Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, Parliamen… Read Full Bio ↴Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, Parliament. The band was added in 1964, primarily for tours, and consisted of Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce and Langston Booth. They enlisted in the army in 1966, and George Clinton (the leader of Parliament) recruited Billy Bass Nelson and Eddie Hazel in 1967, then also adding Tawl Ross and Tiki Fulwood.

Due to legal difficulties between Clinton and Revilot, The Parliaments' label, the name was abandoned in favor of Funkadelic, which consisted of the same group of people (that is, both the former Parliaments and their back-up band, now both combined in the name "Funkadelic"). The group signed to Westbound in 1968.

The group's self-titled debut album, Funkadelic, was released in 1970. The credits listed organist Mickey Atkins plus Clinton, Fulwood, Hazel, Nelson and Ross, though the actual recording also included several uncredited sessionmen then employed by Motown, as well as Ray Monette (of Rare Earth) and Bernie Worrell.

Bernie Worrell was officially credited starting with Funkadelic's second album, 1970's Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow, thus beginning a long collaboration between Worrell and Clinton (who had been friends for quite a while). Worrell would go on to produce many Parliament and Funkadelic albums, as well as play keyboard on albums by other members of P Funk.

After the release of Maggot Brain in 1971, Bootsy Collins and Catfish Collins joined the group. The brothers would go on to become major contributors to the P Funk sound. In 1972, this new line-up released America Eats Its Young, but many members left the group after that, due to internal squabbles, plus Hazel spending a year in jail for drug possession and assault and Tawl Ross experiencing a bad LSD trip and/or speed overdose, while Billy Bass quit due to financial concerns. Michael Hampton, a seventeen-year-old guitar prodigy, replaced Hazel.

1975 brought Funkadelic to Warner Brothers, and saw the release of Hardcore Jollies in 1976. The same year, Westbound released a compilation of archived tracks titled Tales of Kidd Funkadelic, which did significantly better than Hardcore Jollies and included "Undisco Kidd", a R&B Top 30 single. In 1977, Westbound capitalized on the success of Tales of Kidd Funkadelic by releasing The Best of the Early Years. Funkadelic recorded and released its magnum opus, One Nation Under a Groove in 1978. The title track spent six weeks at #1 on the R&B charts, while Parliament was enjoying success with "Flash Light" and "Aqua Boogie."

As the 1980s wore on, legal difficulties arising from the multiple names used by multiple groups, as well as a shakeup among Parliament's record label, Parliament and Funkadelic disintegrated. George Clinton recorded several solo albums (sometimes under the name George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars).

Filmmaker Yvonne Smith of Berkeley, California-based Firelight Media produced Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove, a full-length documentary about the groundbreaking group, which aired on PBS in 2005.

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Though it often took a back chair to its sister group Parliament, Funkadelic furthered the notions of black rock begun by Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, blending elements of '60s psychedelia and blues plus the deep groove of soul and funk. The band pursued album statements of social/political commentary while Parliament stayed in the funk singles format, but Funkadelic nevertheless paralleled the more commercial artist's success, especially in the late '70s when the interplay between bands moved the Funkadelic sound closer to a unified P-Funk style.

In the grand soul tradition of a backing band playing support before the star takes the stage, Funkadelic began life supporting George Clinton's doo wop group, the Parliaments. After having performed for almost ten years, the Parliaments had added a rhythm section in 1964 -- for tours and background work -- consisting of guitarist Frankie Boyce, his brother Richard on bass, and drummer Langston Booth; two years later, the trio enlisted in the Army. By mid-1967, Clinton had recruited a new backing band, including his old friend Billy "Bass" Nelson (born January 28, 1951, Plainfield, NJ) and guitarist Eddie Hazel (born April 10, 1950, Brooklyn, NY). After several temporary replacements on drums and keyboards, the addition of rhythm guitarist Lucius "Tawl" Ross (born October 5, 1948, Wagram, NC) and drummer Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood (born May 23, 1944, Philadelphia, PA) completed the lineup.

The Parliaments recorded several hits during 1967, but trouble with the Revilot label backed Clinton into a corner. He hit upon the idea of deserting the Parliaments' name and instead recording their backing group, with the added vocal "contributions" of the former Parliaments -- same band, different name. Billy Nelson suggested the title Funkadelic, to reflect the members' increased inspiration from LSD and psychedelic culture. Clinton formed the Funkadelic label in mid-1968 but then signed the group to Detroit's Westbound label several months later.

Released in 1970, Funkadelic's self-titled debut album listed only producer Clinton and the five members of Funkadelic -- Hazel, Nelson, Fulwood, and Ross plus organist Mickey Atkins -- but also included all the former Parliaments plus several Motown sessionmen and Rare Earth's Ray Monette. Keyboard player Bernie Worrell also appeared on the album uncredited, even though his picture was included on the inner sleeve with the rest of the band.

