rubberdingyrapids
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this is an odd one as i bought a lot of funk records when i was a hip hop obsessive, though i think i was just conditioned by hip hop to worship funk and not really listen to it properly. but i have come to learn that i dont actually like funk very much. i love the riffs, the basslines, the rhythms, i love funk as a style, but as a whole, i dont really want to listen to very much of it. i accept its mostly dance music, but ultimately its pretty monotonous, and often quite indulgent and flabby (im talking 70s funk really, when it became a genre proper; the 60s funk stuff is better as its leaner, and tighter, but even then, many JB songs can be quite endless. often the 'part one' is all that you need). i think hip hop producers loved it, but deep down knew this, and understood what it lacked: an editor, someone to tell the bands what the good bits were, rather than just let them play on for far too long, which is often exactly what they did. many great bands need someone telling them what they cant see for themselves. and there is no shame in it. ultimately it is a shame that no good rap producers ever produced one of the legendary 70s funk bands on a comeback album.