Music:
In no particular order... James Brown, The JB's, The JB Horns: Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis, John "Jabo" Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Earl Palmer, Bernard Purdie, Idris Muhammad, Bootsy Collins & Bootsy Rubber Band, James Jamerson, The Funk Brothers, Dyke & The Blazers, The Meters, Billy Garner, The Bar-Kays, Rufus Thomas, Johnny Otis, Qunicy Jones, George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Parliment, P-Funk, Funkadelic, Booker T. & The MG's, Tower of Power, David Axelrod, Funk Inc., Kool and The Gang, The Greyboy Allstars, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Soulive, Motherlode, Fully Loaded, Lettuce, Galactic, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, The Sugarman 3, The Breakestra, Connie Price & The Keystones, DJ Greyboy, Quantic & The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Poets Of Rhythm, New Mastersounds, Louis Armstrong, Hank Mobley, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, John Patton, Melvin Sparks, Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver, Eddie Harris, Sly & The Family Stone, Larry Graham, The Beatles, The Isley Brothers, Sam & Dave, Eddie Bo, The Beastie Boys, Money Mark, Messengers Incorporated, Jackie Harris & The Exciters, David Batiste, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, The Funk Brothers, Ohio Players, Majestics, The Fabulous Originals, Charles Leonard, The Commodores, War, Kool & the Gang, L.A. Carnival, Confunkshun, Slave, Cameo, Midnight Star, Salt, James Polk & The Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad, Earth, Wind & Fire, Betty Davis, Zapp, Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Rick James, Robert Lowe, Rusty Bryant, Leon Spencer, Ivan "Boogaloo" Joe Jones, Grover Washington Jr., Plas Johnson, Red Holloway, Earth, Wind & Fire, Cameo, Prince, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Feme Kuti, Sly & Robbie, Peter Tosh, The Wailers, George Benson, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Wes Montgomery, Thelonius Monk, Red Garland, Art Tatum, Les McCann, Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan, Blue Mitchell, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Maceo Parker, Daptone Records, Blue Note Records, The Soul Investigators, Soulfire Records,Reuben Wilson, Lou Donaldson, Desco Records, Lyn Collins, The Mohawks, The Bamboos, Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra, Ubiquity Records, Tru Thoughts, Ninja Tune, Mo Wax, Stones Throw, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, De La Soul, Common, The Roots...