Latest Release
- 6 SEPT 2024
- 3 Songs
- Maggot Brain · 1971
- Maggot Brain · 1971
- One Nation Under a Groove (Remastered Edition) [Bonus Tracks] · 1978
- Uncle Jam Wants You - Remastered Edition · 1979
- Maggot Brain · 1971
- Young Soul Rebels · 1978
- Finest · 1971
- Maggot Brain · 1971
- Maggot Brain · 1971
- Standing On the Verge of Getting It On · 1974
Essential Albums
- It would be impossible to condense the Parliament-Funkadelic collective’s sprawling, five-decade discography—comprising two bands and several side projects, dozens of musicians and a trail-blazing brew of funk, psychedelia, rock and Afrofuturism—into one cohesive mission statement, but their 1978 breakthrough album comes close. The title track boils down the group’s philosophy in its clearest terms: funk as unifying escape, “a chance to dance our way out of our constrictions.” George Clinton and company still get Sly-Stone-in-space out-there (see the 10-plus minute scatological opus “P.E. Squad [The Doo-Doo Chasers]”), but with the most accessible melodies, grooves and production of their career. True heads may prefer the hazier early-to-mid-‘70s run, but there’s a reason this was their commercial and critical peak.
Artist Playlists
- Take a hip trip on the Mothership and meet its crew of funkateers.
- This is one nation under a groove.
- The funk legends and avant-rockers that inspired the Mothership.
- Psychedelic explorations to the farthest depths of funk.
Singles & EPs
Appears On
- Incidents, Westcoast Stone & George Clinton
- Octavepussy, George Clinton & Parliament
- Octavepussy, George Clinton & Parliament
- Octavepussy, George Clinton & Parliament
More To Hear
- Spinna celebrates Bootsy Collins’ birthday with a P-Funk mix.
About Funkadelic
Psychedelic soul collective Funkadelic pushed the boundaries of music in the ’70s with far-flung sounds and sociopolitical commentary. The band, formed in the late 1960s, was led by the fearless, future-thinking George Clinton, who started his creative career as a teenager singing doo-wop. With their self-titled 1970 debut album, led by the dynamic “I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody Got a Thing,” Funkadelic further diversified the uninhibited, funk-influenced style of rock ’n’ roll that was popularized by Sly Stone and Jimi Hendrix. The same year, they released Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow, a liberating compilation of thought-provoking material. By 1971, the group delivered its breakthrough album, Maggot Brain, which was highlighted by the winding and ambitious title track. After transitioning to a more dance-oriented, R&B-adjacent sound — an effect of merging with its sister group, Parliament, also helmed by Clinton — Funkadelic achieved commercial success, chiefly with 1978’s lively One Nation Under a Groove.
- ORIGIN
- Plainfield, NJ, United States
- FORMED
- 1968
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul