| My essential funk albums (just my opinion of course):
1. Prince...well, basically ANYTHING!
2. Bootsy AH THE NAME IS BOOTSY, BABY
3. Dag RIGHTEOUS (under-rated album!!)
4. Living Colour VIVID (mostly heavy rock/metal but when they funk it up...DAMN!)
5. James Brown STAR TIME
6. TM Stevens BOOM!
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers FREAKY STYLEY
8. Fishbone TRUTH AND SOUL
9. Level 42 WORLD MACHINE
10. Honourable mention: Lock-Up SOMETHING BITCHIN' THIS WAY COMES
(Hard-to-find album featuring Tom Morello before he was in RATM. He NEVER mentions this album but it's not that bad, really. A tad safe at times but still has some decent grooves.) "Bello just played more notes today than I did in 20 years!"
--Mike Panek (a co-worker of mine!) |