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The 31 pages that link to Funk, each with the reason it gives.

• Soul musicRelated: James Brown and other soul musicians developed rhythmic approaches that became foundational to funk.

• AfrobeatRelated: Funk supplied a persistent groove that Afrobeat expanded into extended arrangements.

• Jazz fusionRelated: Funk grooves supply the repeating rhythmic foundation for many fusion performances.

• Bass guitarRelated: Prominent, rhythmically intricate bass lines are central to many funk recordings.

• Smooth jazzRelated: Funk supplies rhythmic patterns that smooth jazz often renders more restrained and polished.

• Straight Outta ComptonRelated: Funk recordings and rhythmic ideas inform the album’s sample-based production.

• Songs in the Key of LifeRelated: Its rhythmic drive shapes tracks such as “I Wish” and “Another Star.”

• Hey Ya!Related: The song’s buoyant groove and bandlike performance draw on funk.

• Lenny KravitzRelated: Funk rhythms give many of his rock songs their physical drive.

• Lionel RichieRelated: The Commodores’ early sound used funk foundations before Richie’s ballad writing became prominent.

• MadchesterRelated: Funk supplied rhythmic accents audible in the scene’s danceable songs.

• To Pimp a ButterflyRelated: Funk grooves underpin several tracks, including the album’s politically charged opening.

• Manu DibangoRelated: Funk supplied a rhythmic vocabulary that Dibango fused with African musical forms.

• War (Edwin Starr song)Related: The tight groove gives the protest lyric a propulsive, danceable force.