Friday Funk: Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin

The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin released Rock Steady in 1971, blending perfectly into the day’s funk movement. Since then the song has been sampled 115 times by and covered nine times by other legends like Outkast, Dr. Dre, EPMD, and Prince. The Queen of Soul rocked steady for decades, giving almost everyone along the way some extra hustle, courage, inspiration, deep emotion, or simply good vibes. So get your cool back for the weekend by honoring the Queen at her funkiest. What she’s left us will live forever. RIP.