commercially successful albums such as Dr. Dre's The Chronic (1992) and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle (1993). G-funk, which uses funk with an artificially altered tempo...
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Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through...
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of the funk radio station Bounce FM in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in which his song "Loopzilla" also appeared. Rapper Dr. Dre often...
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Have Duped Isaac Funk". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. February 25, 1905. p. 3. Dr. Isaac Funk of the publishing house of Funk & Wagnalls of New...
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G-funk, a subgenre of hip hop characterized by a synthesizer foundation and slow, heavy production. Released as Death Row's first major project, Dr. Dre's...
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addition to album artwork, costumes, advertisements, and stage banter. P-Funk's "Dr. Seussian afrofunk" is often cited as a critical component of the Afrofuturism...
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"Uptown Funk" is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson featuring American singer Bruno Mars. It was released on 10 November 2014, as the lead single...
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Black Hawk. Of the tracks recorded, two of them ("Ginza" and "Calling Dr. Funk" the former recorded as part of the Ron Crotty Trio) were original compositions...
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West Coast hip hop (category G-funk)
the early to-mid 1990s with the birth of G-funk and the emergence of record labels such as Suge Knight and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records, Ice Cube's Lench...
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Terrance Dee Funk (June 30, 1944 – August 23, 2023) was an American professional wrestler. Widely considered one of the most influential and greatest professional...
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by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk. Active as a session...
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signal for the attack: "A special announcement, Dr Funk is to set to work" (Sondermeldung, Dr. Funk soll an die Arbeit gehen). It is significant that...
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Montana, where he teaches music courses at Montana State University. Dr. Funk's considerable compositional output includes five symphonies, three operas...
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Funk (born February 3, 1941), known professionally as Dory Funk Jr., is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. The son of Dory Funk...
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Casimir Funk (Polish: Kazimierz Funk [kaˈʑimjɛʂ ˈfuŋk]; February 23, 1884 – November 19, 1967) was a Polish biochemist generally credited with being among...
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was an acoustic blues trio with Geils on guitar, bassist Danny Klein ("Dr. Funk"), and harmonica player Richard Salwitz ("Magic Dick"). In 1968, the band...
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The Chronic (redirect from The Chronic (Dr. Dre album))
one on the Hot Rap Singles and Hot R&B Singles charts. Dr. Dre's production popularized the G-funk subgenre within gangsta rap. The Chronic has been widely...
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"Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" is a funk song by Parliament. It was released as a single under the name "Tear the Roof off the Sucker...
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"Dr. Funkenstein" is a song by the funk band Parliament. It was the second single released from their 1976 album, The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein. It reached...
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Vic's attempt to "improve" the Dr. Funk was called Dr. Funk's Son. Stephen Crane called his version of the Dr. Funk the Dr. Fong at The Luau and his Kon-Tiki...
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Warren G (category G-funk artists)
introduced the then-unknown rapper to record producer Dr. Dre. His debut studio album, Regulate... G Funk Era (1994), debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard...
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Warren G Westside Connection "G-Funk Music Genre Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-06-11. "Today in Hip Hop History: Dr Dre's 'The Chronic' Was Released...
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P Funk Mothership, also known as The Mothership or The Holy Mothership, is a space vehicle model belonging to Dr. Funkenstein, an alter ego of funk musician...
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– backing vocals on track 9 Magic Moreno – backing vocals on track 10 Dr. Funk, PhD – bass synthesizer Todd Grace, Richie Raposa – programming, keyboard...
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Funkadelic (category American funk musical groups)
American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. As one of the two flagship groups of George Clinton's P-Funk collective...
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Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)". It reached number 33 on the U.S. R&B chart. The tracks "The Roach (The Chronic Outro)" from the Dr. Dre album...
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Squirrel, Hobo's Wife, in addition to such Tiki drinks as the Mai Tai, Dr. Funk, and Navy Grog. In 1969, Heublein began selling some of these cocktails...
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Allan Eric Funk (born July 7, 1971) is an American professional wrestler who has previously worked in promotions such as World Championship Wrestling and...
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Campbell as Bob Funk Rachael Leigh Cook as Ms. Thorne Grace Zabriskie as Mrs. Funk Amy Ryan as Ms. Wright Eddie Jemison as Ron Funk Stephen Root as Steve...
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"Dr. Who!" is a song by Tujamo and Plastik Funk. The song was originally titled "Who" and released by music producers Tujamo and Plastik Funk in 2012....
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