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Featured in a special edition of TRUTH IN RHYTHM, Episode 348: Soul and R&B singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and educator Sheree Brown! For many music fans, she is best known for her two early 1980s albums, which included session superstars like longtime friend Patrice Rushen, Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, John Robinson, Paul Jackson Jr., Syreeta, Gerald Albright, and Steve Khan, among others. Her more than 100 compositions include Rushen’s classic, “Haven’t You Heard.”

Recently, she released her wonderful new album, Messages From the Soul . . . the Power of Music. Including contributions from her husband and children, the project concludes a trilogy of “Message” album and book series that began in 2013.

RECORDED DECEMBER 2025

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t's the FUNKNSTUFF 2025 Year in Review Holidays Special!

2025 was an eventful year, musically and otherwise, including the launch of this channel’s Jam Fans Forum, which joins the growing galaxy of FUNKNSTUFF shows. Nearly 40 episodes of Where’d You Get Your Funk From? premiered during 2025, along with 16 editions of On THE ONE . . . and Done!, eight Jam Fans Forums and a pair of new TRUTH IN RHYTHM shows.

Joining host Scott "DR GX" Goldfine to sum up 2025 and help ring in the New Year are three Jam Fan Forum musical friends: lifelong music devotee, host of the FJS (Funky, Jazzy and Smooth) with KD radio show, and legal expert Karl A. Doss!; music & culture journalist and liner notes master A. Scott Galloway; and music scholar, author and History of Funk radio show host Rickey Vincent.

This special episode reviews what took place the past year – personally for the panelists, musically and FUNKNSTUFF wise. That includes each expert panelist revealing their Top Albums of the Year (see lists below); unveiling the FUNKNSTUFF Channel’s Top 10 most viewed and commented on episodes, as well as the Top 10 all-time most viewed episodes, along with some other fascinating tidbits; Scott Galloway leading a segment honoring musical artists and figures we had to say goodbye to during the year; a look ahead to the next year in music; and a sneak peek at upcoming FUNKNSTUFF Channel show episodes. To close it out, the panelists all share their thoughts and wishes for 2026.

We hope you enjoy this special edition, and happy, healthy holidays to all!

Scott Goldfine's Top 25 Funk and More Albums of 2025 (alpha order by artist) 420 Funk - The Emperor Has No Clones Bootsy - Album of the Year #1 Funkateer The Bump Squad - Guilty as Funk! Cymande - Renascence DaFonk - Heaven Reloaded De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky Exiles of the Nation - 1983 Fishbone - Stockholm Syndrome FunkDome - FunkDome Eric Gales - A Tribute To LJK Ice Cube - Man Up Eric Krasno and the Heavyweights - Live From the Mint Leo & the Goat - Shine Lettuce - Cook Tha Muthafunkaholix - Taste a Funk Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies PTFI - Project 2025 Is Upon You Robb Harper - Transformation Public Enemy - Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025 Vernon Reid - Hoodoo Telemetry Skunk Mob - Tales From The Skunk Hole Slapbak - Funk Lives Matter That New Funk Vol. 1 - Tony Camm Thurtdelic - Psychedelic Therapy Don Was - Groove in the Face of Adversity

Karl A. Doss' Top 20 Albums of 2025 1. We Insist 2025! – Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell 2. Cabin in the Sky -De La Soul 3. 10 – Sault 4. Audience With the Queen – Galactic & Irma Thomas 5. Tales from the Skunk Hole – Tha Skunk Mob 6. Funk Lives Matter - Slapbak 7. Album of the Year #1 Funkateer – Bootsy Collins 8. Letters from the Atlantic – Butcher Brown 9. The Emperor Has No Clones – 420 Funk Mob 10. Cook – Lettuce 11. Around the World in a Day (Deluxe Edition) – Prince & the Revolution 12. Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists 13. Why Can’t We Be Friends (50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition) – War 14. Naomi’s Finest – Deborah Bond 15. Sad and Beautiful World – Mavis Staples 16. Secrets of the Sun – Roy Ayers 17. The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 – Sly & the Family Stone 18. That New Funk, Vol. 1 - ToNY CaMM 19. Sly Lives (aka The Burden of Black Genius) – Sly & the Family Stone 20. 1983 – Exiles of the Nation

Rickey Vincent's Top 10 Funk Albums of 2025 1. Bootsy Collins / Album of the Year - #1 Funkateer 2. 420 Funk Mob – The Emperor Has No Clones 3. Thurtdelic - Psychedelic Therapy 4. Slapbak - Funk Lives Matter 5. PTFI - Project 2025 Is Upon You 6. Tha Muthafunkaholix – Taste A Funk 7. Lettuce – Cook 8. Sault – 10 9. Nik West – Little Big Beat Studio Session Live 10. Robert Harper – Transformation

A. Scott Galloway's Top 5 Albums of 2025 1. WAR - Live in Japan 1974 2. Love Life - Nicki Richards 3. Vantablack - Lalah Hathaway 4. Archive Volume 4 (box set) - Joni Mitchell 5. Introducing The Pocket Queen (EP)

RECORDED DECEMBER 2025

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Featured in Jam Fans Forum Episode 8: This is the show where expert panelists provide their top picks in various funk music categories. This time around, we are taking on the purple majesty topic of the 5 Top Prince Funk Songs of All Time. Making this Jam Fans Forum extra noteworthy is it’s the first one standing alone, as previously it was presented as a special edition under the Where’d You Get Your Funk From? Umbrella. With that, there’s a new opening, closing and theme music, so let us know what you think!

Joining host Scott "DR GX" Goldfine are three esteemed Prince authorities who are all making their Jam Fans debuts: Chris Horton, a.k.a. Mr. Christopher, who for almost 20 years has run the Funkatopia website that was visited by Prince himself, and today includes a popular podcast with co-host Michael Bland, a radio station and music reviews; Duane Tudahl, an award-winning author who’s written two of the most thoroughly researched books documenting Prince’s prodigious 1980s studio sessions, as well as contributed to new deluxe reissue packages; Steve Grevious, a.k.a. Stevie G, co-host of Rickey Vincent’s The History of Funk radio show as well as other KPFA content.

While new to Jam Fans, Duane Tudahl was featured on the TRUTH IN RHYTHM show, and Mr. Christopher can be seen on an episode of Where’d You Get Your Funk From? Check out those in-depth interviews to learn more about them. Thanks to all of them for keeping the funk alive!

Support Tudahl's current documentary project for the Baltimore band Crack the Sky. Find out more here: http://kck.st/438U66a

Panelists' Picks Ground Rules: - Pick 5 top Prince/Symbol funk (not pop or rock, etc.) songs (no bootleg or Vault picks); no proteges - Panelists reveal their picks one at a time, explain why and allow others to react. - Picks are not shared ahead of time, so everyone experiences the reveals together. - Panelists compile alternates in case someone else names the same pick first. Thus, we will end up with 20 picks in total! - Picks may be shared in random or non-chronological order. - Picks may be based more on personal preference than historical context.

Go to https://funknstuff.net/jam-fans-forum-20-prince-funk-songs OR https://wp.me/p77e8T-3Jy to listen to and buy this episode’s 20 top Prince Funk songs.

Be sure to like, comment, share and subscribe – and let us know other categories you would like to see covered. Also, share your own choices for the 5 Top Prince Funk Songs of All Time.

RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2025

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