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Cameo

620,150 plays (147,015 listeners)

An outlandish, in-your-face stage presence, a strange sense of humor, and a hard-driving funk sound that criss-crossed a few musical boundaries earned Cameo countless comparisons to Parliament/Funkadelic in their early days. However, Cameo eventually wore off accusations of being derivative by transcending their influences and outlasting almost every single one of them.

Teena Marie

355,197 plays (75,293 listeners)

Teena Marie (born Mary Christine Brockert on March 5, 1956) is an American Grammy Award-nominated singer–songwriter–producer.

Mary Jane Girls

145,381 plays (42,166 listeners)

The Mary Jane Girls (whose name underscored James' fondness for marijuana) soon became an actual group, and in the early 1980's, were signed to Motown Records (the R & B powerhouse for which James and his protege Teena Marie had been recording).

Ohio Players

680,515 plays (143,785 listeners)

The Ohio Players are a funk and R&B band whose heyday was in the mid- to late 1970s. They formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward (vocals/guitar), Marshall "Rock" Jones (bass), Clarence "Satch" Satchell (saxophone/guitar), Cornelius Johnson (drums), and Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks (trumpet/trombone).

Slave

104,007 plays (29,312 listeners)

There are two artists using the name "Slave": One, a funk band operating in the 1970s and 1980s; the other a hardcore punk band from doylestown, pa, formed sometime in 2007.

The Time

131,770 plays (24,209 listeners)

The Time is a funk and dance-pop ensemble formed in 1981. They are prominent proteges of Prince and arguably his most sucessful side project.

Prince

13,859,600 plays (815,598 listeners)

Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958), known from 1993 to 2000 as an unpronouncable symbol (or informally, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Tafkap, or simply The Artist), is a popular American musician. He had the most massive hit song of 1984 with "When Doves Cry" and is best known for his album and movie "Purple Rain".

Zapp

156,294 plays (36,901 listeners)

Zapp (also known as the Zapp Band) was a soul and funk band formed in 1978 by brothers Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Lester Troutman, and Terry Troutman, and also included Bobby Glover, Eddie Barber, Jannetta Boyce, Jerome Derrickson, Sherman Fleetwood, Gregory Jackson, and Michael Warren.