Artist
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang appears once in our Funk list, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Funk
- Year
- 1973
- Highest placing
- No. 7 in Funk
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
Jungle Boogie
1973 · De-Lite
Ranked No. 7 in Funk
Horn stabs, a grunted vocal, and no other ideas whatsoever. Proof that funk at its most functional is not a lesser thing than funk at its most ambitious — it just has less to say between the hits.