The Kool & The Gang Appreciation Thread

[5 Grand]

In the Top 10 R&B groups thread I was the only one that voted for them.

I'm going to post a few joints that ya'll might recognize the sample
















Word is bond, I'm ready to spend the whole day arguing that Kool & The Gang is a top 3 R&B group along with Earth Wind & Fire and Parliament-Funkadelic. Their first album came out in 1969 and they had top 40 hits all the way into the mid 80s.

Also, I like The Last Poets, but I cant understand why people wouldn't list them in their top 10 list.


Having said that, Jalal Nurridin from the Last Poets collaborated with Kool & The Gang on the Hustler's Convention album. Track 1, Sport features Kool & The Gang playing the background music. Considering Hustler's Convention and the sheer number of songs by Kool & The Gang that have been sampled, it could be argued that Kool & The Gang are one of the pillars of Hip Hop, along with James Brown & the J.Bs.

 

[5 Grand]

@ 1:35 you'll hear the Picture Me Rollin sample

 

[Goldie]

I was super close to putting them in my top 10, but I gave the edge to the stylistics.

 

[5 Grand]

I was super close to putting them in my top 10, but I gave the edge to the stylistics.

It's not too late to change your vote. Kool & The Gang shits violent diarrhea all over The Stylistics. Kool & The Gang were around longer, have more hits and write and produce their own material.

 

[Goldie]

It's not too late to change your vote. Kool & The Gang shits violent diarrhea all over The Stylistics. Kool & The Gang were around longer, have more hits and write and produce their own material.

Nah, Kool's top 5 songs ain't fuckin with the stylistics top 5.














These shit's have been remade a million times

 

[5 Grand]

Tribe Called Quest sample @ 3:00



Joe Budden sample @0:01

 

[5 Grand]

Nah, Kool's top 5 songs ain't fuckin with the stylistics top 5.














These shit's have been remade a million times

Don't make a fool of yourself. The songs I posted in the O/P were written, produced by Kool & The Gang and they played all the instruments.

The Stylistics were a boy band that peaked for about 5 years.

 

[Goldie]

The writing and playing instruments part is an added bonus, but I mainly care about who's music is better and the stylistics made better music

 

[5 Grand]

I guess one way to determine who's better between The Stylistics vs Kool & The Gang is to list their top 10 80s hits

1. Celebration -#1 Pop/#1 R&B
2. Joanna - #2 Pop/#1 R&B
3. Big Fun #21 Pop/#6 R&B
4. Get Down On It #10 Pop/#4 R&B
5. Let's Go Dancing #30 Pop/ #7 R&B
6. Fresh #9 Pop/#1 R&B
7. Misled #10 Pop/#3 R&B
8. Cherish #2 Pop/ #1 R&B
9. Take My Heart #17 Pop/#1 R&B
10. Victory #10 Pop/#2 R&B

Joanna



Fresh


Cherish


Misled


Big Fun


Lets Go Dancing


Get Down On It


Take My Heart



Victory


If that doesn't work we can compare their 70s hits

 

[Goldie]

Make it a poll

 

[5 Grand]

Make it a poll

I made the poll, but as you and I both know, sometimes people vote wrong.


Here's the bottom line; Kool & The Gang have a Greatest hits album that covers their hits from 1969-1976. Then they have another Greatest hits album that covers their hits from 1979-1987. I doubt you could make a double CD of The Stylistics Greatest Hits.

 

[Goldie]

U make a great point. It's close, I'm not mad at either winning the poll. I heard stylistics in the house more so that's probably why i'm edging to them. But I can see why people say Kool is better.

 

[g-dog-ona-flytip]

Get down on it will be forever jam. Ever since I was a todddler

 

[5 Grand]

It Ain't Hard To Tell sample @ 3:12

 

[Mister]

My favorite K&TG song:

 

[NAWLEDGE_GOD]

As Good As That Falsetto Is I'm Going With Kool And The Gang

They IMO Are Better Musically And More Versatile

They Made Shit For The Sheets And The Streets