Funky White Month - Digging The Jingling

For this installment of Funky White Month, we bring you Detroit's own Dennis Coffey. If you dig enough you'll find this guitarist on the back of many classic albums back in the day. Most notably he was one of the house musicians with Motown and the Funk Brothers, and I also think he worked the Black Belt Jones soundtrack. This particular dig has been used by many in the game, probably best when Marley Marl remixed one of LL's biggest hits. Check it!

Dennis Coffey - Scorpio

Proving This Dig To You

This etheral song is a sure mellow jam. These are songs that you automatically enjoy as soon as it starts, then you get a pleasant surprise somewhere between bites. Check it out!!

Main Ingredient - Let Me Prove My Love To You

Digging Your Booty

What can you say about Sly? The genius himself has been sampled thousands of times, and this funky jam has some familiar riffs that''ll make you smile once you take a listen. Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego!

Sly and the Family Stone - Loose Booty

Mack Digging

This was a jam from the classic movie "The Mack".  It was not on Willie Hutch's life-changing soundtrack, and was a song that that I couldn't seem to find anywhere. After some digital digging, we finally found Sisters Love out of Oakland and their early Eastbay funk sound that was used as a backdrop for the Playas Ball.

Sisters Love - Now Is The Time



Scene From "The Mack"

Digging for Some Sugar

This was dug from a great early 1970s show called SOUL!  I guess this was in the era of Jackson 5 copies, but these little fellas can actually perform!  These guys were out of Baltimore, and seemed to have a nice groove going here.  This is a great tune, plenty of soul, and has beautiful lyrics.  When was the last time you called your loved one your "Sugar Brown"?

Jimmy Briscoe and the Little Beavers - Sugar Brown

Digging This Lady

Ran across this gem while watching a Soul Train rerun from about 1975.  It definitely has some funk in it! I'm surprised that lots of producers haven't used this melody for a song yet. Oh yeah, this was also the first time I've ever seen the Soul Train Scramble Board not get solved!!

Check out Bloodstone's Jam "My Little Lady"

Digging in the 615

I recently ran across this dig and I think it's probably the most sampled harmonica riff ever. Nashville, Stand Up!!
Check it out!