The image, styles and sounds of the old school were exemplified by figures like Afrika Bambaataa, The Sugarhill Gang, Spoonie Gee, Slick Rick, Run-D. M. C., Treacherous Three, Funky Four Plus One, Kurtis Blow, Fab Five Freddy, Busy Bee Starski, Lovebug Starski, Doug E. Fresh, LL Cool J, The Fat Boys, The Cold Crush Brothers, Kool Kyle, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Ice-T.

*" Funky Cold Medina ", a 1989 song by Tone Loc

* Tone Loc's " Funky Cold Medina "

* " Funky Cold Medina "-Tone Lōc

Stubblefield's recordings with James Brown are considered to be some of the standard-bearers for funk drumming, including the singles " Cold Sweat ", " There Was A Time ", " I Got The Feelin '", " Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud ", " Ain't It Funky Now ", " Mother Popcorn ", and the album Sex Machine.

Nominees for the 32nd Grammy Awards included De La Soul for " Me Myself and I ", DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for " I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson ", Public Enemy for " Fight the Power ", Tone Lōc for " Funky Cold Medina ", and Young MC for " Bust a Move ".

He was born in Los Angeles, California, and is best known for his deep, gravelly voice and his million-selling hit singles, " Wild Thing " and " Funky Cold Medina ".

In this latter role, he sang the song " Always Read the Wrapper ", a parody of his own song " Funky Cold Medina ".

* The song " Funky Cold Medina " by Tone Lōc refers to Spuds MacKenzie ( as well as Stroh's beer mascot Alex the Dog ) as being attracted to Lōc's aphrodisiac-drinking dog.

Some of his better-known songs include " Respect Yourself ", " Betcha Can't Kiss Me ( Just One Time )", " Cheaper to Keep Her ", " Cadillac Assembly Line ", " Money Talks ", " Cold Women With Warm Hearts ", " Do the Funky Penguin, Pt.

Also LL Cool J (" Nitro "), Everlast (" Never Missin A Beat "), Tone Loc (" Funky Cold Medina "), MC Hammer & Deion Sanders (" Straight to My Feet ") and Snoop Dogg (" Who Am I ( What's My Name )?

Among his top ten R & B hits during this latter period included " Funky President ( People It's Bad )" and " Get Up Offa That Thing ", the latter song released in 1976 and aimed at musical rivals such as Barry White, The Ohio Players and K. C.

After " Get Up Offa That Thing ", thirteen of Brown's late 1970s recordings for Polydor, failed to reach the Top 10 of the R & B chart, with only " Body Heat " in 1976 and the disco-oriented " It's Too Funky in Here " in 1979 reaching the R & B Top 15 and the ballad " Kiss in ' 77 " reaching the Top 20.

Other popular breaks are from James Brown's " Funky Drummer " and " Give it Up or Turnit a Loose ", The Incredible Bongo Band's " Apache ", and Lyn Collins ' " Think ( About It )".

Though Wilson was present for the Dutch recordings, he yielded to his bibulous tendencies ( primarily hashish and hard cider ) and rarely participated, confining himself to work on " Funky Pretty " ( a collaboration with Mike Love and the band's manager, Jack Rieley ), a one-line sung intro to Al Jardine's " California Saga: California ", and " Mount Vernon and Fairway ( A Fairy Tale )", a children's narrative suite musically inspired by Randy Newman's Sail Away that was promptly rejected by the band ; eventually, Carl Wilson capitulated and ensured that the suite would be released as a bonus EP with the album.

" Funky Dollar Bill " ( off the same album ) describes multiple unFunky priorities, all revolving around materialism and consumerism, which have taken over all that is good and true in society ( including, on " Eulogy and Light ", religion ).

In 2007, his song, " A Funky Space Reincarnation ", was used in the Charlize Theron-starred ad for Dior J ' Adore perfume.

These include Funky Kong who makes his return from the original Donkey Kong Country, as well as Cranky Kong, situated in " Monkey Museum ", who is back due to " popular demand " to divulge secrets of the game world, provide comic relief as well as offering paid for advice.