Worrell (born April 19, 1944, Long Beach, NJ) was finally credited on the second Funkadelic album (1970's Free Your Mind...and Your A** Will Follow). He and Clinton had known each other since the early '60s, and Worrell soon became the most crucial cog in the P-Funk machine, working on arrangements and production for most later Parliament/Funkadelic releases. His strict upbringing and classical training (at the New England Conservatory and Juilliard), as well as the boom in synthesizer technology during the early '70s, gave him the tools to create the horn arrangements and jazz fusion-inspired synth runs that later trademarked the P-Funk sound. Just after the release of their third album, Maggot Brain, P-Funk added yet another big contributor, Bootsy Collins. The throbbing bass line of Collins (born October 26, 1951, Cincinnati, OH) had previously been featured in James Brown's backing band, the J.B.'s (along with his brother, guitarist Catfish Collins). Bootsy and Catfish were playing in a Detroit band in 1972 when George Clinton saw and hired them.

The Clinton/Worrell/Collins lineup premiered on 1972's America Eats Its Young, but soon after its release several original members left the camp. Eddie Hazel spent a year in jail after a combination drug possession/assault conviction, Tawl Ross left the band for medical reasons relating to an overdose of LSD and speed, and Bill Nelson quit after more financial quarrels with Clinton. Funkadelic hired teenaged guitar sensation Michael Hampton as a replacement, but both Hazel and Nelson would return for several later P-Funk releases.

Funkadelic moved to Warner Bros. in 1975 and delivered its major-label debut, Hardcore Jollies, one year later to lackluster sales and reviews. The same year, Westbound raided its vaults and countered with Tales of Kidd Funkadelic. Ironically, the album did better than Hardcore Jollies and included an R&B Top 30 single, "Undisco Kidd." In 1977, Westbound released The Best of the Early Years while Funkadelic recorded what became its masterpiece (and arguably the best P-Funk release ever), 1978's One Nation Under a Groove.

During the most successful year in Parliament/Funkadelic history, Parliament hit the charts first with "Flash Light," P-Funk's first R&B number one. "Aqua Boogie" would hit number one as well late in the year, but Funkadelic's title track to One Nation Under a Groove spent six weeks at the top spot on the R&B charts during the summer. The album, which reflected a growing consistency in styles between Parliament and Funkadelic, became the first Funkadelic LP to reach platinum (the same year that Parliament's Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome did the same). In 1979, Funkadelic's "(Not Just) Knee Deep" hit number one as well, and its album (Uncle Jam Wants You) reached gold status.

At just the point that Funkadelic appeared to be at the top of its powers, the band began to unravel. As is sometimes the case, commercial success began to dissolve several old friendships. In 1977, original Parliaments members Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas had left the P-Funk organization to record on their own. In early 1981, they hit the R&B charts with a single called "Connections and Disconnections," recorded as Funkadelic. To confuse matters more, the original Funkadelic appeared on the charts at the same time, with the title track to The Electric Spanking of War Babies.

During 1980, Clinton began to be weighed down by legal difficulties arising from Polygram's acquisition of Parliament's label, Casablanca. Jettisoning both the Parliament and Funkadelic names (but not the musicians), Clinton began his solo career with 1982's Computer Games. He and many former Parliament/Funkadelic members continued to tour and record throughout the '80s as the P-Funk All Stars, but the decade's disdain of everything to do with the '70s resulted in critical and commercial neglect for the world's biggest funk band, especially one which in part had spawned the sound of disco. During the early '90s, the rise of funk-inspired rap (courtesy of Digital Underground, Dr. Dre, and Warren G.) and funk rock (Primus and Red Hot Chili Peppers) re-established the status of Clinton & co., one of the most important forces in the recent history of black music. ~ John Bush, Rovi

Mommy What's a Funkadelic?
Funkadelic Lyrics

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If you will suck my soul
I will lick your funky emotions
(Hey baby, hey, had something last night, man, it was strange, it taste so good, it was some good Stuff)

Do it again
Yeah
Hey baby
What's your thang?

What say we touch each other?
Mess around and get our thing goin' on
Yeah, ha, ha, ha!
Ohh, ohh
Whoa!
Yeah

Shucks!
Ba-ba ba ba ba
Ba-ba ba ba ba
Ba-ba ba ba bomp bomp buh buh buh buh bah!

