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Funkadelic is tagged as: funk, soul, psychedelic, p-funk, rock

Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, The Parliaments. The band was added in 1964, primarily for tours, and consisted of Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce and Langston Booth. They enlisted in the army in 1966, and George Clinton (the leader of Parliament) recruited Billy Bass Nelson and Eddie Hazel in 1967, then also adding Tawl Ross and Tiki Fulwood.
Due to legal difficulties between Clinton and Revilot, The Parliaments’ label, the name was abandoned in favor of Funkadelic, which consisted of the same group of people (that is, both the former Parliaments and their back-up band, now both combined in the name “Funkadelic”). The group signed to Westbound in 1968.
The group’s self-titled debut album, Funkadelic, was released in 1970. The credits listed organist Mickey Atkins plus Clinton, Fulwood, Hazel, Nelson and Ross, though the actual recording also included several uncredited sessionmen then employed by Motown, as well as Ray Monette (of Rare Earth) and Bernie Worrell.
Bernie Worrell was officially credited starting with Funkadelic’s second album, 1970’s Free Your Mind… and Your Ass Will Follow, thus beginning a long collaboration between Worrell and Clinton (who had been friends for quite a while). Worr...
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Top 10 Funkadelic Songs
Maggot Brain
Can You Get to That
Hit It and Quit It
Super Stupid
One Nation Under a Groove
Back in Our Minds
You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
Wars of Armageddon
Groovallegiance
Funky Dollar Bill
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Top 10 Funkadelic Albums
Maggot Brain
One Nation Under A Groove
Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow
Funkadelic
Cosmic Slop
Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
America Eats Its Young
Uncle Jam Wants You
Hardcore Jollies
Let's Take It to the Stage
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