We are SO happy to finally see Kool and the Gang get their just due! It’s about time! 2014 marked 50 years that they’ve been in the music game and now they’ve finally been honored with the ‘Soul Train Legend Award.’ That title truly fits them and it was a beautiful thing seeing a visual on how much Kool and the Gang’s music has impacted the generations that came after them. Artists who remade, or sampled their hits, paid homage to them at last nights 2014 Soul Train Awards, as they should, because they too, sold millions of records from those Kool and the Gang hits. Geesh…Kool and the Gang’s music are like the gifts that keep on giving.

Highlights:
Dougie Fresh could probably step inside of a monastery and get all of the monks hype. This dude can rock a house like NO other! He and a bunch of other artists (too many to name them all) paid homage to Kool and the Gang. The one thing that stood out was that the ladies of back-in-the-day hip hop, definitely proved why today’s music scene needs them DESPERATELY- MC Lyte nailed her performance of “Summertime” and Missy Elliot, Da Brat, Total and Lil’ Kim, put these new schoolers to shame and did Kool and the Gang’s music justice with their performance of “Ladies Night,” as did all of the other performers, including the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. Check out the clips below.

Kool and the Gang tribute

Flip the page to see Jodeci’s and Stephanie Mills’ performances and to see Missy Elliot, Lil’ Kim, Da Brat, and others pay tribute to Kool and the Gang!