Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness (1974)

Smoothy Groovy

[@cure99wish]

Who’s listening to this in 2024?

[@gustavorockie8581]

I came from 90s rap samples😅🤣

[@corrynthiaiam9205]

Meeeer

[@herb369nichols]

I am! Been listening to it since it's release and will listen to it until I can't hear anymore.

[@sandrahammond5566]

Timeless, yup..

[@anaaliagacarvajal9296]

Excelente, muy buen tema...la gran musicalización totalmente lograda.

[@Karateka1973]

47 years later and this is still a badass track.

[@sadiebell1295]

You got that right!! Summer Maddness is a Timeless Masterpiece!!

[@charleswilliams8248]

Timeless masterpiece well spoken truth!

[@westham118]

Forty seven years holy shit. Still sounds as fresh as ever

[@zayraw2.0thousand98]

Fr fr

[@willemoranje]

its also used in Rocky 1

[@gianlucas3078]

How was this thought by a human mind? this is something from another planet.

[@mauroangelantoni6889]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@syvl1500]

divinity is the answer

[@piggylover4808]

And with Kool and the Gang's other top 40 hits, it just doesn't fit the genre. It truly is otherworldly.

[@thorthumb0031]

Blacks tend to be artistic. It's in their DNA.

[@danadesimone9322]

Thought that 50 years ago too..

[@troydickson3573]

Imagine dying and your spirit floating upwards with this tune

[@jenniferdixon7633]

There was a Detroit DJ that would play this song every night at midnight in the 80’s. It was so cool. This is COOL jazz.

[@davidsarotte9047]

Electrifiyin' Mojo ?

[@stevegarcia1796]

👍 I remember

[@michaelrimmer4200]

Alan Almond at the end of his show pillow Talk

[@eklektikTechno]

Yep was going to say maybe Mojo or the Wizard,… but I’m from Chicago 😬☺️

[@rontaylor5006]

@@davidsarotte9047 Damn i miss mojo... If you feel your at the end the rope ... Tie a knot and keep handing cuz ain't no body bad like me 😂🤘

[@alirezamodares3463]

They were so much ahead of their time with that song back then in 1974

[@davidking4879]

Timeless masterpiece. Bliss.

[@alirezamodares3463]

@@davidking4879 true dat

[@ericross2347]

Exactly.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ericross2347]

@@alirezamodares3463 , exactly.❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@moeanthony9308]

You are so right. Dont make music like this anymore

[@ChosenWon]

This should have a 100,000,000 views.

[@melloLL4722]

Congratulations to Kool & The Gang! ♥ They've finally been inducted into The Hall Of Fame! It took 60 years!

[@jleawandajjohnson4511]

I hope it's the black band Kool and The Gang?.

[@melloLL4722]

@@jleawandajjohnson4511 Yes, it is.

[@angelvoice818]

Well-deserved honor! One of the best bands of the 70s and 80s.

[@erickthomas683]

This is without question one of the greatest songs ever produced. Period.

[@charleswilliams8248]

It is timeless masterpiece!

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

It’s very much like Roy Ayers from the same time… maybe w bigger ensemble
Powerful

[@christos7165]

the greatest to me

[@julyanelme666]

i concur.

[@akirasaad9748]

hello, I once heard that sound but there were women singing, it sounded like Britney spears or something, can you tell me what is this sound?

[@DCronk-qc6sn]

People worthy of being called, "artists." It's all here.

[@michelynndemir7121]

Yes that part I jus expressed earlier in comment..this goes down in history diffinitly

[@tonyallen6510]

Yes you are so right 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DCronk-qc6sn]

@@tonyallen6510 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jonathanturek5846]

Rightch u r

[@blessedyouth]

Well said

[@sydneymokoena8914]

It looks like the 70s and 80s were the best years musically, probably in life generally.

[@kimtoannhan7275]

Properly in the whole human's history!

[@Abdulrazak_genX]

Absolutely

[@user-en4uu1iq6i]

Yeah man born too late goddammit

[@xcaliber302]

Peaked in the 90s and went downhill

[@TheLongWind]

​@@xcaliber302 90's for lifestyle possibly peaked, but musically the 70's are a freakin EXPLOSION of excellent high quality tracks.