By the way, my name is Funk
I am not of your world
Hold still, baby, I won't do you no harm
I think I'll be good to you
Fly on
Hmm, hehhehheheh
Whoa

Lord!
Like I said, I won't do you no harm
I am Funkadelic
Dedicated to the feeling of good
And baby, I'm good at being good
Let me play with your emotions
For nothing is good unless you play with it
Yeah
Fly on
Fly on, baby

So... Nasty!
I didn't make the rules
I follow them
And what's so nasty about funky music?
Heh, heh, feels good to me!
Lord!

Ba-ba ba ba ba
Ba-ba ba ba ba
Ba-ba ba ba bomp bomp buh buh buh buh bah!
[Repeat x 4]

Whoa! Yeah!
Wait a minute
Do you feel that?
Lord
Lord, baby
Fly on
Fly on, baby

Let me kiss your mind
Hahha
Let me slide a yard of tongue down your throat
There's nothing wrong with that
Merely a kiss
Why is everyone afraid to say,
Kiss me baby! (make it?)
Whoa, yeah
Kiss me baby!

Kiss me
I like it like that
I like it like that
Owww!
Play with it, baby
Play with it
Play with your emotions
Go ahead, brother

Release all of those feelings
We don't need no words
Just feelings
Do it again brother, oh!
One more time, oh!
Yeah
Oh!

I recall when I left a little town in North Carolina
I tried to escape this music
I said it was for the old country folks
I went to New York
Got slick
Got my hair made, hehheheheh
I was cool, heh heh
I was cool
But I had no groove, hehheheh
No groove, no groove, no groove, no groove
I had no groove
But here it comes!
But now, fly on baby

Here it comes
'Cause I got it
Fly on baby
You got it
Dig, oh
Dig
[Repeat x 6]

Dig, baby
You got it
You got it now
You got it
Fly on
Fly on sisters
Play on brothers

Ba-ba ba ba ba
Ba-ba ba ba ba
Ba-ba ba ba bomp bomp buh buh buh buh bah!
[Repeat x 2]

Can you feel that baby
It's called Funkadelic music
It will blow your funky mind

Yeah!
(Rolling on the one, tape's in motion)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to the Funkadelic song "Mommy What's a Funkadelic?" express a desire for intimate connection through the medium of music. The opening lines suggest a spiritual exchange, with the singer offering to suck the listener's soul in exchange for the pleasure of licking their funky emotions. The exchange is intensified as the singer suggests touching and "messing around" with each other, leading to a crescendo of physical desire expressed through kissing and the release of emotions. The lyrics celebrate the power of funk music to connect people on a visceral level, emphasizing the importance of feeling and sensation over words.

Line by Line Meaning

If you will suck my soul I will lick your funky emotions (Hey baby, hey, had something last night, man, it was strange, it taste so good, it was some good Stuff)
If you give me your commitment, I will give you a taste of my funky emotions. (Hey, last night I experienced something amazing, it was new and it tasted great)

Do it again Yeah Hey baby What's your thang? What say we touch each other? Mess around and get our thing goin' on Yeah, ha, ha, ha! Ohh, ohh Whoa! Yeah
Let's do it again. Hey baby, what are your desires? Can we engage in touching and mess around for a good time? (Let's get our groove on, baby!)

Shucks! Ba-ba ba ba ba Ba-ba ba ba ba Ba-ba ba ba bomp bomp buh buh buh buh bah!
Oh my! Ba-ba ba ba ba Ba-ba ba ba ba Ba-ba ba ba bomp bomp buh buh buh buh bah! (Excitement and energy)

By the way, my name is Funk I am not of your world Hold still, baby, I won't do you no harm I think I'll be good to you Fly on Hmm, hehhehheheh Whoa
By the way, I'm Funk and I don't conform to your norms. Stay still, baby, I won't hurt you. Let me take care of you. (I got you, baby!)

Lord! Like I said, I won't do you no harm I am Funkadelic Dedicated to the feeling of good And baby, I'm good at being good Let me play with your emotions For nothing is good unless you play with it Yeah Fly on Fly on, baby
I won't hurt you, baby. I am Funkadelic and aim to spread positivity. Let me take control of your emotions, it's good to let go once in a while. (Let me give you pleasure, fly on with me!)

So... Nasty! I didn't make the rules I follow them And what's so nasty about funky music? Heh, heh, feels good to me! Lord!
This is so good! I didn't create the rules, but I'm following them. What's wrong with funky music? It feels good to me! (I don't make the rules, but I'm loving it!)

Ba-ba ba ba ba Ba-ba ba ba ba Ba-ba ba ba bomp bomp buh buh buh buh bah! [Repeat x 4]
Ba-ba ba ba ba Ba-ba ba ba ba Ba-ba ba ba bomp bomp buh buh buh buh bah! (Music and rhythm)

Whoa! Yeah! Wait a minute Do you feel that? Lord Lord, baby Fly on Fly on, baby
Wow! Can you feel it? Lord, fly with me baby! (Feeling the groove and the greatness of music)

Let me kiss your mind Hahha Let me slide a yard of tongue down your throat There's nothing wrong with that Merely a kiss Why is everyone afraid to say, Kiss me baby! (make it?) Whoa, yeah Kiss me baby!
Let me connect with you mentally and give you a passionate kiss. No harm in a deep kiss, it's just a way of expressing love. (Kiss me, make it good!)

