John White's 'Night people'

Excellent track

Keep the funk alive...

Most of them were hits in the mid 80’s. I am a huge music fan, and while I don’t play in clubs in the UK. I do my bit for house parties. Most of the tracks listed here have been covered (sampled) by today’s artists. Funk music of the 80s was the real deal. And still is…

This is my definitive guide to 80's funk.

Aurra - Make Up Your Mind, Send your love, You and me tonight
Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further
Donna Summer - Unconditional Love
Diana Ross - It's My House
Indeep - Last Night a DJ Saved my Life
Cameo-Freaky Dancin'
Brass Construction - Can You See The Light
Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love
Bar-kays - Night Cruzin'
George Benson - Love x Love
Latoya Jackson - Stay the night
One Way - Mr. Groove
Renee & Angela - I'll Be Good
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy
Alicia Bridges - Say, say...
Pointer Sisters - Automatic
Starpoint - 04 - See The Light
Gino Soccio - Try it out, Hold Tight
Positive Force - We Got The Funk
Central Line - Nature Boy
Gwen Guthrie - Outside In The Rain
Starpoint - Object of My Desire
Ray Parker Jr & Raydio - Still in the Groove
Dynasty - Love in the fast lane, Here I am, Do me right baby
Debarge - Rhythm Of The Night
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood, Genius Of Love
Quincy Jones - Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover, Controversy
Yarbrough and peoples - Guilty, Don't Waste Your Time
Ritchie Family - I'll do my best
Skyy - Here's to You, Let Love shine, Call me, Show me the way
Bernard Wright-Who do you love
Seidah Garrett - Do You Want It Right Now
Raw Silk - Do It To The Music
Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama, Swing that sexy thing
Jonathan Butler - Holding On
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stopping Us Now
BB & Q Band - On The Beat
Marcia Griffiths - Electric Slide
Gladys Kinght -Loving on next to nothing
Sister Sledge - BYOB
Manhattans - Crazy
New Edition - Cool it now
Pointer Sisters -Overnight Success
Cashmere -Can I
Timex Social Club - Rumors
The Boys - Dial My Heart
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
Kashif - I Just Gotta Have You
Howard Johnson - So Fine
Dazz Band - Let It Whip
Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy
Boney M.- Felicidad
Carrie Lucas-Show Me Where You're Coming From, Summer in the streets
After 7 - Heat Of The Moment
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
Gap Band - Early In The Morning, Party Train
Gerald Lavert - Casanova
Shalamar-Make That Move
Stephanie Mills - You're Puttin' A Rush On Me
Evelyn King - Get Loose
The Whispers - And the Beat Goes On, Tonight, In the Raw
Kool & The Gang - Hi De Hi, Hi De Ho, Stepping out, Fresh
The Time-Cool
Chaka Khan - Eye to Eye
The Deele - Body Talk
The S.O.S. Band - No One's Gonna Love You
Rick James- Dance Wit' Me, 69 times, hard to get
Nu Shooz- I Can't Wait, Should I say yes, should I say no
Midnight Star - Wet My Whistle, Feel So Good
Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home
Loose Ends - Magic Touch
Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown
Leon Haywood-Don't Push It, Don't Force It
Imagination - Just An Illusion
Cameo - Attack Me With Your Love, She's strange
Madona - La isla bonita
Keni Burke - Hang Tight
David Joseph - You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me)
Melba Moore - Mind Up Tonight, Keepin' My Lover Satisfied
Natalie Cole - Jump Start My Heart
Major Harris - All My Life
Phil Fearon & Galaxy - What Do I Do
Sharon redd - Never Give You Up
Lakeside - Your Wish is My Command, Keep on moving straight ahead
Lillo Thomas - Downtown
Steve Arrington - Feel So Real
LTD - Kickin' Back
Cheryl lynn - encore
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
Phyllis hyman - Under Your Spell
T-Connection - Girl Wtaching, Groombay Time
Bobby Nunn - She is just a groupie
Native - Love aint no holiday


And a few that I can't remember......Have them all in mp3, LP & some on CD..

I got the mail below from a friend.

Check out this young Nigerian entrepreneur; quite impressive indeed! Nigerians are really on the roll. Click on the link to Ejovi's website; from there, you can click on "20 young entrepreneurs" to see the full article. If for nothing else, you might want to vote for him just because he is one of ours! Go see for yourself....
 
Click on the link below, or cut and paste to your browser's window....


Ejovi's site: http://www.ejovi.net/2005/11/02/vote-for-me-on-businessweek/

To vote for him click http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/10/young_entrepreneur/source/22.htm

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So this is 'condescending'. No matter what you do, someone will complain.

This is a pointless topic, and it is in danger of turning into the very thing it was supposedly meant to curb. There is no need to defuse any allegation. You can always perceive tribalism from statements made by those who are of such mind. And no matter how hard one tries, it can’t be wished away. The Igbos should and are big enough to understand this and move on.

Once again I think that a topic like this is very patronising, even if the intentions are real.

Someone told me that Nairaland is a predominantly Yoruba forum and that we discriminate against the Igbos in particular.

