Look-Ka Py Py is the second studio album by the American funk group The Meters. The instrumental album was ranked number 218 on the Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, 220 on the 2012 revised list and 415 on the 2020 revised list.

Durand Jones & The Indications is an American contemporary R&B and soul group founded by the core songwriting trio of singer Durand Jones, singer/drummer Aaron Frazer, and guitarist Blake Rhein.

War Of The Gods - Billy Paul

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Arranged By – Andrew L .Smith
Producer – George Kerr, Marria Tynes

Artwork By [Album Cover By] – Martin Bough
Liner Notes – Staff, The (6)
Producer – George Kerr, Michael Watson (2)

US funk / soul singer, songwriter born in South Carolina but raised in Washington DC as Robert Moore.

NEOS钟爱复古音乐，试图在根源的黑人元素之上进行创新，平衡音乐性与流行性。这张专辑整体的音乐风格也弥漫着浓浓的复古风情，而不同的歌曲包裹着不同的年代感与复古元素在内。
NEOS即New.Earthlings.Original.Soul（新复古)。当谈到对于音乐创作的理念时，由于对根源音乐的喜爱，NEOS 乐队希望在做出根源音乐的同时不断地进行创新，将两者融合。
《Neo Retro》中的诸多灵感来源于电影，科幻电影与动画开启了NEOS对过去与未来的无尽畅想；以及星爷的经典影片大多聚焦在“小人物”身上，他们的生活态度好似“玩世不恭”，却从不缺乏对生活的想象力与积极的创造，这一点也与NEOS乐队的成员们很像，生活中他们嬉笑怒骂，“无厘头”的性格让他们随性地乐活生活。
当然，对待音乐，NEOS是认真的，乐队成员将他们对生活的无穷的想象融入音乐之中，试图将这种活力而随性的生活态度传递给每一个人。

London 4-piece PREP have released their debut EP 'Futures', out now via B3SCI Records.
Since their 2015 introduction, PREP have proven themselves among the top trailblazers in crafting modern soul with delicate pop sensibilities. Early tracks "Cheapest Flight" and "Sunburnt Through The Glass" turned heads with their distinct melodies and earnest vocal lines, solifying them as bona-fide 'ones to watch' in 2016. Recent singles “Futures” and “Who’s Got You Singing Again” brought the vibe to a more chilled out level while maintaining the lush instrumentation that floats effortlessly through a sonic sea of soulful pop.
At its core, Futures is a sheer testament to PREP’s slick songwriting prowess, textured instrumentation, and, quite simply, their ability to create undeniably soulful vibes, which Rolling Stone has coined, "butter-smooth yacht-pop."
The band has seen widespread critical love, has neared the top of the Hype Machine ‘Popular’ chart multiple times, and has racked up 1MM+ SoundCloud plays and 1MM+ Spotify streams.
Comprised of a hip-hop producer, a classical composer, a house DJ, and a singer songwriter with credits including Drake, Kwabs, Foxes, Raleigh Ritchie, and Klangkarussell, PREP fuse elements of R&B, funk, and jazz into a melting pot of blissfully-styled pop.
PREP have sharpened their remixing chops, cutting an official remix for the massive Snakehips / Tinashe / Chance The Rapper hit "All My Friends," and were graced with a stellar remix of their own track "Cheapest Flight" by UK duo AlunaGeorge.
Taking inspiration from artists like Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, and Bobby Caldwell, who used session musicians to build a rich ensemble sound, PREP have been honing their live show with an expanded 6-piece live band. Their debut show sold out within a week and they also supported Massive Attack and TV On The Radio at BST Hyde Park. The band also played a London EP release show this week @ Birthdays.
With widespread critical support and radio love from BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, KCRW, and Beats1, PREP is a top act to watch and, as The Line of Best Fit proclaims, is bringing listeners to "a much-needed funk-fueled trip to a sun-filled beach."

William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician, singer and songwriter.

Many of the artists who were part of Britain's soul scene of the late '80s/early '90s, including Soul II Soul, Lisa Stansfield, and Caron Wheeler, took a high-tech, neo-soul approach, combining '70s-influenced R&B and disco with elements of hip-hop. The equally impressive Brand New Heavies, however, used technology sparingly, stressed the use of real instruments, and were unapologetically retro and '70s-sounding through and through. Drawing on such influences as the Average White Band and Tower of Power, the Heavies triumph by sticking with the classic R&B approach they clearly love the most. The band has a jewel of a singer in N'Dea Davenport, who is characteristically expressive on "Dream Come True" and "Stay This Way." Real horns -- not synthesizers made to sound like horns -- enrich those gems as well as the sweaty vocal funk of "People Get Ready" and "Put the Funk Back in It" and the jazz-influenced instrumental "BNH." While this fine album enjoyed cult hit status, it was sadly ignored by American urban contemporary radio.

Skin Tight was a major turning point for the Ohio Players, who had enjoyed several hits on black radio (including "Pain," "Funky Worm," "Varee Is Love," and "I Wanna Hear From You") but hadn't been huge. Switching from Westbound to Mercury, the Dayton funksters became exactly that -- huge -- and went from enjoying a cult following to being one of the most celebrated funk bands of the 1970s. With Skin Tight, the band's erotic album covers went from employing bizarre S&M/bondage imagery to being more Playboy-ish, and its music became less abstract (but remained quite risk-taking and unpredictable). The title song and "Jive Turkey" are down and dirty funk classics, and the jazz-influenced "Heaven Must Be Like This" illustrates the fact that the Players could also be captivatingly romantic.