Afrobeat!

Fela Kuti is an icon, and this album is absolutely incredible. If you don't know who he is, just download it and check it out. Prepare to have your mind blown. If you do know who he is, but don't have this one, still download it and prepare to have your mind blown. Awesome top to bottom.

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=xbnlqzwli8

Not the funkiest thing around, but pretty cool stuff.

It is hard to describe. Sort of Beach Boys' Harmonies, with Wall of Sound, My Morning Jacket and some folksy/indie kind of stuff, too. White Winter Hymnal is a beautiful song!

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=nldxfzkocr

Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul

This album is a classic. One of the first soul records I really loved.

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=dcwlesqrkz