George Clinton & P-Funk in the 1990s The ‘90’s saw P-Funk regain relevancy as a major influence on popular hip-hop, alternative rock, and jam bands. George Clinton and Bootsy became icons and seen as godfathers and forerunners of the music that was popular at the time. The rappers who heavily sampled old school funk, also wore their influences in their sleeves and heavily repped P-Funk. The hip-hop coming out of the West Coast was affectionately called G-Funk (P-Funk but Gangsta). While many older musicians had mixed or negative feelings about being sampled, P-Funk wore it as a badge of pride. Digital Underground, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Outkast, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Wu Tang Clan, Del the Funkee Homosapien, amongst others didn’t just sample P-Funk. They also looked to P-Funk as an inspiration for their attitude and outlook. George Clinton did a spoken word intro for Snoop’s first album. P-Funk concert footage was shown in a Dre video. George did guest vocals on tracks by the o...
Parliament-Funkadelic discography Part 11: 1988-89 Bootsy Collins - “What’s Bootsy Doing?” (1988) Bootsy’s comeback album after laying low, playing on other group’s records, is both exciting and disappointing. Bootsy’s playing, songwriting, and singing are top notch. Unfortunately, it’s hard to tell as most of this is buried in the production with drum machines and synth cranked way up. Some of the Rubber Band and Godmoma play on here and help fill up the sound a little. “Party On Plastic” is the highlight and has a cool music video. The rest is hit or miss but overall a fun, yet flawed album. 3.5/5 INCorporated Thang Band - “Lifestyles of the Roach & Famous” (1988) A side project for P-Funk bassist/vocalist, Lige Curry and guitarist/vocalist, Andre Foxxe. Most of the songs are written by Clinton and various members of P-Funk. Lige is a great bass player with a good voice. This is similar to other P-Funk recordings of the time with overuse of keyboards a...