Kool And The Gang Music Is The Message

    Mercury
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      • 1. Music Is The Message
      • 2. Electric Frog pt.1
      • 3. Electric Frog pt.2
      • 4. Soul Vibrations
      • 5. Love The Life You Live (pt.1)
      • 6. Love The Life You Live (pt.2)
      • 7. Stop, Look and Listen
      • 8. Blowin' With The Wind
      • 9. Funky Granny

      Classic funk album! Check the title track, 'Funky Granny' and 'Soul Vibrations' - as sampled by J Walk.

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