Kiss me I like it like that I like it like that Owww! Play with it, baby Play with it Play with your emotions Go ahead, brother Release all of those feelings
I love it when you kiss me, keep it coming. Play with your emotions and enjoy the moment, release all the feelings that you've kept in. (Feel free to express yourself without any inhibitions!)

We don't need no words Just feelings Do it again brother, oh! One more time, oh! Yeah Oh!
We don't need words, just let the feelings guide us. Let's do it again, with more feeling! (Emphasizing on the importance of feeling the music, and repeating the joyous feeling)

I recall when I left a little town in North Carolina I tried to escape this music I said it was for the old country folks I went to New York Got slick Got my hair made, hehheheheh I was cool, heh heh I was cool But I had no groove, hehheheh No groove, no groove, no groove, no groove I had no groove But here it comes! But now, fly on baby
I remember when I left my small town, I thought I was escaping the music. I thought it was for the old folks. I changed my look and I was cool, but I realized I was missing the groove. But now, I've got it and I'm taking you with me! (Emphasizing on the journey of discovering the groove)

Here it comes 'Cause I got it Fly on baby You got it Dig, oh Dig [Repeat x 6] Dig, baby You got it You got it now You got it Fly on Fly on sisters Play on brothers
I've got the groove and I'm feeling it. Fly on baby, you've got it too. Dig in and enjoy the music. (Emphasizing on everyone's ability to have the groove and enjoy the music - regardless of their gender or race)

Can you feel that baby It's called Funkadelic music It will blow your funky mind Yeah! (Rolling on the one, tape's in motion)
Can you feel that? It's Funkadelic music, it's going to give you an amazing feeling. (Describing the unique ability of Funkadelic music to make people feel alive)

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Written by: George Jr. Clinton

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j f harrison

9y↑4

Studio album by Funkadelic
Released February 24, 1970
Recorded 1968-1969 in Tera Shirma Sound Studios, Detroit, Michigan
Genre Funk, psychedelic soul, psychedelic rock[1]
Length 46:37
Label Westbound
W-2000
Producer George Clinton

"Whole Lotta Love"

Single by Led Zeppelin
from the album Led Zeppelin II
B-side "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"
Released 7 November 1969
Format 7" single
Recorded May 1969 at Olympic Studios, London
Genre
Hard rock[1][2] blues rock[3]
Length
5:34 (album version)
5:33 (single, 1st pressings)
3:10 (single, 2nd pressings)
Label Atlantic 2690 (US)
Writer(s)
John Bonham Willie Dixon John Paul Jones Jimmy Page Robert Plant
Producer(s) Jimmy Page
Certification Gold

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Jenny

1y↑8

I'm a huge rock, soul and rap fan. This is one of my favourites of all time. Eddie Hazel is my favourite guitarist of all time.

Steve the music man

14y↑19

I was 12 when this came out. My sister brought this home and my life has not been the same since. I'm now 53 and still enjoy this classic. Thanks for posting this. This is some true deep raw uncut funk.

MorningView4

9y↑45

This song is almost too much handle... These cats were some of the funkiest to ever record together. Timeless music.

Bones Jr.

3y↑4

Many years ago, a friend and I tried to listen to this while on mushrooms. It got too intense and we had to turn it off...we were feeling too good, if that makes any sense.

Alexx Arson

8y↑68

Had this playing in the background as a I watched Disneys Fantasia 2000 on acid. Wonderful trip.

Clinton Leonard

8y↑15

Isn't the whole point of Fantasia how the animation creates a dichotemy with the music and becomes something more than either could be alone? Oh nevermind, it was 2000.

William Smith

5y↑3

They are the real. I've loved their work since I was a child. When you want to trip on the funk, no trip is complete without Funkadelics and lets not forget Parlaments to make the trip whole. Eddie Hazel R.I.P.!

Zerg121

11y↑19

Damn. So nasty and psychedelic. Love it!

funkedbyinjection

14y↑65

i wish everyone could have been there to see the beginnings of what woud become p-funk. they were so original and raw. a totally new sound. it was fun to watch them grow. back then, their concerts would last 3-5 hours; mostly just jamming on stage. it's too bad we can't download memories from our brains on to video.

