Legacy of Black Merda
Artists and genres Black Merda directly influenced — one hop forward on the family tree of music.
Funkadelicartist
The Bar-KaysartistThe Bar-Kays is an American funk band formed in 1964. The band had dozens of charting singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" in 1967, "Son of Shaft" in 1972, and "Boogie Body Land" in 1980. The Bar-Kays also served as the backing band for a variety of singers, including Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding.
Eric Burdonartist
WarartistWar is an American funk/soul/rock band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1969.
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Hot Sauce Committee Part TwoartistHot Sauce Committee Part Two is the eighth and final studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on May 3, 2011, through Capitol Records. The project was originally planned to be released in two parts, with Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1 originally planned for release in 2009. The release was delayed after band member Adam "MCA" Yauch's cancer diagnosis. After a two-year delay, only one collection of tracks, Part Two, was released, and the plan for a two-part album was eventually abandoned after Yauch's death on May 4, 2012.