I'm not generally a big fan of P-Funk. I mean, I like the early Osmium era of Parliament, and their album Mothership Connection is pretty good as well, but I have to be in a particular mood to really feel it. The first three Funkadelic albums are amazing, but is that really P-Funk? It's more psychedelic, Hendrix-inspired soul-rock music and Funkadelic didn't really get down and funky until later on. Jazz-Funk pianist Don Blackman's self-titled 1982 solo album has some good groovers on it, most notably "Holding You, Loving You". The album Don Blackman doesn't always hit on all cylinders as a whole, but I can always get with that third track, "Holding You, Loving You" (later sampled by J Dilla on Slum Village's classic album Fantastic Vol. 2).
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