August Greig

4y↑7

It's so funny you say that, because as I was listening to this, I was imagining the same exact thing. Being at a concert full of young, white, college kids, hippies, burnouts, people who were just there to score pot and acid, and a few black people who either dug on the music and realized it was something special, and a few others who never heard of Parliament and had just heard there were some people from James Brown's band playing tonight. Imagine their shock LOL, though I'm sure more than a few became fans fo life.

I was also imagining hearing them for the first time, and how life changing that would be, when comparing it to everything else going on at the time. Everything else was either folk inspired hippie music, blues inspired rock, or psychedelic rock. I put them up there with Black Sabbath and The Velvet Underground. All three bands sounded completely different than anything else at the time, and all three spawned multiple genres of music.

I can only imagine how cool it must ave made you feel to be into Funkadelic, introducing them to friends who never heard of them, and blasting it from your stereo with your parents thinking your crazy. It must have been amazing to eat 3.5 grams of mushrooms and go to their concert.

Oh, and without them, there would be no Prince.

justin brew

3y↑1

Elon musk can help u with the Download

mrstep2me

3y↑3

@August Greig Wasn't anyone from James Brown's band playing here. Hell, this was recorded before Bootsy even joined James Brown.

NOGOODERPATRIOT

@mrstep2me You are exactly right!

chris edwards

@mrstep2me no the first three albums was strictly a parliafunkadelicment thang plus the first parliament album was done by the original two members

Bootsy, cat, and frank didn't join til 72 for America eats its young then they left came back for up for the down stroke in 74

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Karen Scales

8y↑12

The Funkiest Band that ever lived....I have loved them since the age of 12. So funky until it feels good just like he said. Yes...play on Funkadelic!!

Jeff Pierce

1y↑2

Please Lord, let this music live on forever.

square1971

9y↑2

wow, this just came up on my never-ending playlist...great song,

mike peebles

8y↑93

The whole Mothership Connection and Star Child thing makes perfect sense now. This Funk is not from this world.

Toney Isaiah

5y↑5

Mind blowing, jaw dropping Funk!

Impac

5y↑3

I saw them do this whole album live. This was the first album. !969. We took mescaline that day. What a trip that was.

Charles Donahue

The mescaline must have been good because this album was released in 1970.

aspazmodic

15y↑6

This opened the first P-Funk set I ever saw, back at Florida Music Harvest in 1998. it was probably upwards of 20 minutes long, just getting the groove laid out.

Juan Whiz Mitchell

The song ushered in a whole new era of music that has never been heard before... Psychedelic Soul and Rock!!!

nathan meernik

13y↑2

an album this gritty and funky, could only have come out of one place...detroit, home base of the 1960s counter-counterculture. mixing gospel and blues with acid rock and detroit rock with unique sound production, funkadelic channeled the cosmos.

iluvgifts2

14y↑2

I owed this album when I was like 11 - 12 yrs old back in 1968-69. I believe I still have it packed away. Pure and Raw, never goes out of style.....

Charles Donahue

This album was released in 1970.

ERIC ROBINSON

3y↑3

This was really funky with a smooth twist to it.

Leo Czarnecki Auger

5y↑5

I'm on mushrooms and this song comes on in my head and I feel soo good

Paul S Jones

8y↑33

I was into Motown, Stax and other R&B....and this THIS changed my world.

Karen Scales

8y↑2

+Paul S Jones i have loved them forever...since the age of 12 and they changed my world...Introduced me to funk.

coolassclay

7y↑1

Paul S Jones Fly on brotha, fly on :)

Wymell Williams

You know Funkadelic started on his the group The Parliament they made the song called I just want to testify on the Motown label Motown said they saw too much like The Temptations It's So they let him go Johnnie Taylor little later on saying the same song I just want to testify with your love means to me the rest is history free young man in your ass will follow the Kingdom of Heaven is within

Wymell Williams

I meant to say free your mind and your ass will follow the Kingdom of Heaven is within

Skunkhead

9y↑3

one of the best tunes i heard in ages

Zara Jones

10y↑4

Amazing spirit, love them all my life, and i will love them forever...Soul is you, soul is Funkadelic !

Karl Greene

yup HV

Edsel Brown

🤘🏾Still vintage sound and mind freeing FUNK nearly 50 years later😎

Luke Foley

5y↑3

Wise man said to understand music is to understand Funkadelic. Nuff said.

Alex H

5y↑5

u don't need drugs with this but them joint goes swell with this man

Patrick Kadas

13y↑14

Mommy, What's a Funkadelic? - Funkadelic [Plainfield, New Jersey] - 1970 - "AMG pick. One of their BEST. References to Jimi Hendrix lyrics. Outstanding vocals and guitar HOOKS. Furthermore, Clinton's half-quirky, half-trippy ad libs during "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?" and "What Is Soul" can be mistaken for no one else." - Motor City Madness: The Ultimate Funkadelic Westbound Compilation (Disc 2)-2005. NOTE: Funkadelic was an African American music band most prominent during the 1970s.

m s

8y↑10

This reminds me of Miles Davis in his electric era. I can dig it.

jplew138

39w↑1

Now that you mention it...