Further successes with " Sing Baby Sing ", " Na Na is the Saddest Word ", " Funky Weekend " and " Can't Help Falling in Love " consolidated the group's European popularity.

* " Desire ", by En Vogue from Funky Divas

Although the singles " It's Good for the Soul ", " Funky Music ( Is a Part of Me )", and " The Second Time Around " were relatively successful, their two albums, the self-titled Luther ( 1976 ) and This Close to You ( 1977 ), didn't sell enough to make the charts.

Bigby cowrote " Funky is the Drummer ", recorded by Joe Walsh and Michael Stanley on the Friend and Legends album.

Slovak also used a talk box on songs such as " Green Heaven " and " Funky Crime ", in which the sounds of his amplified guitar would be played through a tube into his mouth and then back into a microphone, creating psychedelic voice-like effects.

*" Funky Street ", 1968, # 5 R & B, # 14 pop

*" Put Our Love Together ", B-side of " Funky Street " on Atco Records produced by Tom Dowd

* The Manchester based band Sonic Boom Six sampled " Funky Kingston ", for their song " Monkey See, Monkey Do ", on the 2005 Champion Edition of their album, Sounds to Consume.

Producer Kravitz used the intro found on Public Enemy's instrumental, " Security of the First World ", with out consent, which was in turn based on the end drum break of James Brown's Funky Drummer, and used it as the basis of the song.

He had a surprise UK Top 5 chart hit in August 1975 with the novelty record " Funky Moped ", written by Chris Rohmann and produced by Jeff Lynne.

Freakin ' Funky Fuzzballs is a DOS, top-down computer game written by Ian Currie and Robert Koller as part of Sir-Tech Software.

The first releases were ( and still are ) only available on 12 < nowiki ></ nowiki > vinyl: " It's Time To Get Funky " ( BLUE C14R ), later renamed to a mere " Time to Get Funky " ( BLUE C14RR ); and the 6-track debut album Technological, both written and produced by Meredith and Archer.

Guitar part for " Ain't it Funky " by James Brown

's Ultra ( Part Two )" followed by " Funky / Mentally Mad ," one of the most sought-after 12-inch singles of its career.

The genre featured in a parody hit song by Jasper Carrott called, " Funky Moped ".

With the Funky powers of the Bop Gun ( which are augmented by the Flash Light .... Shine the light on them suckas !!!

With the success of Hammer's 1994 album, The Funky Headhunter ( featuring Tha Dogg Pound ), Hammer signed with Death Row Records by 1995, along with Snoop Dogg and his close friend, Tupac.

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was an American hip-hop group led by Mark Wahlberg.

At the height of the group's success, they also had a video game released by Digital Pictures entitled Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video, but the game was not a success and has been considered one of the worst video games ever made.

That summer, Wood and Wahlberg co-wrote and produced the debut album from Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — headed by Mark Wahlberg, Donnie's brother and former New Kid.

* " Funky President " by James Brown

*" Trust Me " contains samples of " Funky President " by James Brown, " Synthetic Substitution by Melvin Bliss & " Big Beat " by Billy Squier

Benita was aided by two bumbling henchmen, the anthropomorphic speakers Woofer and Tweeter ( Joy Campbell and Van Snowden ), and her chauffeur and chief flunky, the German-accented Funky Rat ( Sharon Baird ).

With the success of Hammer's 1994 album, The Funky Headhunter ( featuring Tha Dogg Pound ), Hammer signed with Death Row Records by 1995, along with Snoop Dogg and his close friend, Tupac.

Geesin chose the opening section name, " Father's Shout " after Earl " Fatha " Hines, while other names such as " Breast Milky " and " Funky Dung " were inspired by the album cover artwork.

Her first solo album release in Europe on Musisoft ( Paris France ) All My Funky Friends, December 2000, sold thousands of units, and was hailed by Tower Records ( 2001 ) as the only authentic funk album to be released in over two decades.

Their single " Funky Sound ( Tear the Roof Off )" ( 1981 ) was a remake of the single " Give Up the Funk ( Tear the Roof off the Sucker )" ( 1976 ) by Parliament.

*" Funky Worm " by Ohio Players