• Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
  • Howlin’ Wolf - Moanin’ in the Moonlight (1958)
  • Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960)
  • Ray Charles - Ray Charles (1957)
  • Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1963)
  • Solomon Burke - If You Need Me (1963)
  • John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965)
  • The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965)
  • Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour (1965)
  • New York Art Quartet - New York Art Quartet (2008)
  • Nina Simone - Silk & Soul (1967)
  • Sam & Dave - Soul Men (1967)
  • Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music (Single) (1972)
  • Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
  • The Supremes - The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland (1967)
  • Etta James - Tell Mama (1968)
  • Albert Ayler - New Grass (1969)
  • Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay (1968)
  • Jimi, The, Experience Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968)
  • Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
  • Leon Thomas - Spirits Known and Unknown (1969)
  • Elaine Brown - No Time / Until We're Free (Single) (1973)
  • Joe McPhee - Nation Time (1970)
  • Ike & Tina Turner - Workin’ Together (1971)
  • Sun Ra - Nothing Is (1970)
  • Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago - Les Stances à Sophie (1970)
  • The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack (1970)
  • The Last Poets - The Last Poets (1970)
  • James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)
  • Demon Fuzz - Afreaka! (1970)
  • William S. Fischer - Circles (1970)
  • Van, Melvin Peebles - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (An Opera) (OST) (1971)
  • Sly & The Family Stone - There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
  • Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
  • Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
  • Isaac Hayes - Shaft (OST) (1971)
  • Canned Heat - Hooker ’n Heat (1971)
  • Gil Scott‐Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971)
  • Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
  • Ohio Players - Pain (1971)
  • Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (1972)
  • The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)
  • Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972)
  • Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days and Time (1972)
  • Miles Davis - On the Corner (1972)
  • War - The World Is a Ghetto (1972)
  • Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (OST) (1972)
  • Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972)
  • The O’Jays - Back Stabbers (1972)
  • Labi Siffre - The Singer and the Song (2006)
  • Mandrill - Mandrill Is (1972)
  • Joe Simon - Drowning in the Sea of Love (1972)
  • Larry Young - Lawrence of Newark (2001)
  • The Wailers - Catch a Fire (1973)
  • Lightnin’ Rod - Hustler's Convention (1973)
  • Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (1973)
  • Roy Ayers - Coffy (OST) (1973)
  • Betty Davis - Betty Davis (1973)
  • Herbie Hancock - Sextant (1973)
  • Terry Callier - What Color Is Love (1972)
  • The Spinners - Spinners (1973)
  • Cymande - Cymande (1972)
  • Jon Lucien - Rashida (1973)
  • Commodores - Machine Gun (1974)
  • Millie Jackson - Caught Up (1974)
  • Graham Central Station - Graham Central Station (1974)
  • The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
  • Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (1974)
  • Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (1974)
  • Smokey Robinson - A QuIet Storm (1975)
  • Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)
  • Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1975)
  • Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit / He Miss Road (1999)
  • Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Expansions (1975)
  • Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (1975)
  • Camille Yarbrough - The Iron Pot Cooker (1975)
  • Dollar Brand - Mannenberg 'Is Where It's Happening' (EP) (1974)
  • Leon Ware - Musical Massage (1976)
  • Lee “Scratch” Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)
  • Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon (1976)
  • Johnny “Guitar” Watson - A Real Mother for Ya (1977)
  • Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves (1977)
  • The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977)
  • Ornette Coleman - Body Meta (1978)
  • Chic - C'est Chic (1978)
  • The Cecil Taylor Unit - One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (2004)
  • Ijahman Levi - Haile I Hymn (chapter one) (1978)
  • Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory (1979)
  • Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)
  • Basement 5 - 1965-1980 (1980)
  • Bad Brains - Bad Brains (1982)
  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (1982)
  • ESG - Come Away With ESG (1983)
  • Prince - Sign “☮” the Times (1987)
  • Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
  • Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
  • Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
  • Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (Instrumentals) (1999)
  • Milford Graves - Stories
  • Saul Williams - Amethyst Rock Star (2001)
  • Me'Shell NdegéOcello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (2002)
  • Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia (2002)
  • Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
  • Carl Hancock Rux - Apothecary Rx (2004)
  • Billy Bang - Vietnam: Reflections (2005)
  • Big Bill Broonzy - Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs (1962)
  • Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin' With Fats Domino (1956) [Compilation]
  • Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957)
  • Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957)
  • Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1958) [Compilation]
  • Big Maybelle - Big Maybelle Sings (1958)
  • T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues (1959)
  • Sonny Boy Williamson - Down and Out Blues (1959) [Compilation]
  • Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)
  • Randy Weston - Uhuru Afrika (1961)
  • Abbey Lincoln - Straight Ahead (1961)
  • Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' (1961)
  • Bobby Bland - Two Steps From the Blues (1961) [Compilation]
  • The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (1961)
  • Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach - Money Jungle (1963)
  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions (1962)
  • Various Artists - The Great March on Washington (1963)
  • Cassius Clay - I Am the Greatest! (1963)
  • Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (1963)
  • Freda Payne - After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! (1963)
  • Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters - Cry Baby (1963)
  • Joseph Spence - Happy All the Time (1964)
  • Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (1964)
  • Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care (1964)
  • Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch (1964)
  • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Free for All (1965)
  • Sunny Murray - Sonny's Time Now (1965)
  • Joe Tex - Hold What You've Got (1965)
  • Martha and The Vandellas - Watchout! (1966)
  • The Mar-Keys - The Great Memphis Sound (1966)
  • Don Covay - See-Saw (1966)
  • Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman (1966)
  • Carla Thomas - Carla (1966)
  • Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Run Down (1967)
  • Black Merda - Black Merda (1970)
  • The Frank Wright Quintet - Your Prayer (1967)
  • Various Artists - Ska Authentic, Volume 2 (1965)
  • James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (1967)
  • Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood (1967)
  • William Bell - The Soul of a Bell (1967)
  • Charles Tyler - Eastern Man Alone (1967)
  • The Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come (1967)
  • Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
  • Howard Tate - Get It While You Can (1967)
  • Eddie Gale - Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music (1969)
  • Byard Lancaster - It's Not Up to Us (1968)
  • Marzette Watts - Marzette and Company (1968)
  • Letta - Free Soul (1968)
  • Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (1968)
  • Maxine Brown - Out of Sight (1968)
  • Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love... (1968)
  • Dorothy Ashby - Afro-Harping (1968)
  • Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues (1968)
  • Jerry Butler - The Ice Man Cometh (1968)
  • Duke Pearson - The Phantom (1969)
  • Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (1969)
  • Clarence Reid - Dancin' With Nobody But You Babe (1969)
  • Lou Donaldson - Say It Loud! (1969)
  • Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm (1969)
  • Esther Marrow - Newport News, Virginia (1969)
  • Erma Franklin - Soul Sister (1968)
  • Kool and the Gang - Kool and the Gang (1970)
  • Marva Whitney - It's My Thing (1969)
  • Marlena Shaw - The Spice of Life (1969)
  • Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
  • Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites (1969)
  • Bettye Swann - Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me (1969)
  • Eugene McDaniels - Outlaw (1970)
  • Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself (1970)
  • Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy - Wayne McGhie & The Sounds of Joy (1970)
  • Jackie Mittoo - Macka Fat (1970)
  • Woody Shaw - Blackstone Legacy (1971)
  • Reuben Wilson - A Groovy Situation (1971)
  • Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black (1970)
  • Edwin Starr - War & Peace (1970)
  • Freddie Scott - I Shall Be Released (1970)
  • Esther Phillips - Burnin': Live at Freddie Jett's Pied Piper, L.A. (1970)
  • Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time (1970)
  • Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can (1970)
  • Little Milton - If Walls Could Talk (1970)
  • Mavis Staples - Only for the Lonely (1970)
  • Bobby Byrd - I Need Help (1970)
  • Grant Green - Alive! (1971)
  • Ben E. King - Rough Edges (1970)
  • Jackson 5 - ABC (1970)
  • Angela Davis - Soul and Soledad (1971)
  • Assagai - Assagai (1971)
  • Sonny Simmons - Burning Spirits (1971)
  • Clifford Thornton - The Panther and the Lash (1970)
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Blacknuss (1972)
  • Freddie Hubbard - Sing Me a Song of Songmy (1971)
  • Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend (1971)
  • David Newman - Captain Buckles (1971)
  • The Undisputed Truth - The Undisputed Truth (1971)
  • The Stylistics - The Stylistics (1971)
  • Billy Preston - I Wrote a Simple Song (1971)
  • The Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People (1971)
  • Harold Alexander - Are You Ready? (1972)
  • Taj Mahal - The Real Thing (1972)
  • Candi Staton - Candi Staton (1972)
  • Fontella Bass - Free (1972)
  • Lyn Collins - Think (About It) (1972)
  • Betty Wright - I Love the Way You Love (1972)
  • Funk, Inc. - Chicken Lickin' (1972)
  • Horace Andy - Skylarking (1972)
  • Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss You (1972)
  • Jimmy Smith - Root Down: Jimmy Smith Live! (1972)
  • The Politicians - The Politicians featuring McKinley Jackson (1972)
  • General Johnson - Generally Speaking (1972)
  • Bohannon - Stop and Go (1973)
  • Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa (1972)
  • Syreeta - Syreeta (1972)
  • Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (1972)
  • Noah Howard - The Black Ark (1973)
  • Dewey Redman - The Ear of the Behearer (1973)
  • Maulawi - Maulawi (1974)
