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Best Of (1969-1976) - (Funk Essentials Series) Public Affairs & Policy " - New York TimesAmazon. com The acid jazzers of the '90s could learn a thing or five from the pre "Ladies Night" Kool and the Gang. They were one of the tightest funk acts around, and this best of finds them leaping from highlight to highlight. While their lyrics are sometimes just (admittedly sage) chants like "Love the Life You Live," the Gang also earn A plusses for brashness ("Jungle Boogie," "Spirit of the Boogie"), tongue in cheek self aggrandizement