Jamiroquai's mission is a simple one: to write conscious, righteous songs that draw inspiration from the best of ‘70s soul and disco—particularly Earth, Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder. Jay Kay's elasticated scatting (not to mention his natty hat collection) led the band from superior acid jazz collective—all chicken-scratch guitar, congas and agile bass runs—to world-beating funk colossus with a fully functioning disco orchestra at their disposal, without so much as a dropped wah pedal along the way.