From grief and legal wars to defining moments, hip-hop weathered another year. 17 hours ago These iconic lines from the end of Warren G’s 1994 classic “Regulate” serve as a kind of credo for the g ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you think about soul and funk legends of the ‘70s and ‘80s, certain names dominate the headlines — but true music lovers know Carl Carlton belongs firmly in that conversation.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Funk music artists with ties to Dayton have connections to thousands of songs, leaving behind a proud history of funk music in the city. Dayton is known as the funk capital of ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...