We kick the week into action with New Orleans’ funkiest, The Meters, and then chill and dance to the grooves of Les Nubians, and close out with thirteen takes on "Killing Me Softly With His Song" featuring Roberta Flack, Jimmy Smith, Amii Stewart, Blue Mitchell, Omara Portuondo, The Fugees, Kermit Ruffins, Lauryn Hill, Studio Allstars, Roland Hanna, Inspiration, Luther Vandross, and Voices Unlimited.
While these songs might not sound as innovative as P-Funk or Earth, Wind & Fire, nor as pure as James Brown but The Meters have something none of the aforementioned had—even as I admit that the aforementioned were overall more important in the development of the music. You can listen to every record ever made and you will not find a calculus of funk like The Meters mastered. This is a higher authority of rhythm. Indeed, The Meters were so funky that they made a nationally renowned outfit like Booker T & The MGs sound like a Guy Lombardo pseudo, wanna-be-funky outfit.
—kalamu ya salaam