100 ESSENTIAL FUNK SONGS #40- 31. (Continuing tomorrow).

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

 

40 UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross

39 FANTASTIC VOYAGE Lakeside

38 WHEN DOVES CRY Prince

37 FREDDIE’S DEAD Curtis Mayfield

36 BALL OF CONFUSION

 (THAT’S WHAT THE WORLD IS TODAY) The Temptations

35 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER 

Sly & The Family Stone

34 CONTROVERSY Prince

33 IN MY HOUSE Mary Jane Girls

32 SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD 

James Brown

31 GIVE IT TO ME BABY Rick James