i mean, really. p-funk is a melange of the black musical continuum.

>take JB's rhythm section,
>then add hendrix's crazy lead guitars,
>doo wop vocal chops,
>jazz styled improvosation...
>
>
>then throw in some weird keyboards
>and a more than a dash of mysticism...

and gospel chords. i think all great black musicians had that chuch in the background, somewheres.

i ain't understand it when i was little but i can hear it plain as day.

>
>and you get something that sounds like exactly nothing else.
>i've never heard a p-funk song and said, "that reminds me of
>_____ "

right. i'm finna listen to Mothership Connection right now.

>p-funk almost sounds like a genre
>just by itself.
>
>if i'm in the mood to hear p-funk,
>there's no other band that i can go to.

lol. nope.

singular.

unless you count all of their mutations and offshoots:

parliament
funkadelic
bootsy
brides of funkenstein
parlet
p-funk all stars


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