Ohio Players-Skin Tight. (my personal favorite, not taking anything from 'Fire' & 'Love Rollercoaster').
YouTube - Ohio Players- Skin Tight
Average White Band-Cut The Cake. (AWB showed that they could Funk with the best of them)
YouTube - Average White Band - Cut The Cake (live)
Brothers Johnson-Get The Funk Outta Ma Face. (one of the best on bass guitar)
YouTube - The Brothers Johnson Get Da Funk Out Ma' Face
Ohio Players-Sweet Sticky Thing. (the ohio players were very jazz orientated, sweet sticky thing is my #1 favorite, the ohio players style of music closely resembles the jazz style of steely dan).
YouTube - The Ohio Players Sweet Sticky Thing
The Isley Brothers=Livin' In The Life.
YouTube -
LIVIN' IN THE LIFE - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (1977)
(the history of the Isely's go way back to the early 60s minus, the Isley Brothers, & others, produced some of the best Soul & Funk music of the 70s).