Listen to —
A wide diversity of music from the late 70s to mid 80s.  It primarily centers around early 80s dance oriented R&B and soul with a smooth synth-heavy bass sound, often featured on labels like Prelude and West End.  However, it also includes compatible songs from the same era that could fall into the category of post punk, jazz funk, alternative, disco funk, no wave, reggae, and even gospel. 

Something like —
D Train, I Level, Wynd Chyme, Chaka Khan, Heatwave