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Reply #30 posted 10/28/20 9:37pm

mltijchr

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James - the architect of funk

Sly (platform for funk master Larry Graham)

Bootsy (Bootsy brought "the 1" to George, not the other way around..)

as for the 4th entity on this hallowed mountain.. I am really torn between the mid/late-70s Isley Brothers (Marvin) & Cameo..

the Isleys & Cameo - though relatively more "brief" & not as long term impactful..

man they BROUGHT the funk. HARD.

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Reply #31 posted 10/28/20 9:40pm

mltijchr

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phunkdaddy said:

James is the Godfather but for funk PFunk,Barkays,Cameo,Rick James Till this day I still have a few people tell me the PFunk tour of 1978 with Cameo and the Barkays is the funkiest show they ever witnessed. [Edited 10/21/20 1:46am]

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DAMN. all THAT funk ? in 1 place ? in 1 period of time ? ?

oh no - that literally would have been a TOTAL FUNK OVERDOSE for me.

my GOODNESS..

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Reply #32 posted 10/29/20 12:20am

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Maurice white,prince,jb,rick
We're here, might as well get into it.
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Reply #33 posted 10/29/20 3:19am

SexyMuthaF
I see many obvious choices, but would add Shock G. He's a lot more influential than people realize.
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Reply #34 posted 10/29/20 5:05am

MotownSubdivis
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mltijchr said:

James - the architect of funk


Sly (platform for funk master Larry Graham)


Bootsy (Bootsy brought "the 1" to George, not the other way around..)


as for the 4th entity on this hallowed mountain.. I am really torn between the mid/late-70s Isley Brothers (Marvin) & Cameo..


the Isleys & Cameo - though relatively more "brief" & not as long term impactful..


man they BROUGHT the funk. HARD.


Hmmmmm....
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Reply #35 posted 10/29/20 8:00am

MickyDolenz

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SexyMuthaF said:

I see many obvious choices, but would add Shock G. He's a lot more influential than people realize.

What about Larry Smith or DJ Quik?

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #36 posted 10/29/20 8:29am

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James - invented it
Sly - elevated it
George - philosophized it
Prince - integrated it

Not that I think any of them should be frozen in stone.

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Reply #37 posted 10/29/20 1:30pm

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MotownSubdivision said:

mltijchr said:

James - the architect of funk


Sly (platform for funk master Larry Graham)


Bootsy (Bootsy brought "the 1" to George, not the other way around..)


as for the 4th entity on this hallowed mountain.. I am really torn between the mid/late-70s Isley Brothers (Marvin) & Cameo..


the Isleys & Cameo - though relatively more "brief" & not as long term impactful..


man they BROUGHT the funk. HARD.


Hmmmmm....

This is just one of the many interviews where Bootsy talked about JB and the one:
https://youtu.be/DpjSyP_hYIE
[Edited 10/29/20 13:30pm]
[Edited 10/29/20 13:31pm]
If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am.
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Reply #38 posted 10/29/20 2:13pm

SoulAlive

jaawwnn said:

James - invented it
Sly - elevated it
George - philosophized it
Prince - integrated it


^THIS

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Reply #39 posted 10/29/20 2:57pm

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SantanaMaitreya said:

MotownSubdivision said:

Hmmmmm....

This is just one of the many interviews where Bootsy talked about JB and the one:
https://youtu.be/DpjSyP_hYIE
[Edited 10/29/20 13:30pm]
[Edited 10/29/20 13:31pm]
I'll check those out.

Not that I don't believe him, I remember hearing about this from Bootsy's Tales from the Tour Bus episode when he was playing for James. It's just interesting to consider him on Mt. Funkmore because that is a strong case though I definitely wouldn't put him there over the mastermind, George, himself.
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