s (2000)
Con Funk Shun	Ffun
from Con Funk Shun: Greatest Hits (1997)
Chaka Khan	Ain't Nobody
from Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 (2007)
Curtis Mayfield	Pusherman
from Superfly (2004)
Peoples & Yarbrough	Don't Stop the Music
from Pure Funk (1998)
Teena Marie	Square Biz
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Teena Marie (2001)
Tower of Power	What Is Hip?
from The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years (2005)
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:

Like soul, funk is something you either have or you don't. But [i]unlike[/i] soul, you don't wanna — no, you don't [i]dare[/i] — let your funk loose in polite company. If soul can be found in a Baptist choir loft, then funk lurks in the juke joint around the corner, down at the dark end of the street. Greasy, sweaty, nasty, and flat-out [i]stanky[/i], funk isn't the musical equivalent of lipstick on your collar — it's lipstick on your [i]trousers[/i]. With a bucketful of bass, rump-shaking rhythm, and a [i]yow![/i] ripped straight from the gut, funk carves a groove that proves that black isn't just beautiful, it's [i]baaaad[/i]. Swaggering and strutting, it gets us up on the good foot and blasts open the hatch to the mothership's cosmic party: Like George Clinton told us so many years ago, "Free your mind, and your a** will follow."

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