[@TonyVainosky]

Almost 50 years later and Target is now playing this in their stores in 2023. What a masterpiece 👏

[@nickalvizo]

Damn which Target are you going to cause the ones I go to don’t play this sadly

[@ToddWest]

Yes heard it the other day in there. Heard it in Ingles too!

[@nickalvizo]

Man y’all are lucky as hell I never hear this anywhere in public 😔

[@jameswinston8533]

48 years has passed since this masterpiece was released and it still sounds as good as the first time

[@mojavedesertsonorandesert9531]

Even better!!!😎💲

[@Sight2Behold]

Hell yeah, it was made when I was born #that1974sound 😎🎺🎷🎸🎹

[@captainkeyboard1007]

And I love every bit of it.

[@Jelus1]

Man I wish I had been born in the 80's and not gone thru this gen z bullshit... I can imagine a Friday night ( no cellphones ) drinking and smoking with bros and hearing this for the FIRST TIME in it's prime!!!!

[@bricio4688]

jamais vu!!!

[@ianwall3645]

summer 74
summer 22..
still sounds as amazing.

[@Shena2526]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🧚🏻‍♂️💚🙏🏼💫💫💫

[@jviarruel]

Absolutely

[@andrewilliams6866]

Shit Christmas’22 till infinity it’ll be cool

[@conradjones635]

..and winter '23

[@jelly5289]

❤️

[@kenvanderbilt7128]

Simply timeless, and 4:35 Sonically beautiful. First heard it in 1974 as a freshman in college. Now I'm an old man on social security and it still resonates with my soul like no other song.

[@AlexBelostozky]

It's truly remarkable how this music brings souls together from all around the world 🙌

[@timothyrichardson9836]

Mojo, Midnight Funk Association.

[@SeanSwann1]

Salute OG!

[@barrydavid5110]

Me2...never tire if hearing it.♡

[@manuels2266]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍

[@4338]

There are no words to express how this song touches both your soul and heart!!!

[@erikthechosenone]

Thats a fact!

[@dwayneflorence4482]

Ice cold 👊🏾

[@lorrainesmith5255]

None!!!!!!!!

[@williamtatum7736]

I TOTALLY AGREE!!

[@nobrainnogain1481]

Music is the Best medecine that existe.

[@MrMattandy3]

If your listening to this!! You’re a legend 1974-2024

[@draday7793]

Steve Harvey uses this track on his closing remarks 🔥!!!!

[@christinethourier33]

Je viens de l'ecouter c'est extraordinaire trop beau nous somme en 2024 mais c est du pur bonheur🎉❤🎉

[@E-LIB]

​​​​​​@@christinethourier33 Bonsoir. J'ai découvert ce titre en janvier 2020, et j'ai trouvé cette musique belle et inquiétante à la fois. Ne me demandez pas pourquoi, mais j'ai imaginé quelqu'un nous regardant de très haut et nous disant '' qu'avez-vous fait de ce monde ? ''. Ça paraît absurde et délirant, mais c'est ce que j'ai ressenti. Will Smith chante '' Summertime '' en public, et on entend en arrière-plan '' Summer Madness '' par Kool and The Gang. Un petit bijou musical. Bonne continuation. 👍🎶🥂

[@julierobinson8173]

Yep

[@wendelljohnson760]

Thanks 😂❤😊

[@det3135]

This scene is 46 years old

[@1kiakia11]

Det 313 crazzzzzy right?!

[@det3135]

GoddessKia7 As crazy as I am about you

[@countdracula7235]

I bought the album back then...and still have it ! I want this song played at my funeral....

[@damrs2yall438]

Yesss..... I’m 46 Oct 4 !

[@steelhere5519]

Same age as myself.

[@johnlennon4274]

RIP George Brown, amazing soul. Your contribution to Music will live on forever. ❤️👼

[@motherteresa7707]

This song never gets old.

[@Gerardnolan191]

Smiles, how are you doing Teresa?

[@dwayneflorence4482]

Never

[@motherteresa7707]

@@Gerardnolan191 Well, and you?

[@Gerardnolan191]

@@motherteresa7707 I'm doing perfectly fine, where are you from?

[@italobambino43]

This is something you would listen to on a long night drive, or on a lonely rainy night. It just eccos the past and celebrates the future.

[@dadasha]

Nah!

[@ABC-MightyJ]

​@@dadasha
👍⛈️🚙🌧️🚗⛈️👍

[@charleswilliams8248]

Well spoken truth!

