Luscious Jackson These native New Yorkers bring the funk and fabulousness of the city into their music, mixing hip-hop with girlie folk, alt-rock with urban soul. Their spiritual, sexy vibe is best expressed on 1994's Natural Ingredients, which pays tribute to the vinyl record and tells off an "Energy Sucker": "I'm a goddess/ Not your mother."
Morcheeba From albums like the sublime Big Calm to their very band name, Morcheeba are all about deep chillin'. The London group's soulful collage of jazz, lush pop, funk, and even country first gained attention with the ascent of trip-hop, but now Morcheeba are riding their own groove on Fragments of Freedom.
