# Please help me flesh out my funk,soul,motown collection.

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**Created:** [November 20, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702 "2012-11-20T11:14:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![drmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@drmore](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/drmore)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/1 "2012-11-20T11:14:20Z")

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**Please help me flesh out my funk,soul,motown collection.**

Hi all,  
I got a new gig at the club I work in. Its a follow up to live music. A little out of my comfort zone (I’m used to gurning ravers) but fuck it im gona do it anyways.

I need some help finding classic hip hop, funk, soul, motown tracks that get people on their feet dancing.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/2 "2012-11-20T12:11:44Z")

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Go to youtube and find “Top 10 Samples in Hip-Hop History” by Funktual. He has a whole series, and every tune is fucking awesome.

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**Author:** ![photojojo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/photojojo/32/14618_2.png) [@photojojo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/photojojo)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/3 "2012-11-20T13:15:11Z")

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There’s tons of edits on soundcloud that make a lot of the old soul stuff a little more danceable.

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**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/4 "2012-11-20T13:28:09Z")

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itunes… no joke

do searches in itunes store for your chosen genres there.

plenty

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**Author:** ![photojojo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/photojojo/32/14618_2.png) [@photojojo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/photojojo)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/5 "2012-11-20T13:29:27Z")

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Yep, and the genius sidebar is pretty good in that area as far as recommendations go.

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**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/6 "2012-11-20T13:40:59Z")

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> [@photojojo](#):
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> Yep, and the genius sidebar is pretty good in that area as far as recommendations go.

Genius sidebar ftw!

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**Author:** ![Daw-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Daw-z](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Daw-z)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/7 "2012-11-20T17:01:03Z")

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> [@Patch](#):
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> Go to youtube and find “Top 10 Samples in Hip-Hop History” by Funktual. He has a whole series, and every tune is fucking awesome.

Loving this ^^^^^

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**Author:** ![Patch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/patch/32/118_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/8 "2012-11-20T17:19:13Z")

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👍

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**Author:** ![Percy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Percy](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Percy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/9 "2012-11-21T00:25:23Z")

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Listen to the Craig Chaarles funk & Soul show on BBC Radio 6. You an listen to the latest show anytime. He also puts his playlists up. Check out re mixes and edits by THE REFLEX on sound cloud. DJ friendly very classy remixes using only the original stems from the tracks. You can buy them in whatever format you want and even pay as much as you like (within reason).  
Example of his work.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vOrhNA6gPN4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

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**Author:** ![drmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@drmore](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/drmore)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/please-help-me-flesh-out-my-funk-soul-motown-collection/49702/10 "2012-11-21T12:06:02Z")

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Ok wow! Thanks for the responses. I’m overwhelmed in a good way.

I have been using [http://www.whosampled.com/](http://www.whosampled.com/) to cross reference tracks from Funktual vids. Coming up with some awesome tunes.
