Someone asked me the other day what is my favorite type of music and I said "soul, funk, rock and jazz." They was like "what is funk?" Now, I'm only 25 and the person I was talking to is like maybe 23. He had NO CLUE what funk music is. My question is this. Do yall feel that there is any relevance in funk music for today's music? A lot of people always say "that sounds funky" or "its not funky enough." Is "funk" even relevant anymore? To me, it ALWAYS will be but in the grand scheme of things, do you think funk music is relevant. Why or why not?

Funk is not only legitimate, it's the best! Think about how much funk has influenced hiphop and modern rock, funk is the backbone to a lot of commercialized stuff nowadays and many people don't realise. Consider Britney's "Slave 4 U" being a blatant rip of "Nasty Girl", and the majority of West Coast hiphop containing P-Funk and Zapp samples.

Funk has been one of the most influencial genres ever.

If your friend is around 23, funk was already extinct by the time he was old enough to listen to music. Every blue moon someone might do a funky song but the only trace of funk left is in samples. Most of the time, it's no longer funky when it's sampled because the tempo of the song has been slowed down enough for someone who isn't talented enough, even as a rapper, to rap over something fast.

vainandy said:

True in a lot of cases, but not all. Also it encourages people to go and find the original record that was sampled. Well, not everyone, but it does for me most of the time (if I didn't already recognize the sample)

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The only thing I like about these people sampling, is that it gets people to thinking about the old groups and some of them start touring again. That way, I get to have at least one night of fun in this dead day and age.

Funk is:

Forever coming...

A way of life....

A fresh pot of burnt collard greens...

And maxi-pad deep!!....


Ahhh...Rhythm anyone??

And don't forget asses shakin'.

vainandy said:

More than three shakes,

Equals a beat!!

And you should be dancing!!!

Funk's not completely gone. On Rainbow Children, aside from the lyrics, 1+1+1=3 is indeed a funky song. The bass on Everlasting Now is pretty out there, too.

Stymie said:

What about the bass line on FAMILY NAME

that was some stankin funk

I dunno how many cans of Lysol I went through on that song..lol

LoveAlive said:

I think pretty much the whole album was funky. Didja hear the bass on The Rainbow Children?

Stymie said:

Home girl!!!

funkpill said:

Hello beautiful.

That's true. Funk was placed in the ground years ago but Prince has been the one that's stopping them from throwing dirt on top of it and burying it.

Funk is very legit (program,deprogram,reprogram) simply "Funkentelechy"

LoveAlive said:

Hell yeah, Funk is relevant!

As far as I'm concern, THIS genre is responsible for a lot of people (like myself) the take the Bass & the Drum parts way more seriously.

LoveAlive said:

What kind of parents raised this 23 year old?

Militant said:

...despite that the funk was release in bite-sized, you're right.

without sly and james the godfathers of funk, we wouldn't be here.

I cannot believe this is an actual topic.


Sorry, but if you have to ask, then you don't know.
But... Life is about learning.

Bfunkthe1 said:

Chuch.

Bfunkthe1 said:

THANK YOU

Hell yeah. A song just ain't a good song without some good drums and bass. Throw some handclaps in there too and it's ass shakin' time.

vainandy said:

bootyslaps?

One nation
Under a groove
Gettin down just forrrrr the funk of it

One nation and we're on the move
Nothin can stop us nowwwww

Funk is R&B attacked by a shark.

'Funk' and 'funky' is a mis-used term in England. it's used to describe anything from eateries to clothing. the true meaning of funk is lost here. I'm constantly educating dim-witted fuckheads.