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"Funk classics" from the 90's to now?

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By defination, Funk is a music genre that originated in New Orleans by African American musicians who blended a gumbo of soul, rock, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable music. Funk de-emphasizes guitar leads, allowing bass and drums to act as the featured instrumentation. Funk songs are often based on an extended porn guitar vamps on a single chord, distinguishing it from R&B centered on chord progressions.

Funk much more of a style and a mindset than a set-list.
 
#22
rojo412 said:
With 90s and beyond, you kind of limit a lot of choices, but certainly have some gems available:

Pretty much anything from "Bloodsugarsexmagik" or "Mother's Milk" would be good (Chili Peppers)

Some 311 stuff is pretty good, mainly from "Music", "Grassroots" and even some "Soundsystem" and "Transistor." Beyond that is... :rollno:

Jamiroquai is always a winner. Disco for sure.

There's some Maroon 5 that could be considered funky.

And the Daptone stuff is unbelievable! Not widely recognized, but incredibly authentic.
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Even though not strictly funk, there's lots of funky stuff to be found in the Alt/Rock genres.

In addition to the above, check out some Beastie Boys, Infectious Grooves, Limp Bizkit, Faith No More, Fishbone, Rage Against the Machine, Living Color, Galactic, Robert Randolph, and Incubus.
 
#23
For some more traditional funk, DC style, I suggest some GoGo bands like Chuck Brown and E.U.

Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley of the James Brown band released some killer albums in the 90s.

Brand New Heavies, Tony, Toni, Tone, and Mshell Ngdeneocello are some NeoSoul folks who are pretty funky.
 
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jive1 said:
Even though not strictly funk, there's lots of funky stuff to be found in the Alt/Rock genres.

In addition to the above, check out some Beastie Boys, Infectious Grooves, Limp Bizkit, Faith No More, Fishbone, Rage Against the Machine, Living Color, Galactic, Robert Randolph, and Incubus.
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OMG, at best and this is a huge stretch, some of those bands might have recording with small elements of funk.

Are you younger cats really this clueless when it comes to funk history.

I've been your age, you have never been my age and you were not playing or on the scene in the early 70s.

Might be a good time to listen.
 
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KillianRussell said:
Funk much more of a style and a mindset than a set-list.
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I agree. There's lots of funky stuff in many genres. You can have a soulful singer, the tightest drummer, the scratchiest guitar, the sweetest horns, the most smoking bass, the sexiest backup singers, flashy outfits, platform shoes, and a 10 ft fro, but you're not on the one, it's not funky. It's all about the one, everything else is window dressing.
 
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KillianRussell said:
Funk much more of a style and a mindset than a set-list.
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jive1 said:
I agree. There's lots of funky stuff in many genres. You can have a soulful singer, the tightest drummer, the scratchiest guitar, the sweetest horns, the most smoking bass, the sexiest backup singers, flashy outfits, platform shoes, and a 10 ft fro, but you're not on the one, it's not funky. It's all about the one, everything else is window dressing.
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I agree have you heard Andrew Gouche cover Elanor Rigby Jazz/Funk :hmm: Funk/Jazz, certainly not Acid Jazz, at its finest? But for a cover band playing a club where the audience expects a P-Funk or James Brown tribute, I don't know how it would play:confused:.

Maybe I should have picked another song since Earth Wind and Fire also covered it
 
#35
My perspective on this topic won't make ant sense to most of you, you're just to young. U am bowing out gracefully.

However I do feel sorry for some of you that don't understanding or care about the history of funk.
 
#37
Whether it's funk or not, your setlist and the stuff you are considering adding to it will make a great book in my opinion. People will recognize and dig the tunes, and a lot of them are really fun to play. Recipe for a successful cover band!

One or the other of the two really popular Spin Doctors tunes from the 90s ("Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong") might make a good addition. Or "What Time Is It" is a great bass workout, though less recognizable.
 
#38
People may start at RHCP or Maroon5 as an introduction but inevitably these will eventually lead people back to The Meters, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Sly and the Family Stone, Ohio Players, Parliament Funkadelic, James Brown, Temptations, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind and Fire, Confunkshun, etc.. And I'm sure this thread will introduce these names to some that have never heard them..

People are more hip to everything out there and there's so many sites devoted to Funk History it's astounding.. Many of these by folks who didn't grow up in the 70s.. No need to get all elitist about it..
 
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AfroCubanFunkMa said:
People are more hip to everything out there and there's so many sites devoted to Funk History it's astounding.. Many of these by folks who didn't grow up in the 70s.. No need to get all elitist about it..
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The thing is the guy asked for 90s and later funk.

That's why folks didn't name the obvious godfathers of Funk, because it was all before 1990. Fortunately, the genre of Funk from the 70s was able to make it's way into other genres of music. It's been able to influence everything from Rock to Country and has broadened it's appeal.

IMO, as far as Funk is concerned, it all starts and ends with James Brown.
 

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