Before they became the funk juggernauts they are known as, George Clinton’s Funkadelic recorded heavy rock similar to Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck.
One of the differences between them and Hendrix was that the solo guitarist was a powerful presence backed by a label like Warner/Reprise.
It would take the later half of the 1970s for Clinton’s camp to establish their funk empire. Funkadelic were the first black rock band that I am aware of and possibly in existence.
Their debut is recommended as the starting point to see where the group developed the P-Funk sound they are synonymous for. A listen to this album stops others from following in my footsteps of having false expectations of what their discography is to sound like. It also educates hip hop heads that hip hop has origins in rock music.
As I was exploring and learning more about Funkadelic, I was upset to discover the majority of their early 70s output had so much of a rock-music quality. I was somewhat expecting every track, including ballads, to be funky on its own merit.
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