From the Jam Fans Forum 6 episode of the Where’d You Get Your Funk From? show, here are the 5 Most Underrated Funk Albums of All Time picks from host Scott “DR GX” Goldfine; musician-composer, writer, and Associate Professor for the Berklee College of Music, Monte Croft; soul & funk music historian and producer of the Soul School Television series Calvin Lincoln; and Skip Reeves, a.k.a. The Funktologist, and who is a musician and host of the radio show A Funk Above the Rest.
Each album image containing the selected song is linked to listen and purchase (shown in alpha order).
Girls (1982) – General Caine
We All Know Who We Are (1977) – Cameo
The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away (1982) – Bootsy
Don’t Let Go (1978) – George Duke
Earland’s Jam (1982) – Charles Earland
Graham Central Station (1974)
Dis Is Da Drum (1994) – Herbie Hancock
Instant Funk (1979) – Instant Funk
High Wire (1990) – Ernie Isley
Shockadelica (1986) – Jesse Johnson
Funk Plus the One (1980) – Mutiny
It’s Been a Long Time (1973) – The New Birth
Since Before Our Time (1979) – Osiris
The Politicians Featuring McKinley Jackson (1972)
Come (1994) – Prince
Too Sharp (1985) – Process and the Doo Rags
Rags to Rufus (1974) – Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
Pumpin’… (1984) – Fonzi Thornton
Together (1968) – The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
