S26.E15

We Want The Funk!

Episode aired Apr 8, 2025
1h 20m

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A musical journey exploring funk's evolution from African, soul and jazz origins through James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Labelle and Fela Kuti, showing its impact on new wave and hip-hop... Read allA musical journey exploring funk's evolution from African, soul and jazz origins through James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Labelle and Fela Kuti, showing its impact on new wave and hip-hop.A musical journey exploring funk's evolution from African, soul and jazz origins through James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Labelle and Fela Kuti, showing its impact on new wave and hip-hop.

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- Stanley Nelson
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8.4/10

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Director
- Stanley Nelson
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Marcus Miller

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Carlos Alomar

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Robert 'Kool' Bell

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David Bowie

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(archive footage)

Todd Boyd

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(as Dr. Todd Boyd)

James Brown

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(archive footage)

David Byrne

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George Clinton

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Don Cornelius

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(archive footage)

Kirk Franklin

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Larry Graham

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(archive footage)

Fredara Hadley

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Nona Hendryx

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Elton John

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(archive footage)

Jamon Jordan

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Jason King

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Fela Kuti

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(archive footage)

Donna Murch

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9BubbaGuitar31

Great great Funk'in documentary.

Musicians, intellectuals, fans...A very well done in relative chronological order of the funk, where it comes from, how it developed, the revolution & the evolution. Musicians showing their thang, bassists, guitarists. It's both an audio & visual feast; live performance clips from The Godfather of Funk, James Brown & many others, P-Funk, Sly & the Family Stone, the ladies of Funk up to & including how funk gave birth & enabled Hip Hop.

A 5 star job well done. Only way it would've been better is had it been even longer...Will tell many people and recommend whole heartedly...Funkin' fantastic, enjoy....