alot of acts back then were using the p Funk Sound and getting radio play period. thing was it wasn't a out of the Oridinary.
Michael Henderson "Wide Reciever had a P Funk vibe

Brothers Johnson get the funk outta my face

George Duke Reach for it Dookie stick

rick james bustin out had that vibe as well


bottom line that was the sound and happening thing in R&B Radio back in the day.


Gap Band were told to get that radio play you gotta have something along those lines, etc.. and it worked.

nobody tripped and you weren't over here so you wouldn't know.

however what Thicke and Pharell pulled was a going for the old and pulling the wool over.

Mariah Carey use to do this all the time.