Funk
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Discography
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253 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.79 Average3.79 4 4
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Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Parts I & II)1965 Single647 Ratings 11 Reviews 3.98 Average3.98 11 11
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672 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.85 Average3.85 8 8
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1 Ratings 2.50 Average2.50
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13 Ratings 3.50 Average3.50
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69 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.18 Average3.18 3 3
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15 Ratings 3.88 Average3.88
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1 Ratings 3.00 Average3.00
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3 Ratings 4.43 Average4.43
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1 Ratings 2.00 Average2.00
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1 Ratings 5.00 Average5.00
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20 Ratings 3.52 Average3.52
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52 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.30 Average3.30 1 1
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62 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.02 Average3.02 2 2
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Lists
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RYM Ultimate Box Set: Funk, Vol. 3 (1976-1983)
2009-03-29T00:22:45Z
goldwax317 3 lists 19 items -
Jazz from Ethiopia - [musicians and genres] 2024-03-26T17:07:23Zdunkirk 51 items
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from Funk to Funk Carioca: a lost trail of stench 2024-03-11T15:37:20ZPiegas 308 items
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Sly and the Family Stone Ranked 2024-03-07T07:26:08Zijustknow87 10 items
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James Brown Albums Ranked 2024-03-02T21:42:04ZDoibhin 11 items
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Uplifting Funky House Freestyle Disco Mixes 2024-03-01T11:19:48ZMechkalito 2 lists 9 items
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TOP 100 FUNK ALBUMS : Belkacem Meziane (2019) 2024-01-21T15:20:41Zbarbanet 100 items
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Great V/A Funk Compilations 2019-09-24T00:01:52Z
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Sonemic Selects: Zamrock 2023-09-29T14:54:03ZMarilynRoxie 24 items
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Good Shit OP: 20 Albums by the Ohio Players 2023-07-09T20:37:31Zmerton 21 items
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JAMES BROWN: SHO IS FUNKY DOWN HERE - Reviewed and Rated 2023-06-25T05:03:28ZTacianoreisborges 19 items
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Ohio Players: Best to Worst 2023-03-23T00:50:41ZHerbieguy 16 items
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Beastie Boys: RANKED 2022-06-05T00:51:43ZTheDman214 8 items
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James Brown and friends 2020-06-19T18:45:06Z
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Top 30 Funk Albums 2022-01-30T15:50:00ZCavenaghi33 30 items
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Hierarchy
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R&B
Umbrella of styles covering the most popular forms of Black American music from the late 1940s, when the term Rhythm & Blues first appeared; includes the developments of Soul and Funk in the '60s and '70s, and the Contemporary R&B of the 1980s onward.
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Funk
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Afro-Funk
Strongly mixed with traditional and more modern genres in sub-Saharan West Africa.
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Britfunk
Variety of Funk born out of late 1970s British nightclubs.
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Deep Funk
Focuses more on grooves and rhythm than songwriting.
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Go-Go
Dominated by drums and percussion (primarily congas) with heavily syncopated rhythms, bursts of horns, and call-and-response vocals.
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Jazz-Funk
Jazz highly influenced by Funk.
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Latin Funk
Funk combined with Hispanic American Music styles.
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P-Funk
Features a "fat", monotonic drum sound, spaced-out synthesizers, "squelchy" basslines, tight, syncopated horns, and sometimes heavy guitars.
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Porn Groove
Primarily found in the soundtracks to Pornographic films of the 1970s.
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Synth Funk
Emerged in the late 1970s; replaces horns traditionally used in melodic segments with synthesizers, while often incorporating drum machines to augment the futuristic sound.
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Minneapolis Sound
Emerged in late 1970s Minneapolis as a Synth Funk expansion characterized by glossy Contemporary R&B-influenced production techniques, angular New Wave-inspired rhythms, and a larger emphasis on electric guitar layers.
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