Ana Leite

12y

This riff is so familiar! <3

Robert Hayward

8y↑51

funkadelic/ parliament. The greatest band of all time.

Brian Layton

7y↑7

Parliament/Funkadelic, the funkiest band EVER! without question... I've personally been "funky" since 1974

Hector Gonzalez

5y↑3

What the hell. Get it right dude. Parliafunkadelicment thang.

Brian Layton

5y↑1

@Hector Gonzalez yessir !

B Roq

Yup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and EWF is #2

Kickinthescience

@B Roq EWF not messing with Isley Brothers

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Michael Harris

13y↑1

THIS Is the Funk that got everything going!!!!!!

alvin frazier TV

14y

This is what Funky / Soul music should sound like!! Tiki Fulwood was a monster on drums. Also check out Good Ol' Music.

techxdabruiser

14y

Killer album !!! Just imagine if John Lee Hooker was singing with George on this cut ...... 2 fuckin heavy !

Kenneth Anderson

33w

It Don't Get No Better Than Funkadelic!

Neon Groves

8y↑60

Who gives a shit if this took influence from Zeppelin or vice-versa, just enjoy it. Both great bands, great music and great tracks!

Revenge of the brick

8y↑21

Just wanna point out before this was "stolen" from Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin STOLE it from Muddy Waters

Neon Groves

8y↑2

Robert Plant stole the lyrics but the riff is theirs. But point taken.

chris edwards

8y↑10

Marcus Howell George and funkadelic was doing rock music their way George loved the Beatles, stones, zeppilin, and cream he saw how they appreciated black music so he decided to do his own rock and roll records and plus The whole band dug hendrix

Phil Pow

8y↑22

who says a rock band cant play funk music? who says a funk a funk band cant play rock music - they already cleared that up with that thumping track

Chris Edwards

7y↑9

zeppilin never complained that's all matters besides plant and page loved funkadelic and page loved maggot brain

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charles simpson

this feels sooooooo good

jplew138

14y

These guys were so far ahead of their time...they created their own black hole in their wake.

blacknuss6

13y

i was hooked the very first time i heard this; sounds better every time i hear it!!

Leo

10y↑6

so freaking funky

j f harrison

9y↑20

funkadelic recorded this album BEFORE zepplin recorded whole lotta lovin
and I LOVE Zepplin, arguably second most influential band (based on their brief career together) in history behind the beatles

whyme

5y↑2

no, led zeppelin recorded and released whole lotta love during the process of funkadelic being recorded, which means unless we have exact dates no one really knows which came first. since whole lotta love was released first that means whole lotta love technical came first but if we are looking for which was recorded first like i said we dont know unless we have exact dates.

Barron Ingram

I think this was back in 1969

Terry Dixon

5y↑4

@whyme Clinton tell you in the song, that he tried to escape this old school African American sound back in North Carolina, open your ears up you know damn well this is a black sound and Zepplin stole it like all white rockers stole rock.GTFOH

Saturnus Chris

5y↑3

Actually this is a Muddy Waters song called "You Need Love" that both artists ripped off so stop arguing about it...

chris edwards

5y↑2

@Terry Dixon white artists always copied black.music but by George and funkadelic borrowed a lot of riffs from.hendrix, sly stone, James brown too

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Joseph Sims

11y

pure gut bucket , RAW FUNK uncut!!!!!!, lot of folks don't know nothing bout this!!!!!

Muddymonty Burn

2y↑1

I love the image on this album. It's basically an asshole where everyone can see and conceive the bullshit that's passes, our everyday thoughts and emotions, but we all have them and all experience them at the same time. Be nice and kind, I am not of your world, but fear me not 🥰

chris edwards

2y↑1

Nobody ever explained it like that before

ZO THE THIRD

1y↑1

😂

modifiedcontent

6y↑1

First track on the first p-funk album. Mission statement at 6:40. George Clinton has always known exactly what he is doing.

Natalia Kaczmarek

12y↑7

this takes me to another dimension. Mommy, where am I ?

L.J The HedgeCat

5y↑4

I swear this lines up perfectly with an episode of cat dog that I watched

Tré Jones

13y

I think I just got my funky mind blown.

Henry Thompson

One word funkadelic ✊🤘

pandaeyes42

13y

@ChillC I had the same experience when I saw the P-Funk Allstars live in Australia in 2003. I had never heard of them or George Clinton, scored free tickets and, as a result, my mind hasn't been the same since. Truly amazing night-also saw "Donnie Darko" for the first time that night before the gig!!!