[@williecolvin8006]

A Rainy 🌧 day with some weed ☘️

[@subs4794]

Sorry, this is not a song for a rainy night... It's a song for sunny summer day and then a warm summer night... 🌞⛱️🌄🌇🌉🌆🌌

[@brentonblack]

When that bass comes in at the beginning.

[@K_Allday]

Yes!!!

[@billneath3273]

RIP to Mr Robert Kool Bell

[@yeahii6576]

Orgasm

[@luisperalesgravitypull7391]

Brother on bass...Mr. Kool himself

[@oldschoolruler]

Super Slinky...

[@Polo22546]

Certified masterpiece!! The song is so eloquent that lyrics just wouldn’t do it justice.

[@praisemusic1016]

Everytime I hear this song, I can picture Philadelphia in the summer. I can see the sun rising. People sitting on their porches...sipping on lemonade. Kids playing in the streets...beautiful arrangement. ❤❤

[@JB-qd1zy]

This has been my "official summer kickoff" song for decades.
Your comments remind of Will Smith putting lyrics to this in "Summer Time."

[@sgitell]

Double Dutch

[@roscianyt]

Used in the first Rocky movie, too.

[@angelvoice818]

Yep. Good ole days fr! No worries, just chillin and enjoying the sunshine.

[@alh4213]

One of the best instrumentals ever

[@nevillegrimshaw7758]

I couldn’t agree more!👍

[@standaman1963]

FACTS!

[@standaman1963]

This never gets old.

[@moleculesplitter8774]

They were time traveling with this one. A legendary classic.

[@Blackgoldart1]

💯% 👍🏾!

[@donaldriley8401]

I was 14 years old when I first heard this piece. On the streets of Baltimore . Wow ! Watching all the players back in the day. I come from a large family. I think of Mom & Dad my siblings 5 4boys & one girl in the middle. It was about 50 of us who lived in one 5 block radius and everybody knew our family. Filled with nothing but love. And when listen to Summer madness with my eyes closed I can almost reach out and touch that time , place and feeling again. The girls I had crushes on but just admired them from a far. The style I had made me one of the coolest young cats above the rest . Thank you Kool And The Gang for Summer Madness.

[@cddjny]

Thank you for sharing that beautiful memory 👍

[@wrongthink3885]

The power of music

[@jesswise2354]

The memories the music makes

[@kathyjohson1273]

I feel you on that!!!

[@TheLeatheryman]

Thanks for sharing

[@sabiral-mansur3038]

…..summer of 74….going on midnight….. house party packed full of teenagers…. black light on…. windows sweating…. funk is in the air…. the Summer Madness Bass intro fades in…..priceless memories …. Class of 75

[@jeshun7071]

From the 1974, the era when Kool & The Gang were Kool, a smooth hypnoitic eerie led melodies along synthesizer lines, what a blindingly brilliant spacey moogy instrumental, completely infectious, this track just oozes class all the way through

[@christopherwhite4814]

Well said bro.

[@blujay9191]

Infectious indeed. The guitar and fender rhodes get me. Languid, dreamy and smoky.

[@cheeseonmanob8749]

Who asked

[@knaziringram4589]

Boom 💥 Sun!

[@moriyokiri3229]

I can't believe I just discovered this song. I can't get enough!

[@danarnett9660]

One of the most hauntingly-beautiful, relaxing vibe songs ever. Timeless, effortless, and soul-penetrating.

[@MrNathan791]

I agree. This song’s soooooo relaxing.

[@tianahaley9913]

Agree💯 Me And My Husband Favorite Riding Song💝😊

[@paulgentile1024]

I like that smooth jazz vibe to it

[@southerncalifornia970]

@@tianahaley9913
summertime
sunday night
riding music
no destination
silence
no talking

[@thaddeathomas3999]

Absolutely one of the best songs EVER. If you don't feel this song in your heart, something is wrong with you 💔 💯I was only 10 when the this came out. This song will be in my heart forever.

[@foreveralways6015]

I was 11 when this song came out. And I remember listening to it all the time.

[@wallyirallac9433]

VERY WELL SAID

[@chunkygroove9038]

The purest definition of smooth.

[@Tiberius291]

You can't beat the 60s - 90s, golden decades for just about everything, pure nostalgia. 🎗

[@user-tm9ho3bm4v]

Y2K really was the end of the world.

