Hit Parade: Give Up the Funk Edition Part 2
b'In the \\u201970s, funk was pop\\u2014the cutting edge of Black music and the way listeners got their groove on, before disco and hip-hop. After James Brown taught a generation a new way to hear rhythm, and George Clinton tore the roof off with his P-Funk axis, nothing would be the same.\\n\\nRising alongside blaxploitation at the movies, funk took many forms: Curtis Mayfield\\u2019s superfly storytelling. War\\u2019s low-riding grooves. Kool & the Gang\\u2019s jungle boogie. Earth, Wind and Fire\\u2019s jazzy crescendos. But when funk began fusing with rock and disco took over the charts, would these acts have to give up the funk?\\n\\nJoin Chris Molanphy as he traces the history of funk\\u2019s first big decade. You\\u2019ll ride the mighty, mighty love rollercoaster and get down just for the funk of it.\\n\\nPodcast production by Kevin Bendis.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'