Funk

Facts, with receipts

• The term 'funk' was popularized in the mid-1960s by artists like James Brown, whose 1965 single 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' is widely cited as a foundational funk record. — AllMusic
• James Brown's 1967 recording 'Cold Sweat' is often credited as the first true funk song, shifting the rhythmic emphasis from the backbeat to the first beat of the measure. — The New York Times
• Sly and the Family Stone's 1969 album 'Stand!' and 1971's 'There's a Riot Goin' On' blended funk with psychedelic rock and social commentary, expanding funk's sonic palette. — Rolling Stone
• George Clinton's Parliament and Funkadelic, active from the late 1960s through the 1980s, developed a theatrical, psychedelic funk style known as 'P-Funk', which heavily influenced later hip-hop and electronic music. — The Guardian
• Funk's rhythmic and bass-heavy template was a direct precursor to disco in the 1970s, with artists like Chic and Earth, Wind & Fire bridging both genres. — Encyclopaedia Britannica
• In the 1980s, funk's rhythmic elements were sampled extensively by hip-hop producers, notably in tracks like Dr. Dre's 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' (1992), which samples Leon Haywood's 1975 funk track 'I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You'. — WhoSampled