Xampled: The Average White Band

One of the few white groups to cross the color line and achieve success and credibility playing funk, with their tight, fiery sound also belying their Scottish heritage, evoking American R&B hotbeds like Detroit, Memphis, and Philadelphia instead. In 1974 The Average White Band topped the American pop charts with the Arif Mardin-produced instrumental "Pick Up the Pieces."

"Pick Up The Pieces"

Public Enemy: Night of the Living Baseheads

Chris Rock ft ODB: Me & ODB

Real Roxanne: Her Bad Self

Stezo: Talking Sense and Jimmy's Gettin' Funky

"Stop The Rain"

Leena Conquest: Boundaries

Gangstarr: Gotta Get Over

Detroits Most Wanted: Backstabber

"When Will You Be Mine"

Mark Ronson: She's Got Me

"Cut The Cake"

Beastie Boys: Dis Yourself in '89 (Just Do It)

"Person To Person"

P. Daddy: Friend

Public Enemy: Air Hoodlum

"Schoolboy Crush"

Janet Jackson: The New Agenda

De la Soul: Do as De La Does and Strictly Dan Stuckie

Diana King: Shy Guy

TLC: Ain't Too Proud To Beg

"Love Your Life"

A Tribe Called Quest: Check The Rhyme

Fatboy Slim: Love Life

Stereo MCs: Use It