Funkadelic - Funkadelic (Vinyl)

Description

When Funkadelic's self-titled debut album came out in late February 1970, it sounded like bits and pieces of all the music that influenced the group. But it also sounded nothing at all like anything that came before it. That was George Clinton's intention all along. It was also an accident. And it's indicative of the P-Funk mothership flight log: From its maiden voyage and the Funkadelic and Parliament split to the peak period at the end of the '70s and their eventual breakup and merging into a profitable touring entity, everything and nothing went as planned. Forging R&B, rock, pop, jazz and psychedelic music, this new band messed around on the same playground where Sly and the Family Stone hung out: It wasn't quite black music, but it sure wasn't white music either. By toeing the gray, both bands crossed lines, genres and expectations across the board. But Funakdelic brought something else to their mix: a thick, rich bottom indebted to James Brown's pioneering funk.