Gill Scott Heron

2009 three CD collection. How do you like your Funk, y'all? Streetwise, southern fried or paaarty? You'll find them all here as this collection of original rare grooves brings you Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, Funkadelic, Bobby Womack, Mavis Staples and many other true funky legends. Sure to satisfy, this is funky perfection on plastic! Includes informative notes on all songs featured. 60 tracks.

Much of the power of the civil rights movement came with its speeches, but the movement lived just as actively through music. Whether it was blues, folk, gospel, jazz, or R&B, and whether the artist was part of the cause or simply feeling the same yearnings, the music of the civil rights movement provided focus, unity, strength, and power. Time Life's three-disc box set, Let Freedom Sing! Music of the Civil Rights Movement, not only appeared at an auspicious moment in civil rights history – early 2009, when the United States inaugurated its first black president – but it easily ranks as the most thorough look at the music that came to be identified with civil rights.

The former member of the Saian Supa Crew, Leeroy, unveils a new project-homage on the occasion of 20 years of the disappearance of Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat. The album, "Leeroy presents: Fela is the Future" pays tribute to the legend of the music of Nigeria bringing all its talent and its modern musician's paw on the rhythms of the songs composed by Fela Kuti alias Black President.