The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) George Clinton is a mastermind of funk, an architect of psychedelic grooves, and an innovator whose ...
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That 2014 single from Bruno Mars went not “platinum” but “diamond” and remains the poster child for a renewed interest in the sound of funk that’s now half a decade strong. It’s no accident that the ...
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