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Star Wars Funk

mreeves February 12, 2020 No Comments FunkPlaylists

George Lucas’ Star Wars hit America like a pop culture meteor in the summer of 1977. The R&B scene wasn’t immune from the impact.

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The Celluloid Records Primer

mreeves October 27, 2018 No Comments Electronic MusicFunkHip-Hop 1980sPop Music

Celluloid Records was an influential player in the New Wave culture clash of 1980s New York. A 2013 compilation explores its sundry connections.

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Black Power Music

mreeves November 22, 2016 No Comments FunkJazzPlaylistsPoetrySoul

This is an imaginarium of what a young revolutionary’s musical playlist would look like before 1971 and the dawn of Blaxploitation.

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Low Ridin’ Funk

mreeves November 6, 2016 No Comments FunkPlaylists

If you are of a certain age – don’t worry, you don’t have to tell us – and grew up in California, then you may…

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Nu-Funk

mreeves November 2, 2016 No Comments Club MusicFunkHip-Hop 2000sPlaylistsR&B

Nu-funk, nu-jazz, and future soul … these were the terms used to describe underground soul in the mid-2000s. It was an international movement that spread…

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Yacht Funk

mreeves October 29, 2016 No Comments FunkJazzPlaylistsPop Music

There is no genre called “yacht funk,” but maybe there should be. It’s like a corollary to the widely recognized “yacht rock” sub-genre, with breezy,…

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The Boogie-Funk Underground

mreeves October 12, 2016 No Comments Electronic MusicFunkPlaylists

It’s been six years since Dam-Funk’s two-disc epic Toeachizown elevated boogie-funk from obscure dance music cult to a widely enjoyed pastime for 80s babies and…

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British Jazz-Funk

mreeves October 9, 2016 No Comments Club MusicFunkJazzPlaylistsPop Music

Unlike New Romantic, Goth, and so many other fast fashions that whipped through the UK in the early 80s, British jazz-funk is barely known in…

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