How ‘We Want the Funk!’ documentary demonstrates the power of a good time
Filmmakers Stanley Nelson Jr. and Nicole London didn’t want to do a typical documentary on funk music. What they made is a ...
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How ‘We Want the Funk!’ documentary demonstrates the power of a good time
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. had just premiered his 2019 “Miles Davis: Birth of ... collaborator. “The music was playing, everybody was happy, and some funk song was on.
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'We Want the Funk!' explores the musical genre's influence
We Want the Funk!” is airing under the Independent Lens umbrella at PBS. The documentary will air at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, ...
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More than a Sample Size: The Legacy of Funk Music in Hip-Hop
Six hours north, up Interstate 5, artists like Too Short, Spice 1, and Ant Banks minted their own brand of Bay Area funk called mobb music, which has similarities to g-funk, but often with a ...