As much as I love funky, I think you can make a good case for garage - esp the stuff from the prime 2-step era - being even better.
Personally though I find them hard to compare accurately because I didn't follow garage in the close, week-in week-out way that I've been following funky - I was in my teens and not much into/aware of dance music at that time, so all I really encountered were a few of the big crossover tunes (which I quite liked). I kind of feel like I'm still catching up with garage now.
songs/vocals in garage seem better/more consistent in funky
plus i think the sonics are more interesting/sharper in garage than funky
but i think i like funky more just cos ive been listened to it more as it happened
In the good old days funky would have been another sub-genre that would have slotted into the eclectic makeup of UKG. Breakbeat garage, vocal 2-step, grimey garage, dark 4x4, dubstep... funky. A boy can only dream.
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