Foxy Chariot

7y↑73

Puts me in the mind of Hendrix but funkier

No Mo

3y↑3

Correct!

Chad Jazeera

3y↑1

Jimi was indeed one of the patron saints of the Funk. Along with James, Sly and George! 💜

chris edwards

3y↑2

@Chad Jazeera jimi influenced everything funkadelic.did everytime eddie hazel played he was channeling hendrix

Chad Jazeera

3y↑2

@chris edwards indeed! R.I.P. Jimi and Eddie!!! 💜💜💜

Terry Dixon

George invented Funkadelic in homage of Hendrixs.

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mooogg

9y↑69

That bass line,so creamy like Butta!!!

uli Florida

7y↑5

Eddie Hazel singing with that glorious whine.

chris edwards

+uli whittaker yep

Kimberly Morris

6y↑5

Billy Bass

uli Florida

4y↑2

Kimberly Morris Bob Babbitt on bass

Bart FUNK Bass

4y↑1

@Kimberly Morris Bob Babbitt on bass!

Ernesto Dee

3y↑1

My homie GXD (RIP) sampled this on a 4 track back in 1992, he then passed away before he can do anything with it, fast forward to 2019 and we found his track tapes and this beat, we put lyrics to it and called it "The Cypher" and released it in 2020.. look it up under DJ GXD "The Cypher"..

Mark Wheeler

Dis got me through some dark times top album

chris edwards

9y↑2

Love this tune forever george letting us know hes a alien and thats eddie hazel singing in the background with hot buttered soil and the funk brothers blasting away

j f harrison

9y↑4

chris edwards

8y↑1

Funkadelic recorded music for my mother in 68 or 69 before Eddie and billy left word has it that tiki and the guys recorded good old music first before tiki quit then Eddie came back and recorded I bet you with the funk brothers in 69 then billy and tiki came back and the original funkadelic finished the rest of the album along with the funk brothers popping up here and there

Barron Ingram

j f harrison thanks

C. L. Benson II

15y

I was stationed at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson AZ when this came out. For better or worse, most of the time worse, this was my entire rap. I had this song memorized and any new honey that I met was introudced to it. My name is funky! I'm not of yo...ur world baby. Hold still! I won't do you no harm baby. I might even be good to you. :-0

paulph12002

9y↑16

Let me play with your emotions, for nothing is good unless you play with it

Adam Moody

10y↑1

Ooooh! That bass sounds good!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I only heard the suggestive intro on one of Cut Chemist's Stable Sound podcasts, very glad I looked up the whole thing!

exod2

11y

this made my day !

Greg Muscovalley

I would lay on the floor close to the Magnavox floor model with bass way up and this track right here changed the game do you feel that?😀

uVueD2b

12y

If the one dislike has to ask what's a Funkadelic,they'll never know...

Tom Pritchard

This is god's music

rick weber

8y↑3

dedicated to the feeling of good..

Il Canale di Nicola

wow he's fantastic

Robert Shaw

Classic Funk by Funkadelic

Ambient Gazer

6y↑7

Them ASMR Ear Licking noises at the start though.

Omowale Barca

12y

Funkiest riff I ever heard...

brigitte barnes

This is my fave from funkadelics

Bart FUNK Bass

4y↑2

Bob Babbitt on bass!

Jake Everything

8y↑68

Zeppelin was a derivative UK blues cover band, bless their hearts and works. But Funkadelic was another level and the true source. Gospel. Call and response. Funk. Rock. Cornerstone of hiphop. The music of the fields and juke joints.

Marc John

7y↑2

Right? There are bands that set marketing trends for years to come, and there are bands that set musical standards and change people's lives. Led Zeppelin wasn't terrible or anything though, their music just seems boring to me when compared to this. Kind of like The Beatles who I also used to listen to a lot.

modifiedcontent

6y↑3

George Clinton was inspired by British bands rediscovering blues and playing it on loud Marshall stacks - Cream in particular. He picked up on where things were going several years before Led Zeppelin.

TheSunnyD

6y↑8

Led Zeppelin may have done a lot of covers (or is some case plagiarized) but that doesn't mean that they didn't have a completely original sound. Led Zeppelin created something that had never been done before.

LEWIS JONES

Jake Eff KOOL G RAP BROUGHT ME HERE!

Harrington Benton

@LEWIS JONES Rap is sooo tired and dead...weak.

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soulpeanuts888

13y

Jacket art fits on this sound so much.

