Top 30 Most Iconic FUNK Bass Riffs

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98 1. Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen

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2. Kool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie

111 3. Marcus Miller - Detroit

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4. Chic - Good Times
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104 5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mellowship Slinky

103 7. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady

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101 8. Tower of Power - What is Hip?

9. Vulfpeck - 1 for 1, Dimaggio

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10. Do I Do - Stevie Wonder

11. Rick James - Superfreak

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12. James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing

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13. Commodores - Brick House

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14. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead

15. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

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16. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

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95 17. Charles Wright - Express Yourself

18. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

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19. Sly and the Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay

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20. Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing

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21. Brothers Johnson - Stomp!
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22. Flight of the Conchords - Business Time

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23. Parliament-Funkadelic - Tear the Roof Off the Sucker
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24. Graham Central Station - Pow!

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25. Anderson Paak - Come Down

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26. The Meters - Cissy Strut
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103 27. Earth, Wind and Fire - Shining Star

28. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster

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29. Rose Royce - Car Wash
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30. McFadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stopping Us Now

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