This is FRESH AIR. In the 1970s, influential musicians such as Ornette Coleman began combining free jazz and electric funk. Three notable vets of free funk bands periodically team up to get ...

For a celebrity with one of the most distinctly recognizable public personas, Snoop Dogg always seems to be tinkering with his identity as an artist. His rap name alone has gone through multiple ...

Anitta has been talking about her upcoming funk album for weeks — and it finally has a date. On Thursday night, the Brazilian star announced that she’ll release her album Funk Generation on April 26, ...

The Weekend feat. Jerald Daemyon; Strum Funky; Temptation feat. Jerald Daemyon; Say What feat. Kevin Levi; Your Love; Who's Holding Donna; Soul Scapes feat. Jerald Daemyon & Deblon Jackson; In The ...

'I'm proud to work on a project about a genre that has been unfairly stigmatized in Brazil but is slowly gaining recognition worldwide,' said Anitta about 'Funk Generation.' Anitta has set a release ...

Funky Nothingness; Tommy/Vincent Duo I; Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild; I'm a Rollin' Stone; Chunga's Revenge (Basement Version); Basement Jam; Work With Me Annie ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: March 1, 1994: Hammer, who dropped the MC from his name during this time, delivered his fifth studio album, The Funky Headhunter, via Giant Records ...

Hip-hop purists and boom-bap enthusiasts alike recognize Funky Technician as a landmark release in the genre’s golden era. Released on February 6, 1990, through Wild Pitch Records, this debut album ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The MC Hammer really is one you had to experience in real time. It’s hard ...

When recording the song “Album of the Year #1 Funkateer,” Bootsy Collins had a very specific vibe in mind. “I wanted to give the people what they wanted back in the Seventies: a sense of hope, joy, ...

If you've seen Funky Unkle in a live setting, you know a couple things. First, they know how to get a room moving. And second, there's a lot of them. Nine members, to be exact. A stage can barely ...