Funk

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Funk emerged in the late 1960s when African American musicians fused soul, soul jazz, and R&B into a rhythm-forward sound built on interlocking grooves and extended single-chord vamps. If you collect records based on groove rather than melody, funk's emphasis on the pocket makes it essential listening.

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So We Won't Forget / Shida Remixes by Khruangbin — album cover

About the Funk genre

Funk strips back the harmonic complexity of soul and R&B to spotlight electric bass, drums, and syncopated rhythm instruments. The genre's DNA includes Hammond organ, electric guitar, and often a horn section delivering rhythmic stabs rather than melodic lines. This focus on the pocket and polyrhythmic interplay created something dancers could lock into, distinguishing funk from the chord-progression-driven songs of its parent genres.

From the late 1960s onward, funk became foundational to multiple styles. Disco drew heavily from funk's grooves, while early hip hop producers mined funk records for samples that became the backbone of the genre. Go-go developed funk as its primary influence. The genre also spawned Funk brasileiro, a distinct Brazilian style that carries the funk name and sensibility in its own regional context. Funk's emphasis on the rhythmic rather than the melodic shaped decades of dance music that followed.