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Funkadelic

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...

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amidio junior

Silva Alhandra

California

TheBestOfAleysterCrowley

aleyster crowley bernardo de andrade

os putos brothers

familia

nova california seixas

Argeu california seixas

argeu bernardo de andrade

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Wunmi

Wunmi, real name Ibiwunmi Omotayo Olufunke Olaiya, is a singer, dancer and fashion designer. She was born in the United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, but spent much of her childhood in Lagos, Nigeria. She worked with the band Soul II Soul, notably appearing as a dancer in the video for "Back To Life" (1989). Her debut single, "What a See (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)" was released in 1998, and her debut album A.L.A. (Africans Living Abroad) came out on the Documented record label in 2006.

Toshi Reagon

Toshi Reagon (born in 1964) is an American folk/blues musician. She is the daughter of Sweet Honey In The Rock co-founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, with whom she has sometimes collaborated on musical projects.

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Betty Davis

Betty Davis (born Betty Mabry, 1945 in New York City, USA) is an American funk, rock and soul singer and ex-model. When she turned sixteen, Betty moved to New York and met several musicians including Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. She met Miles Davis in 1967 and married him in 1968. As Miles stated in his autobiography, in addition to creating turmoil in his personal life, Betty helped him to explore music by introducing him to psychedelic rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix and funk innovator Sly Stone.

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get down grooves

fuuuunkkk

SOLOMUSIKA-female vocalists

funky as a church function

i want to make babies with

that damn relationship

deepsoul

diva music

songs that tell stories

funk artists

waking

lick my lollypop

do not touch me on my pubis

soundtrack to my life

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Cipher

There are several artists with this name: 1) Canadian-based underground hip-hop duo.
2) Hard core/metal band from Long Beach, New York.
3) Ambient duo of Theo Travis and Dave Sturt.
4) New Wave / Postpunk band from L.A. (1977-83) 1) Canadian-based hip hop duo whose album 360 Degrees came to prominance on the Canadian scene in the mid-90s.
Cipher is producer Clean, providing an atmospheric blend of smokey jams, late-night jazz and ambient synths whilst rapper G2, brings true microphone talent to the mix.

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Keziah Jones

Keziah Jones (born Olufemi Sanyaolu on January 10, 1968 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He describes his musical style as “Blufunk”, which is a fusion between raw blues elements and hard, edgy funk rhythms. Also his Nigerian roots and soul music can be considered a major influence on his sound.
He is known for his distinctive style of guitarplaying, above all his percussive right-hand technique which is similar to bass player's slapping technique. He's also famous for playing most of his live shows with a bare torso.

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leiwand - blue note

leiwand - frontline

leiwand - singer-songwriter

drjazzmrfunkmusic

want to hear more

Life is too short for bad music

sensual music

artist - Keziah Jones

nu funk

transmusicales

mimiLikes

Matarakatu kitchen groove

mittwochs park

artisti con le palle

oooooooooooh beautiful emilie

group of people who are

nu blues

trendy dandy at funkadelica dream

my own discovery mode

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Bibi

There are two artists called Bibi: 1. Bibi was an early 2000 Belgian dance project by Regi Penxten, also known from Milk Inc., Sylver, Jessy, TLD, ... 2. Bibi was working with Dimitri (from Paris) at the end of the 80's when he discovered house music. Bibi produced, programmed, mixed and hosted "Better Days" during 7 years on NRJ, the 1st radio network in France. This reference House program became a classic ever since it stopped on October 16, 2004.

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Parliament

Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clinton's Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. The name was soon abandoned due to legal issues with Revilot and Atlantic Records, and most of the same people recorded under the name Funkadelic, which consisted of The Parliaments' backing musicians. Billy "Bass" Nelson is credited with creating the name Funkadelic. He also switched from 6-string guitar to bass, creating room for his childhood friend Eddie Hazel to join the group.

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ar fheabhas ar fad

whadafac

funky mofo

politically conscious

qewret

mothership connection

MINCHIA CHE DISCO FIGO

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Skye

There are several artists who have used this name. Below are a few.
---------- 1) Skye Edwards is a British singer, born 1974 in south east London. Until 2003, she was and now again is, the lead singer of the band Morcheeba. Edwards decided to shorten her name to Skye by taking the first letter of each of her names (Shirley Klarisse Yonavive) and putting them together. She has also sung on two charity collaborations, Perfect Day 1997, in aid of BBC Children in Need and Band Aid 20, in 2004, in aid of famine relief in Sudan, Africa. Edwards has two children, a son and a daughter.

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