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Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One
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. Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties inside out with distinctive, danceable, downright irresistable music.
Funk hasn't received the critical attention that rock, jazz, and the blues have-unti
...morePaperback, 400 pages
Published
April 15th 1996
by St. Martin's Griffin
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The Funk stretches beyond words and Rickey Vincent would be the first to admit this. This book gives a/the history of FUNK by examining the music, the people and the social/cultural impact. Indeed, much research went into the construction of this book, but one cannot dismiss the fact that this book was written by a fanatic of the Funk. At times the book is afrocentric and self-indulgent, however Vincent has a sincere adoration for the genre and has given the world a necessary reference. Funk is ...more
An interesting read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of funk music and its major artists. Worth noting is the excellent discography which I found very useful as a guide to delving further into the funk universe.
It's not an incredibly well-written book though: stylistically, it hovers uncomfortably between a serious piece of musical/cultural writing and a throwaway hype-driven magazine article. There's a lot of flowery waffle and in some parts it seems to lose a sens...more
It's not an incredibly well-written book though: stylistically, it hovers uncomfortably between a serious piece of musical/cultural writing and a throwaway hype-driven magazine article. There's a lot of flowery waffle and in some parts it seems to lose a sens...more
The primary source for much of my undergraduate thesis...which Mr. Vincent was kind enough to review personally!
you could replace the word "funk" with "the Force" and it could be a book about Star Wars. The Suggested Listening section is a crucial component of this book.
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feel the funk! funk dynasties from the 1960s -1990s! the funk family tree! get it! get into it!
Az: Discovered this while checking out KPFA.
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