The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...
Funk music was transforming rapidly in the 1970s, and by 1976, many hits already felt timeless because they sounded like the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and loves. But not long after that article went live, I started ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sly Stone didn’t just create music—he built a whole universe out of rhythm, rebellion, and radical honesty. His songs shook up the airwaves, fused genres, and broke every rule while ...
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