It's a thin line between Gospel, Soul, and, Funk

tracks like these make it clear how Funk morphed from Southern Soul.
That more modern style of Southern Soul like op talkin bout, 88 shyt. I hate when nikkas call this the Blues. It's a difference between the Blues and Southern Soul. The Blues is just a man and his guitar, no horns and extra shyt.
Saw a bad dark caramel chick grinding to this on a IG story couple weeks ago
We need to get back to our roots
And that nikka Mr. Jody

he been around a long time, that nikka is culture. Can't have a Southern Soul thread without him.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/taskandpurpose.com/brief-history-jody-original-mr-steal-girl/amp/
"The U.S. military’s use of term dates back to roughly 1939 when it was introduced to the U.S. Army by African-American soldiers during World War II. Originally, “Jody” was “Joe the Grinder,” and blues singers used to croon about him — a disreputable man who cuckolds prisoners and soldiers by stealing their wives and girlfriends. While he’s Joe simply because it’s a common name, the “Grinder” comes from the 19th century slang for sex. Jody literally grinds up on, and then, in your girl."