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GenreJazz · Soul · Funk · Hip-hop

P-Funk

Clinton’s cosmic funk empire

1970· Detroit

Parent genre(1)

  • ←FunkDocumented

Influence(2)

  • →Detroit TechnoWidely cited

    “Derrick May: techno is “George Clinton and Kraftwerk in an elevator.””

    — Derrick May, widely quoted

  • →G-FunkDocumented

    “G-funk is built on slowed P-Funk samples and synth leads.”

Member(2)

Affiliated(1)

  • ←Bootsy CollinsDocumented

    “Left James Brown’s band to anchor Parliament-Funkadelic.”