Deon B

"If you will suck my soul, I will lick your funky emotions."

shweet0161

12y

off the best funkadelic album

Duane Marshall

I believe this is some of the motown session musicians, like Dennis Coffey ,babbitt, Ray monet & members of the funkadelic competition of the debut.

Anita stevens

all i need is some shrooms,a trip sitter and a quiet place

Terry Dixon

7y↑9

the people who debating, who copied who, can you not hear this man describing at the end of this song, the African roots to it, stop it you know Led Zepplin, and all other rock groups sampled off old school African Americn music. Damn!!!!!!

LETMEC4FREE

5y↑1

I agree, however, the correct word is not "sampled," it's STOLE!

Tyjuan Watkins

I wish I can find this album OMG George Clinton THE GOAT

funkedbyinjection

14y↑21

i was an 18-yr old white girl from the suburbs when i first saw a funkadelic concert (1968) months before this was released. can you imagine what it was like? All this and Eddie Hazel too! I have never been the same. God Bless the original Funkadelic, my all-time favorite band! RIP Eddie Hazel, and much love to this day.

Anita Nash

6y↑1

Insidious. Now I'm possessed. Thanks!

Red Clay

release all of those feelings, we don't need no words... just feelings

Johnny Scott

Hard.core.jollie.the.funk.must.go.on......

StarletAndTheHoods

12y↑3

this reminds me of a time I was in a place called Keep Runnin' Mississippi...

Jorbus JEAN

8y↑40

This is way more groovier than Zepplin's that's for sure

Chris Edwards

yes it is

Jorbus JEAN

8y↑8

No.

chris edwards

7y↑2

+Another Cocteau Twins Fan zeppilin and Floyd was all just getting started around this time but George loved the British rock groups

0o I Died In A Time Machine o0

Chris Edwards yeah I've seen George in interviews saying he loved the Beetles so I'm sure he listened to all the other british rock groups too.

chris edwards

6y↑3

just like the British rock groups was listening to the blues, and rock and roll made by blacks in america

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Toney Isaiah

Even the sound of Motown
was changing its tune.

EP K

I never realized this was where the sample for Kool G Rap - "2 to the Head" comes from.

chris edwards

Also samples funkadelic good old music

Victor Barbour

3y↑1

They just ignored all of traditional music. And really went to another planet. And came back & played with our emotions. Nothin is Good unless U play with it.

Ginevra Cucuzza

ora ditemi se ascoltando ciò, in qualunque posto siate, non vi viene voglia di muovere gli universali. Trascende le categorie aristoteliche, potresti essere in un qualsiasi posto (terreno e non), ma ciò non ti impedirebbe di alzarti dal letto e farne un altra, oppure inizi a toccarti, senti le note..potresti essere la batteria o quel maledetto basso..È il funky!! È capaace di elevarti!! È in più, è magia, connessione, vita, spiritualità!! Georgino vieni in italia!! Da per sempre, FUNKADELIC.

chris edwards

8y↑1

This sounds like tiki fulwood on drums but other folks say it was Andrew smith George was careless when giving folks credit

Matt W

...but I had no groove.
But now...fly on baby.

Eduardo Andrade Cavalcanti Cavalcanti

12y

If you'll suck my soul... I'll lick your funky emotions" Damn! This song reminds me Whole Lotta Love xD

773SleepyHollow

13y

"And with the quickness it was over."

Shabazz Supreme

6y↑2

That’s the Lsd era fly on Maggot Overlord

KiN CAMELL

Much Gratitude

Toney Isaiah

It had to happen sooner
than we realized.

Chris Edwards

8y↑7

I know one thing robert plant and page never complained both would attend funkadelic gigs plant loved p funk if George did rip off their groove the. guys at zeppilin gave them their blessings plus page loved Hazel's playing and jeff Beck.digged hazel too

Chris Edwards

8y↑1

+Rolling Stone yeah lots if blues songs had similar riffs

a century of black music

7y↑3

this is from 69 funkadelic are the ogs

donald frierson

6y↑3

Anyone who says George Clinton ripped off Led Zeppelin shows a ignorance of music that is unparalleled.

Willie Lee

Chris Edwards you got it twisted, this was recorded right after Parliament became Funkadelic. I was drafted in '69 and was in Vietnam, otherwise I would've been with them.

Brian Layton

Parliament didn't "become" Funkadelic...Parliament was originally a vocal doo wop group in the '60's and Funkadelic was the backing band formed in '68-69...Parliament was George Clinton, Ray Davis, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas and Fuzzy Haskins...the original Funkadelic members were Eddie Hazel, Tawl Ross, Tiki Fulwood, Bill "Bass" Nelson and Bernie Worrell. The groups had separate contracts and separate labels, but recorded and performed together. This album was released in Feb 1970 and the group with all members released Osmium under the name Parliament in Sep 1970.

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