[@maxxavier70]

You are so nice . I would honestly stop music by late 80' but well let include 90"

[@DaveBoofhead1972]

OK, boomer.

[@Tiberius291]

@@DaveBoofhead1972 Okay youngster.

[@DaveBoofhead1972]

@@Tiberius291 I'm 50, and not sad enough to think that cultural life on earth has sucked for the past 20+ years.

[@DoctorVinylVibes]

Just one of the reasons Kool & The Gang has been sampled way over 1,000 times. They are timeless!

[@johnglenn2539]

They learned all they knew from Will Smith. Na, na, na, na, ne na-na

[@Akumaa2000]

@@johnglenn2539 No they didn’t, the song Summer Madness came out in 1974 and Will Smith was only 6yrs old.

[@oholm09]

​@Akumaa2000 it was jazzy jeff summertime in 91

[@baggofchips6770]

This that sun going down just dropped the fam off headed home smoking a blunt vibe , timeless classic

[@Jack2421992]

It's crazy this song is about to be 50 years sold and is still such a vibe

[@JB-qd1zy]

Straight Classics Vibe forever and a day.

[@gabetamez]

This song transcends time. The epitome of cool and style. A high fidelity masterpiece that helps me tap into that state of flow.

[@user-rb8dk3ql6g]

not song !!!!!! THE TRACK !!!!

[@beautyinthedark7406]

Well damn🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️

[@canalotable]

Yes❤I was thinking something similar...it's bending time 😍

[@crabbinmoose8583]

You spelled "Kool" wrong.
I'm just kidding.😅
Yes, it is so hypnotic!

[@timekaschannel]

This is the true essence of black soul. It will put you in a spiritual trance.

[@billhunt2732]

Soul
No need for color
Soul!

[@timekaschannel]

@@billhunt2732 Don’t try to correct me! Like I said “BLACK SOUL” as the group is black and they put their soul into this song! Where do you think soul music comes from!? Google it!

[@timekaschannel]

@@billhunt2732like I said, “BLACK SOUL!!!” When I say soul, it comes from black people and that’s no offense and you shouldn’t be offended.

[@aliciascales5441]

Ase...you took the words out of my mouth..Trance...And Black Soul...no other.😮

[@Steelers65]

Look at the artists.....SOUL...like peanut butter & jelly....

[@essiejames9492]

Such a smooth instrumental who's here listening in 2024❤❤❤🎉🎉

[@angelmoreno8141]

The Kool and the Gang´s best song..!!! Smooth and Awesome..!!

[@s.k.sandles7005]

RIP Ronald Bell....smoothest keyboard player created a sound way ahead of its time.....Robert “Kool” Bell on bass guitar made it smoother.

[@alisterfolson]

KOOL is looking young af here

[@marshmallowandwormy6580]

So glad that I’m an old soul ☺️

[@redcloudshaman2509]

No doubt Queen, this music is amazing and it just doesn't get any better than this...

[@damiencrawford8420]

I agree with you so much I’m so old school myself also I feel so ignorant because I never know who sang this song until I started watching UA-cam and I go to the jazz festivals every year and I hear this song but nobody can do it like corner gang is this makes you feel good and I’m still jamming to this song as we speak in 2021 matter fact I’m listening to it right now and going to replay it 🎶❤️

[@xx-ys4lg]

So glad as well that i'm youth who is blessed with a heart and ears to appreciate these old masterpieces.

[@davxxz8795]

bruh you mean we?

[@jaysilver5219]

Couldn't said it better...Proud

[@narviawilliams2340]

💐THIS WAS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BACK IN THE DAY ON WBLS FM RADIO KOOL AND THE GANG🔆"SUMMER MADNESS"

[@JezuzIsLord]

One of the greatest song in the history of existence.

[@rickmitchell2173]

I first heard this masterpiece in '76 when I saw "Rocky", having no idea it was Kool and the Gang. Still holds up 49 years after it was released. Incredible.

[@jamesestelle7260]

Same. It led me to here after searching through the comment sections on Summertime by Will Smith lol.

[@tacotaco7159]

@@jamesestelle7260 ppppp

[@chunkygroove9038]

So correct. Just an amazing piece of music.

[@rakim6466]

😂😂😂😂 yeah it was playing really low in the background.