  • Milton Nascimento - Milagre dos peixes (1973)
  • Black Nasty - Talking to the People (1973)
  • The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 (1973)
  • Willie Hutch - The Mack (1973)
  • Doug Carn - Revelation (1973)
  • Ocho - Ocho II (1973)
  • Joe Henderson - The Elements (1974)
  • Love Unlimited - Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited (1973)
  • The Three Degrees - The Three Degrees (1973)
  • O.V. Wright - Memphis Unlimited (1973)
  • Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain (1974)
  • Gladys Knight & The Pips - Imagination (1973)
  • MFSB - Love Is the Message (1973)
  • Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon (1972)
  • Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973)
  • Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston (1975) [Compilation]
  • Bernard Purdie - Lialeh (1974)
  • Weldon Irvine - Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) (1974)
  • David Ruffin - Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay (1974)
  • Grachan Moncur III - Echoes of Prayer (1975)
  • Jeanne Lee - Conspiracy (1974)
  • Hannibal Marvin Peterson / The Sunrise Orchestra - Children of the Fire (1974)
  • Les McCann - Layers (1974)
  • Wayne Shorter - Moto Grosso Feio (1974)
  • Ken Boothe - Everything I Own (1974)
  • Grover Washington, Jr. - Mister Magic (1975)
  • Pierre Akendengué - Nandipo (1974)
  • Shirley Brown - Woman to Woman (1974)
  • Professor Longhair - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo (1974)
  • B.T. Express - Do It 'Til You're Satisfied (1974)
  • The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe - A Spirit Speaks (1974)
  • Rudy Ray Moore - The Cock Pit (1977)
  • The Wild Magnolias - They Call Us Wild (1975)
  • Nikki Giovanni - The Way I Feel (1975)
  • Cannonball Adderley - Phenix (1975)
  • Brass Construction - Brass Construction (1975)
  • Hugh Masekela - The Boy's Doin' It (1975)
  • U-Roy - Dread in a Babylon (1975)
  • King Tubby Meets The Upsetter - King Tubby Meets the Upsetter at the Grass Roots of Dub (1975)
  • Keith Hudson - Flesh of My Skin: Blood of My Blood (1975)
  • Chocolate Milk - Action Speaks Louder Than Words (1975)
  • Steve Reid - Nova (1976)
  • Phil Ranelin - Vibes From the Tribe (1976)
  • Travis Biggs - Challenge (1976)
  • The Brothers Johnson - Look Out for #1 (1976)
  • Dillinger - CB 200 (1976)
  • The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time (1976)
  • Peter Tosh - Legalize It (1976)
  • Joe Lee Wilson - Without a Song (1978)
  • Maze featuring Frankie Beverly - Maze (1977)
  • James Mason - Rhythm of Life (1977)
  • Bobby Lyle - The Genie (1977)
  • Moussa Doumbia - Moussa Doumbia (1977)
  • Bootsy's Rubber Band - Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! (1977)
  • Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1977)
  • Sugar Minott - Live Loving (1977)
  • Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns - A Blow for Me, a Toot to You (1977)
  • Arthur Doyle Plus 4 - Alabama Feeling (1978)
  • Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile (1977)
  • Gregory Isaacs - Mr. Isaacs (1978)
  • The Cimarons - Maka (1978)
  • Big Youth - Dread Locks Dread (1978)
  • James Blood - Tales of Captain Black (1979)
  • Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (1980)
  • Zapp - Zapp (1980)
  • Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society - Eye on You (1980)
  • Defunkt - Defunkt (1980)
  • Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
  • Roger - The Many Facets of Roger (1981)
  • The Neville Brothers - Fiyo on the Bayou (1981)
  • Orchestra Baobab - Sibou Odia (1981)
  • George Clinton - Computer Games (1982)
  • King Sunny Adé and His African Beats - Juju Music (1982)
  • Chaka Khan - I Feel for You (1984)
  • Newcleus - Jam on Revenge (1984)
  • Whodini - Escape (1984)
  • Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Renaissance Man (1984)
  • Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album (1986) [Compilation]
  • Steve Coleman and Five Elements - On the Edge of Tomorrow (1986)
  • Salif Keita - Soro (1987)
  • Charles Gayle Trio - Homeless (1989)
  • Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown (1988)
  • Stetsasonic - In Full Gear (1988)
  • Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
  • Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle (1988)
  • De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
  • N.W.A - Efil4zaggin (1991)
  • A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
  • The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury (1992)
  • Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
  • Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
  • Jayne Cortez - Taking the Blues Back Home (1996)
  • Nas - Illmatic (1994)
  • Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
  • Jalal - The Fruits of Rap (1997)
  • Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
  • William Parker & In Order to Survive - The Peach Orchard (1998)
  • Kool Keith - Black Elvis / Lost in Space (1999)
  • Roots Manuva - Brand New Second Hand (1999)
  • Glenn Spearman - Blues for Falasha (1999)
  • Quasimoto - The Unseen (2000)
  • D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
  • Common - Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
  • Omar - Best By Far (2000)
  • Bilal - 1st Born Second (2001)
  • Ursula Rucker - Supa Sista (2001)
  • The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
  • Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage (2002)
  • Russell Gunn - Ethnomusicology: Volume 3 (2003)
  • OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2003)
  • Fred Anderson - Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake: Back Together Again (2004)
  • Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Naturally (2005)
  • Ali Farka Touré - Savane (2006)
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