Funkadelic were more or less the rock version of Parliament, whose main target was dance-oriented music. That’s led to some confusion, as well as some confusing records, over time. Other times, legal issues got in the way. Sometimes this was a creative decision to sharp-tune whatever group Clinton occupied himself with. Over the years, Parliament were sidelined while Clinton focused on Funkadelic then it was the other way around for a while. The first albums by George Clinton‘s two revolving groups were released a little more than half a year from each other, both boasting heavy influences from outside of the R&B and doo-wop worlds that orbited the original Parliaments vocal outfit from the ’60s, as you’ll see in the below list of Funkadelic and Parliament Albums Ranked Worst to Best.Ĭlinton rechristened the Parliaments Funkadelic, took a bunch of drugs and recorded music inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone and a melting pot of period psychedelic, soul and pop bands. Funkadelic and Parliament were inseparable from almost the start.
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