[@A-uc5ql]

😃Rocky is one of my favourite movies.I don't remember this tune on the movie at all..🙄

[@HannibalHector714]

R.I.P. (REST IN PARADISE)
Ronald "KHALIS BAYYAN" BELL
November 1, 1951 - September 9, 2020
✌🏾😎

[@tadpeeples5658]

I met Ron back in 2004. I got a chance to talk to him about the band and how they developed their music. Will never forget it.

[@jajonjohnson3865]

@@tadpeeples5658 would loved to have had that experience.

[@Thespeedrap]

He died last year WOW I didn't know that.

[@tadpeeples5658]

@@jajonjohnson3865 it was most definitely an amazing chance to meet and actually have time to talk to a living legend about their work.

[@MIKECNW]

Too young what caused it?

[@donaldriley8401]

This piece alone should be what puts kool And The Gang in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame .👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@graceandpeace4414]

That bass line tho....the epitome of cool.

[@MrIrrepressible]

I've said it before - I'll say it again. The 70s was a golden age for american music.

[@enriqueezpeleta7976]

👍The 60's, 70's & 80's were the best decades for music..

[@Thespeedrap]

@@enriqueezpeleta7976 Don't forget the 1990s as well sure things got rocky but after 2000 it just collapse.

[@adithalee8660]

@@enriqueezpeleta7976 100% agree. It started to go downhill in the 1990s.

[@adithalee8660]

@@enriqueezpeleta7976 60s-80s was the apex of the best music and the seeds for it's greatness were the 1920s-1950s. The decline of great music 1990s and so on.

[@doolybugz]

I noticed a change during the early 90's, music was saturated with sex, violence and a whole lotta dumbness...

[@cedilo2617]

The most impressive with those guys is the cool they have while playing, they know they are doing good job

[@wlattkouzd]

Its a playback, but this piece of music is amazing. I can't think of any more chill song that exists. Not even albatross by fletwood mac. And this song captures summer perfectly. At least for me. I imagine myself at beach caffe, drinking coffee and soaking hot summer rays, just relaxing after a hard shift and waiting to go for a swim in the sea.

[@damrs2yall438]

Cedi lo Just Chill

[@johnmilbourn8876]

@@wlattkouzd hi there

[@stellarocquie7957]

You mean, Kool. LOL

[@michelynndemir7121]

Mhmm perfect band name They named themselves. This jam sums that up

[@david_langhein]

absolutly timeless, the key of music....

[@ralfrainfurth6034]

For me one of the best songs ever heard. Timeless, touches heart and soul, beautiful melody

[@berylrosenberg704]

Classic, futuristic, chilled and excellent!

[@nathansaintus9927]

This is the most futuristic song I’ve ever heard. Classic 👌🏽❤️

[@wazup269]

Best old school jam ever, probably my 5,000 time playing it since 1974.

[@josephdavis3686]

Got you beat played it 5001 last night.

[@austindavid1862]

That’s it ?

[@PamelaD963]

Get on the live at PJs version .
Wow.

[@matteoesposito2992]

You are lucky to leave in the 70’s

[@Jacqueline-mq6my]

Never knew this was Kool and the Gang. It has been sampled so many times over..❤

[@Melissa_P_462]

Same! I just learned on Instagram! Questlove has a diagram of all the Kool and the Gang songs that have been sampled and what a great contribution to HipHop they are! 😎💥☮️

[@genettalacey2627]

Music that soothes the soul. Sweet memories .

[@K_Allday]

Will Smith knew what he was doing when he used this masterpiece for 'Summertime'. Brilliant.

[@d-dubb550]

Absolutely

[@markasflood8196]

Baby Boy & You Got Severed Brought Me Here!

[@rhuttrho88]

@@markasflood8196 Will sampled it in 90!

[@cassiethevirgo1023]

His vocals were smooth too

[@Thespeedrap]

@@markasflood8196 Don't forget the first Rocky movie.

[@mr_zsfez3278]

Sitting on my penthouse balcony, watching the sunset and this playing softly in the background. That’s where I wanna be… one day

[@walkerrashad948]

Stop dreaming, you can't get no penthouse unemployed sitting at home on welfare drinking a 40 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carlosgrijalba843]

Same bro 👌🤙

[@Draco100Round]

We gonna get there one day homie

[@PlatinumHustle]

Let’s hit a licc then

[@southerncalifornia970]

POWERFUL POST

[@nutrakjawa79]

It just doesn't get much better, pure genius.

