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History

African-American musical Hambone Patting juba Ring shout Civil Rights Movement

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Characteristics

Dance music Disco Pop music Celled Sub-Saharan African music traditions

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Derivatives

Earth, Wind and Fire Amadou & Mariam Fuses Frank Zappa Gary Wright

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Social impact

Funk women Labelle Brides of Funkenstein Klymaxx Lyn Collins

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Cultural origins: Mid-1960s, United States
Derivative forms: Disco · hip-hop · post-punk · dance-punk · boogie
Stylistic origins: Soul · rhythm and blues · jazz · gospel

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related to Late 1960s – early 1970s · 73

Funk → Additionally, African-American, Agin, Also, Another, Arizona, Blazers, Brown, California, Cameron-led, Charles Wright, Cissy Strut, Dancing Machine, Dyke, East Bay Grease, Edwin Starr, Electric Funk, Express Yourself, Falettinme Be Mice Elf, Family Affair

related to 1970s · 46

Funk → Africa, African, Afrobeat, Baby, Bar-Kays, Barry White's, Biddu, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Car Wash, Carl Douglas, Chaka Khan, Chic's, Commodores, Con Funk Shun, Curtis Mayfield, Diana Ross, Disco, Donna Summer's, Even, Family Stone

related to Women and funk · 43

Funk → American, As, Betty Davis, Betty Mabry Davis, Brides, Chaka Khan, Cheryl Keyes, Davis, Despite, Detroit NAACP, Funkenstein, Gender, Genre, George Clinton, Greene, If I'm In Luck, In The Feminist Funk, Jimi Hendrix, Just Might Get Picked, Klymaxx

related to 1980s synth-funk · 27

Funk → Afrika Bambaataa, Also, American, DJ Afrika Bambaataa, Electronic, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Hohner Clavinet, Horn, In, Influenced, Kraftwerk, Linn LM-1, Lyrics, Mantronix, Michael Jackson, Oberheim DMX, Oberheim OB-X, P-Funk, Planet Rock

related to Avant-funk · 25

Funk → Acts, American, Bauhaus, Cabaret Voltaire, Can, Certain Ratio, Defunkt, Four, Gang, George Clinton, German, New York, Ornette Coleman, Pop Group, Public Image Ltd, Reynolds, Simon Frith, Simon Reynolds, Skidoo, Sly Stone

related to Late 1980s to 2000s nu-funk · 25

Funk → Australia, Brand New Heavies, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Cameo, Faith No More, Galliano, However, In, Incognito, Jamiroquai, Los Tetas, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Meanwhile, New Zealand, Omar, Peppers, Primus, Rock, Skunkhour, Supergroove

related to Further reading · 24

Funk → Anne, Backbeat Books, Danielsen, Dave, Funky, Groovy Music Records Lexicon, ISBN, James Brown, Martin's Press, Parliament, Peter, Pleasure, Presence, Rickey, St, The Funk Grooves, The Music, The One, The People, The Rhythm

related to Etymology · 22

Funk → According, African, As, At, Bolden's, Buddy Bolden, Buddy Bolden's Blues, Donald, Earl Palmer, English, Even, Funky, Funky Butt, In, It, Latin, Marquis, New Orleans-born, Now, Old French

related to Derivatives · 19

Funk → Afro-Funk, Amadou, Cuban, Dogon, Earth, Egyptian, Fire, From, Gang, Indian, Kool, Malian, Mariam, Ohio Players, Parliament, Syrian, These, While George Clinton, Wind

related to Harmony · 17

Funk → C7, D7, Even, F9, For, George Clinton, In, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis, Play That Funky Music, Prince, Some, The, Trombonist Fred Wesley, Unlike, Wild Cherry

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music used new rock guitar bass also rhythm jazz band songs james style brown drum often early sound soul rhythmic

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Funk	Cultural origins	Mid-1960s, United States	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	Disco	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	hip-hop	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	post-punk	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	dance-punk	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	boogie	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	contemporary R&B	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	electro	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	techno	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	breakbeat	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	new jack swing	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	oldschool jungle	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	neurofunk	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	liquid funk	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	krautrock	1.00	infobox
Funk	Derivative forms	funkstep	1.00	infobox
Funk	Stylistic origins	Soul	1.00	infobox
Funk	Stylistic origins	rhythm and blues	1.00	infobox
Funk	Stylistic origins	jazz	1.00	infobox
Funk	Stylistic origins	gospel	1.00	infobox
Funk	is a	music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic	0.90	text
Funk	is a	subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat	0.90	text
Funk	is a	major element of certain artists identified with the jam band scene of the late 1990s and 2000s	0.90	text
Funk	is a	hybrid of electronic music and funk	0.90	text
Funk	is a	fusion genre of music which combines gangsta rap and funk	0.90	text

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