Nothing new there, but frankly – who cares, we can give as well as we get, so no wahala. Most of us don’t wallow in any preconceived ‘victim or marginalised’ status. A lot of us have moved way ahead of such labels. And frankly, we chuckle at those that always desire to leap into subjects that have to do with us and not them.

Therefore I don’t think there is any need for this condescending act. No-one needs to apologise, just be you. If however you’re main goal was to find out where we all come from. I am Igbo….

Thanks for your prompt reply - Kaylala

Folks, I hope I am not raiding anyone’s discretion.

For those with an interest, and this is only for those in IT\telecoms - based in Nigeria. Can you please list your qualifications or work experience. I work for a company that MAY soon consider outsourcing to Nigeria. I use the word, MAY, because that is what it is at the moment. Most of our work goes to TATA consulting Services. And I don’t want to raise anyone’s hopes without cause.

In addition, I also freelance for a few smaller IT companies in Nigeria. One difficulty we (or some of the others I know) always come across is finding the right people with the right skills.

See this as a way to get yourself networked. You never know…You just never know…

Be easy on Seun, what he said isn’t unusual. A lot of our folks back home think the same too, sometimes understandably, at times not.

If you can read The Biafra Story - The Making of an Afican Legend, by Frederick Forsyth (Part One - The Road to Partition). The Awolowo, Akintola & Adegbenro saga (aka the wild, wild west) is reasonably documented.

Is history repeating itself?

After reading all the commentary on this subject, I must avow that there is still hope for Nigeria. It is absolutely pleasant to know that many Nigerians here have not chosen to stick up for a coward whose morals left town a long time ago.

If people in downtown Yenagoa, still see him as a star or a suitable scapegoat, regrettably most of us don’t. This very poor excuse for a man must be detested and kept at arms length. Quoting Babs Ajayi "Alamieyeseigha has taken his misbehaviour too far and he must be made to pay in full and face the full wrath of the law" http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/babsajayi/112105.html

I wish you folks all the best. The comments here are meant to support you and ensure that you keep your feet on solid ground….

Don’t get carried away and don’t compromise on quality.

Cool

Kids’ Doc in Jos - http://www.ecwaevangel.org/blog/

Dr. Mike Blyth is a pediatrician at Evangel Hospital in Jos, Nigeria

Thanks Seun for your very kind comments.

Here are a number of Nigeria (Nigeria-related) Blogs that I look at:

Black Looks - http://okrasoup.typepad.com/black_looks/
Obi From South London - http://obifromsouthlondon..com/
Adventures in minna - http://minnaadventure..com/
BoggyWoggy - http://boggywoggy..com/
Oro - http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/
Nigerian Times - http://nigeriantimes..com/
Chippla’s Weblog – Thoughts on Issues - http://chippla..com/
Confessions of the mind - http://www.confessionsofnneka..com/
Copia - http://copia.ogbuji.net/blog/
Dare Obasanjo - http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/
Eediva - http://www.eediva.net/
Exschoolnerd - http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=exschoolnerd
Etta Essien’s Blog - http://essiene..com/
Improve Nigeria - http://improvenigeria..com/
Philip Emeagwali’s Blog - http://www.emeagwali.ws/blogs/speeches/
ITREalms (Remmy Nweke’s Blog) - http://itrealms..com/
Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories - http://www.edwardpopoola.com/blog/
Caboose - http://www.caboose.org.uk/
Life's a beach - http://chig78..com/
Naija Jams - http://www.naijajams.com/
Nigerian InfoTech Update - http://infotechng..com/
080 Palava - http://palava080..com/
Memoirs - http://dqueenb..com/
Timbuktu Chronicles - http://www.timbuktuchronicles..com/

Lets start with Bollywood and work our way up....

Walk before you run - abi?

Trust

With every e-commerce venture comes an element of trust....

If you cant trust the seller then there is no business to transact....

Why is everybody a critic?
Because its what we are good at... Give us some credit...

If she hasn’t told you then maybe she doesn’t like you – At least not yet….

I guess you are not the only one gifted with such talent. It’s rather so easy to catch sight of a Nigerian or Nigerians anyplace. Drop by Oxford Street, or Knightsbridge and it’s so undemanding to spot the Nigerians. Maybe we just see ourselves in them…. Maybe it’s our noisy and unsophisticated deportment. Maybe its because we are so blessed that we so easily stand out. My talents shockingly fail me when it comes to explaining why.

AbaBoy

www.ababoy..com

url: http://www.ababoy..com

Some Nigerians that I know in the UK watch Nigerian movies (many don’t). One reason why they do so is to express amusement at the poor acting and production.

For my part, I don’t look out for faultlessness. I look out for something distinct. I never both watching movies filled with bogus American twang. I prefer the side-splitting movies, more especially those in Pidgin or Igbo. If I want to watch a good thriller, it surely wouldn’t come from Nigeria. We are not just there yet.

By and large, a good number of current Nigerian graduates – polytechnics or otherwise, leave one purely bewildered with their level of schooling. Nevertheless this decision (if true) shows a very high level of egotism and folly.

Looks outstanding. I am dead sure I have seen something similar somewhere before. Can’t really remember, but it never ceases to amaze me what one can do with a Flash (SWF) Decompiler….