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! Read # Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One by Rickey Vincent ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One Colorful, intelligent, and in-you-face, Rickey Vincent's Funk celebrates the songs, the musicians, the philosophy, and the meaning of funk. 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. The book spans from the early work of James Brown (the Godfath
| Title | : | Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.81 (517 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312134991 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
Colorful, intelligent, and in-you-face, Rickey Vincent's Funk celebrates the songs, the musicians, the philosophy, and the meaning of funk. 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. 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.C. Funk hasn't received the critical attention that rock, jazz, a
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. When rappers refused at first to pay their dues, by way of recording royalties, they only helped to draw attention to such forgotten bands as The Ohio Players and The Meters. Vincent's funk is broad, encompassing Hendrix; Miles Davis; Earth, Wind, and Fire; and Dr. Funk is an untidy quarrel of history, musicology and hearsay that certifies the cultural heritage of a Hip Hop nation. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, which would influence Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and Clinton's own Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow. . It's true rap's sampling of funk classics brought new interest in sloppy, sexy jams. Dre. In the next breath, he contends that James Brown, Sly Stone and Clinton owe as much to the Beatles for their successes?particularly the 1967 Sgt. From Publishers Weekly In his introduction, Clinton, the force behind Parliament/Funkadelic, defines the importance of "The Funk," as well
Funk-an important historical/cultural perspective Richard Cristine Albert Rickey Vincent provides a critical work linking our cultural development with music in the early 20th century into the present,as he traces the emergence of the civil rights movement and where black culture is,how the voices of today shape a more grounded and liberating definition of where our social system can go. Wonderfully written, a great dimension that few of us are aware of.. Well Detailed And Informed Andre S. Grindle One major things about this book is I wish it was a hardback (my edition is falling apart).When I was first getting into the funky music this book was a bible.It's got expert discourse on Parliament-Funkadelic,AWB,Earth,Wind & Fire,Chaka Khan and all the rest.But as with many books this one has it's flaws.The most important setback being that this takes the typical negative point of view on disco-actually going as far as saying 'disco,in fact sucked' and dismissing classic albums by Rufus,Chaka Khan and The Brothers Johnson in the late 70's/early 80's as 'reeking of disco/dance folly'.Strange for a music who's best moments w. Dr. Funkenstein or: How I Learned to Love THA BOMB! Mike Stone I wrote a paper in university on the social relevance of funk lyrics (focused on James Brown, George Clinton, and Sly Stone). When treading through the ethnomusicology section of our library, I was dismayed that there was not one funk treatise to be found. Thankfully, someone as versed in the funk as Mr. Vincent has taken a great first step down that path.The great thing about the book to me is that Vincent manages to display both an academic's need for historical reason, and a funk-lover's passion for the music. It kills me every time he spends a page in the academic's voice, delineating the foundations of the music -- such
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