[@alicespencer1590]

True brilliance last the test of time.❤

[@wallyirallac9433]

You have to be on a different level to compose something like this.

[@blancow1680]

Step 1: Wipe your car off of any debris
Step 2: Get into said vehicle
Step 3 : Put on your seat belt
Step 4: Lower all windows
Step 5: Grab your shades
Step 6: Light up your smoke 💨
Step 7: Turn on car Turn volume to max
Step 8: Select This track
Step 9: Pull off slow
Step 10: ENJOY THE SLOW RIDE AND VIBE OUT IS A MUST

[@lateralbeats]

Pretty much half the lyrics to summertime by DJ jazzy Jeff and fresh prince 👌✌️😎

[@Yeoman7]

WARNING: those high notes will blow your eardrums

[@rakim6466]

Has to be a classic long Cutlass/ caddy/Buick with curb finders, classic white walls and low in the back. When ur playing this song u have to turn the corner slow so ur oj looks extra long and take 2 yrs to turn.

[@rodrigocruz7417]

Real music real musicians.

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

Yesss 👏 👏 👏

[@MrNathan791]

Oh yeah. This the kind of music we was grooving to back in the 70’s as kids. Sooooo gooood to hear this classic again. Wow it’s actually been 40 yrs. since I’ve heard it.

[@donalddavis6963]

Real talented group of guys. No talent like this anymore. Everything computerized. What a shame.

[@vickiehodnett4360]

@@donalddavis6963 real instruments and creativity at work here. Fantastic music.

[@melindabanksisom8781]

Yesss! Right On✊🏾

[@johnvandehey7002]

The Live version of this masterpiece, 25 years or so later (on UA-cam), is very special.

[@user-bu4xd5op1e]

Mais alguém ouvindo essa preciosidade 09/07/2024

[@jdee8267]

Nostalgic and poignant, never gets old 46 years and still going strong.

[@josephwilliams4780]

This song is a timeless jazz classic.

[@juniorchavesopicassodeyahu988]

Essentially, Kool & The Gang were an jazz band classic

[@TanakaTsiadiana]

☆ ☆ Music is a celestial sound ☆ ☆
Kool and the Gang is one of the most iconic funk bands to have ever existed.

[@kennedymuitherero3762]

Kool and the Gang were excellent instrumentalists at a time when singing was the thing and such gems didn't quite get the appreciation they were truly worth.

[@Patriotic327]

In my opinion this is the best R&B/Jazz instrumental ever.

[@Thomas-qw9kx]

Timeless masterpiece. These men are cool as a cucumber in their own vibe and loving every minute of it. I remember as a kid, standing in front of that big ass TV on the floor with a pair of pliers changing channels and finding Soul Train.

[@Aycewilson333]

😂😂😂😂OMG YES

[@Deetroiter]

lol the knob missing so grabbing that pole sticking out that’s half round, half flat. I knew the struggle all too well 😂

[@mthlay15]

​@Deetroiter where did it gooo?

[@rubydavis5384]

I don't know if y'all were fooling around to finish a track, but y'all created a classic that's reaching a new generation.🎵🎶🎼🎼🎶🎵🎵🎶🎼

[@racebannon2332]

One of most soulful songs ever recorded.

[@MsRoss-xv3nx]

Wow, still sounds great after over 45yrs ago! Still hot in 2021!

[@johnsanders6695]

👍👍👍Timeless🙏

[@London.Bridgez]

Im 25, riding in my lincoln towncar afro out, bumping. Love this sound.
Edit: 26, riding in my '91 Mercedes 190E, crisp fade, bumping. Still loving this sound.

[@Ry77x]

I’m 43 Mexican-American in my olds delta 88. I have no Afro but it is out while bumping this sound.

[@London.Bridgez]

@@Ry77x Stay on your shit King 🌊

[@zafer7368]

Born in the wrong era man, 17 years old bumping to this on my pedal bike

[@mikehunt2576]

@@zafer7368 nah u livin right Brodie💪🏻

[@kouldnt]

i’m 14 bumping this

[@aliscat]

I cannot put into words how hearing this song makes me feel.

