December 24, 2025Scott Goldfine

FUNKNSTUFF’s Top 25 Funk and More Albums of 2025

Following are FUNKNSTUFF’s picks for the top 25 funk and more albums of 2025, in alphabetical order by artist. Disagree or have something in mind missing from the list? Let us know!

Each album image is linked to samples and purchase. Happy New Year!

420 Funk – The Emperor Has No Clones
Bootsy – Album of the Year #1 Funkateer
The Bump Squad – Guilty as Funk!
Cymande – Renascence
DaFonk – Heaven Reloaded
De La Soul – Cabin in the Sky
Exiles of the Nation – 1983
Fishbone – Stockholm Syndrome
FunkDome – FunkDome
Eric Gales – A Tribute To LJK
Ice Cube – Man Up
Eric Krasno and the Heavyweights – Live From the Mint
Leo & the Goat – Shine
Lettuce – Cook

Tha Muthafunkaholix – Taste a Funk
Nova Twins – Parasites & Butterflies
PTFI – Project 2025 Is Upon You

Robb Harper – Transformation
Public Enemy – Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025
Vernon Reid – Hoodoo Telemetry
Tha Skunk Mob – Tales From The Skunk Hole
Slapbak – Funk Lives Matter
That New Funk Vol. 1 – Tony Camm
Thurtdelic – Psychedelic Therapy
Don Was – Groove in the Face of Adversity

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Scott Goldfine

As a fervid lifelong music & film enthusiast / student, I grew up in and around the Los Angeles entertainment industry. I have worked and held many positions in various media realms, since 1998 serving as Editor-in-Chief and now Associate Publisher for Security Sales & Integration, a trade publication serving the electronic security industry. I love several genres of music & film. The former includes funk (Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince, Ohio Players, etc.); blues (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales, etc.); rock (Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, etc.); hard rock (AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc.); jazz (Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Crusaders, etc.); R&B (Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Gil Scott-Heron, etc.); and more. I was a club disc jockey and ran a mobile DJ company (Musical Moods) for more than 15 years, which is where the name Dr. GX originates (Doctor Good Times). Fave film genres include horror (Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.); science fiction (Aliens, Terminator, 2001, etc.); action (Warriors, Road Warrior, Die Hard); westerns (Outlaw Josey Wales, Showdown at OK Corral; Wild Bunch, etc.); suspense (Jaws, Inception, Silence of the Lambs, etc.); drama (Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, etc.); and comedies (Life of Brian, Superbad, Ruthless People, etc.). I have attended many hundreds of concerts and movies (in theaters or screenings). I may as well also throw in a few favorite TV shows to give an even broader taste of my sensibilities. A handful would be Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Lost, Justified, Fargo, Seinfeld, Sopranos, South Park, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Key & Peele, Monty Python, Inside Amy Schumer, Louie, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Last Man on Earth, Bob Newhart Show, All in the Family and The Office. Fave authors are Stephen King, Clive Barker and Michael Crichton. I am also a big sports fan and lifelong supporter of the Dallas Cowboys (NFL), Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB). Also enjoy my family of course, electronics/computers/AV gear, and animals, nature and outdoor activities. Graduate of Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica College and California State University Northridge (Radio-TV-Film, Psychology minor). Also studied at UCLA for kinesiology/psychology and earned post-grad Certificate in Accounting from Santa Monica College. Present main occupation is as Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Security Sales & Integration (SSI), which I joined in 1998. I am responsible for overseeing all editorial content in print. online, electronic, in-person and any other media or products for the electronic security industry's leading business-to-business trade publication. SSI is part of Framingham, Mass.-based Emerald Expositions.