Funk: It\'s the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro\'d warriors on the dance floor.
Funk tells a vital, vibrant history-the history of a uniquely American Music born out of tradition and community, filled with energy, attitude, anger, hope, and an irrepressible spirit..
Dre), funk rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus), and more. and the Sunshine Band), funky pop (Kook & the Gang, Chaka Khan), P-Funk Hip Hop (Digital Underground, De La Soul), funk-sampling rap (Ice Cube, Dr.
The book spans from the early work of James Brown (the Godfather of Funk) through today, covering funky soul (Stevie Wonder, the Temptations), so-called black rock (Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, the Isely Brothers), jazz-funk (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock), monster funk (Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy\'s Rubber Band), naked funk (Rick James, Gap Band), disco-funk (Chic, K.
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Colorful, intelligent, and in-you-face, Rickey Vincent\'s Funk celebrates the songs, the musicians, the philosophy, and the meaning of funk.
Funk hasn\'t received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues have-until now.
Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties inside out with distinctive, danceable, downright irresistable music.
Funk: It\'s the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro\'d warriors on the dance floor