[@lanmyshel10]

The definition of a masterpiece

[@countdracula7235]

I want this to be played at my Funeral !

[@matthewfreeman8771]

Me too, that would be so lit.

[@blujay9191]

Dressed up in a suit like one of the band.

[@bigmike1973ful]

I was thinking the same thing

[@grantwells4491]

Me too

[@knaziringram4589]

Yep! And if it’s not played I’m not showing up!

[@tiburon60436]

Very well ahead of their time!.

[@zenmasterj9497]

I remember this song as a young child 9yrs old. I loved it. Helped me to relax.

[@deeconnerty3398]

This song is iconic never gets Old.❤

[@leehossain8339]

Haunting, cool, melancholic, reflective, emotional and soulful is the best way I can describe this track. Lucky to have this in our lives. The talented and amazing side of human beings

[@RashardCole]

Almost 50yrs old & still going strong 💪🏽!!! Now that's a classic 1Love 💙

[@angelaheighton8041]

50 years later, still a masterpiece, timeless!

[@valeriejwade_94]

This piece is still banging in 2023.

[@kalvinn9426]

even 2024

[@BGabriel-hs2dx]

this is the epitome of
Saturday night after a long night

[@silviupanait8861]

Timeless, can't believe it's almost 50 years old!

[@Grumpy922]

I am !!!! It takes me back to my childhood I did not understand the groove because I was only 11 years old in 1974 but now in 2024 I am like wow what did miss not understanding this grove I am 60 now and all I can do is wish I could go back to 1974!

[@floradozens6828]

Me too wow 😳😂👍

[@cookielady9653]

Relaxing to this 5/2/2024 on repeat... while laying in the tub with the water on a slow hot drip. Today makes year 5 since my Grandmother passed... my best friend. Yesterday, we celebrated her heavenly birthday. Full of all kinds of emotions right now. But GOD!!! 🫶🏼💓💗💞👋🏽🙏🏼🙌🏼
🍉

[@gulfgypsy]

RIP Ronald 'Khalis' Bell ---- This one song is for me the perfect musical expression of a summer sunset, cool drink in hand, good friends and the warmth of the day still lingering on your skin. Heaven surely has the most incredible band. Soar, Khalis, soar beyond this world and into perfect bliss.

[@jenniferdixon7633]

Man, it sure is. It always reminds me of summer.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

you have a way with words wow

[@AlbertPC]

I just closed my eyes and picturized what u said. Man what a feeling. I totally agree with you. This is the musical expression of the summer sunset.

[@michelynndemir7121]

That was perfectly worded. Makes me feel like a warm summer day even in the winter

[@BeautifulBeing3369]

Absolutely Beautiful 🙏🏽✨ Love & Light 💕

[@dexterbernard2701]

Fourty-sevens years...Timeless! They'll be playing this song until the lights go out. This is my sunsetting song.

[@refra1046]

THE LIGHTS WILL NEVER GO OUT..LETS CONTINUE PLAYING THIS SONG!!!

[@warrenbryant1485]

“Sunsettting”,exactly brotha!

[@FreddyDff]

Look at these humble young fellas keeping it kooool🫡 Amazing performance and much respect😎

[@Sweetpeach777]

I really admire this song so much because all I see is these grown men pour their soul into their instruments and it created this ❤

[@nunyabiz2016]

The thing that gets me about this one is that it's so simple musically but it is not at all elementary. It's deep and sophisticated.

[@thenameisomari]

Always gets me when musicians can nail that so well. That fine balance between it being simple and full of rich layers.

[@gordonlewis4280]

The arrangement sometimes less way more.

[@sleepyrivera]

One of the coolest instrumentals ever though

[@kodargrisss]

We had the best music back in the day, I'm glad I lived through it

[@antoniomanuelcapitao7516]

Sensacional essa música
Adoro Kool The Gang

[@jaysilver5219]

This is the best smooth groove instrumental ever made...perfection 47 Years after

[@chrisr7143]

One of the best laid back tunes, way before it’s time!

[@marcellaseabolt93]

Best song ever i could listen to it all the time love it so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thebutterflygarden1138]

📀 Classic! This was the kind of music young Black people were making back in the 70's. Sadly. Only One of the guys on that stage is still alive.

[@WallTrapMedia]

Like Killer Mike said on his last album we used to be scientists and engineers?