100 ESSENTIAL FUNK SONGS #10- 1. (Conclusion).

Caffè Lattè presents the

 

100

ESSENTIAL

FUNK

SONGS

Caffè Lattè has compiled a list of the all-time most essential funk tracks. This list takes us back to the genre’s roots when James Brown laid out its foundations in the 1960s. Groove was key and the torch was then passed on to acts such as Sly & The Family Stone, George Clinton, Kool & The Gang, Earth, Wind & Fire, Commodores, Curtis Mayfield, Chic, Rick James and many others.

Hear the songs as the countdown continues on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58qSGiJW0VJiYGdydgUt43?si=f85634f2cc264889

 

 

10 GIVE UP THE FUNK (TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER)

Parliament

 

9 SUPERSTITION Stevie Wonder

8 GOT TO GIVE IT UP Marvin Gaye

7 SHINING STAR Earth, Wind & Fire 

6 PAPA WAS A ROLLIN’ STONE The Temptations

5 HIGHER GROUND Stevie Wonder

 

4 THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN)

Sly & the Family Stone

3 GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A) SEX MACHINE James Brown

2 THEME FROM SHAFT Isaac Hayes

1 PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG James Brown