Time to Get Funky!

[Carter Jackson]

Was funk the greatest genre of the 1970s? Post some of your favorite funk songs and funk acts here.

Is Nigerian Funk or American Funk superior? Discuss!

[Evan Flores]

>tfw from the funk capitol of the world
>tfw just heard Earth, Wind, and Fire's s/t for the first time yesterday and it blew my mind

My old elementary scchool art teacher made outfits for funk bands like Slave

[Hudson Nelson]

bump

[John Robinson]

Nigerian Funk is definitely better if you want something that grooves longer but with more repetition+overall better arrangements. American Funk is all about emotion, dancing and passion. Both are tied for me man I really can't decide between the best of both worlds.

[Aaron Lewis]

Same here, I love all funk

[Leo Clark]

mu can't deal with the funk, unfortunately

[Jacob King]

Apparently not. Next time I should disguise it as a radiohead thread or something

[Liam Sanders]

as a genre, I don't think anything else managed to make itself as utterly ubiquitous as funk, if not itself then via its immediate offshoots: disco & hip hop. James Brown's music from '67-'73 stands as some of the strongest music I've ever heard.

but I always say the best album artist in funk is Sly & The Family Stone. Agree or disagree? There's a Riot Goin' On and Fresh stand as some of the strongest albums full stop for me.

>tfw from the funk capitol of the world
tell me where this is so I can go there :3

[Zachary Gray]

>Was funk the greatest genre of the 1970s?

No, it was a lot less influential than prog rock, punk or disco. It carried on some influences but mostly it's remembered for being sampled in hip-hop and being in the soundtracks of old porno movies.

[Christopher Rodriguez]

There's A Riot Goin' On is so amazing and I know I'm just repeating what a bunch of people has said but I love that such an uplifting genre of music has something so cynical and fucked up as that album, I've searched real hard and the kind of shit that I've seen like it is stuff like Black Nasty or East of Underground.
Time is also the best song Sly has ever done and maybe one of the greatest songs of the entire genre.