"Put a glide in your slide, a dip in yo'hip and come up to the mothership"
George Clinton
I want the funk, the whole funk and nothing but the funk!
The 60's were swinging, but not for long, music had found a new image and it was funky.
George Clinton and Bootsy Collins are two high recognisable figures when looking back through genres, with inspiration from politics, oppression and inequality they provided a wave of a new driven force which reckoned with society's views. Parliament funkadelic was in full capacity by the 1970's, with a freaky family providing visual performances and groovy sounds. P-funks roots go back to the 1950s where Clinton lead a doo-wap group called The Parliament, in which evolving fast then anything anyone had ever seen.
Through fashion, music, aesthetically pleasing and wildly entertaining events p-funk undeniably took the world by storm. with an intriguing cosmology regarding minor gods and representatives and took on a radical sci-fi theme representing the future, and the rise of African-Americanism in an up-cycled and innovative way, proclaiming new insights into the nation; 'One nation under a groove'. By promoting self expression and relentless authenticity, an up rise of raw individualism converted Americas subculture into a religion.
"Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence"
George Clinton
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