# What Is Hip? guitar solo > Willie Fulton's guitar solo on What Is Hip? by Tower of Power (1973) starts at about 2:50. From the album Tower of Power. A funk/soul classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Tower of Power, 1973, from *Tower of Power*. Solo by *Willie Fulton*. Known mainly for its horns and bass, but its chopping, precise rhythm guitar is a model of funk guitar. What Is Hip? by Tower of Power is #4 in our ranking of the best Tower of Power guitar solos. The solo is played by Willie Fulton and the song was released in 1973. ## In our lists - [The Best Tower of Power Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tower-of-power-guitar-solos/) — #4 - [Guitar Solos on Disco, Funk and R&B Hits](https://greatestsolos.com/list/guitar-solos-disco-rnb-hits/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on What Is Hip? Willie Fulton played the solo on Tower of Power's What Is Hip? (1973). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)