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George Clinton
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The mastermind of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective during the 1970s, George Clinton broke up both bands by 1981 and began recording solo albums, occasionally performing live with his former bandmates as the P.Funk All-Stars. Born in Kannapolis, NC, on July 22, 1940, Clinton became interested in doo wop while living in New Jersey during the early '50s. He formed the Parliaments in 1955, based out of a barbershop back room where he straightened hair. The group had a small R&B hit during 1967, but Clinton began to mastermind the Parliaments' activities two years later. Recording both as Parliament and Funkadelic, the group revolutionized R&B during the '70s, twisting soul music into funk by adding influences from several late-'60s acid heroes: Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, and Sly Stone. The Parliament/Funkadelic machine ruled black music during the '70s, capturing over 40 R&B hit singles (including three number ones) and recording three platinum albums.
By 1980, George Clinton began to be weighed down by legal difficulties arising from Polygram's acquisition of Parliament's label, Casablanca. Jettisoning both the Parliament and Funkadelic names (but not the musicians), Clinton signed to Capitol in 1982 both as a solo act and as the P.Funk All-Stars. His first solo album, 1982's Computer Games, contained the Top 20 R&B hit "Loopzilla." Several months later, the title track from Clinton's Atomic Dog EP hit number one on the R&B charts; it stayed at the top spot for four weeks, but only managed number 101 on the pop charts. Clinton stayed on Capitol for three more years, releasing three studio albums and frequently charting singles -- "Nubian Nut," "Last Dance," "Do Fries Go With That Shake" -- in the R&B Top 40. During much of the three-year period from 1986 to 1989, Clinton became embroiled in legal difficulties (resulting from the myriad royalty problems latent during the '70s with recordings of over 40 musicians for four labels under three names). Also problematic during the latter half of the '80s was Clinton's disintegrating reputation as a true forefather of rock; by the end of the decade, however, a generation of rappers reared on P-Funk were beginning to name check him.
In 1989, Clinton signed a contract with Prince's Paisley Park label and released his fifth solo studio album, The Cinderella Theory. After one more LP for Paisley Park (Hey Man, Smell My Finger), Clinton signed with Sony 550. His first release, 1996's T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. ("the awesome power of a fully operational mothership"), reunited the funk pioneer with several of his Parliament/Funkadelic comrades from the '70s. Clinton's Greatest Funkin' Hits (1996) teamed old P-Funk hits with new-school rappers such as Digital Underground, Ice Cube, and Q-Tip. [See Also: Parliament, Funkadelic]
--- John Bush, All Music Guide
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| LOOK | YEAR | ALBUM |  | 1974 | The George Clinton Band Arrives | | 1982 | Computer Games | | 1983 | You Shouldn�t-Nuf Bit Fish | | 1984 | Urban Dancefloor Guerillas | | 1985 | Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends | | 1986 | R & B Skeletons In The Closet | | 1987 | Mothership Connection: Live From The Summit, Houston, TX | | 1989 | Cinderella Theory | | 1990 | Live At The Beverly Theatre In Hollywood | | 1993 | Hey Man, Smell My Finger | | 1994 | Sample Some Of Disc, Sample Some Of D.A.T. | | 1995 | Dope Dogs | | 1995 | Hydraulic Funk | | 1996 | Series I | | 1996 | Testing Positive 4 The Funk | | 1996 | T. A. P. O. A. F. O. M. | | 1997 | George Clinton�s Bag �O Funk | | 1997 | Live & Kickin� | | 1998 | Unreleased Remixes | | 2004 | 500,000 Kilowatts Of P-Funk Power: Live! | | 2005 | Funkadelic Live At Montreux 2004 | | 2005 | How Late Do U Have 2 B B 4U R Absent? | | 2005 | Family Series Vol. I: Go Fer Yer Funk | | 2005 | Family Series Vol. 2: "P" Is The Funk | | 2006 | Take It To The Stage: Live! | | 2008 | George Clinton And His Gangsters Of Love |
1974 The George Clinton Band Arrives
1982 Computer Games
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1. Get Dressed 2. Best Man�s Friend/Loopzilla 3. Pot Sharing Tots 4. Computer Games |
5. Atomic Dog 6. Free Alterations 7. One Fun At A Time |
1983 You Shouldn�t-Nuf Bit Fish
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01. Nubian Nut 02. Quickie 03. Last Dance |
04. Silly Millameter 05. Stingy 06. You Shouldn�t-Nuf Bit Fish |
1984 Urban Dancefloor Guerillas
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01. Generator Pop 02. Acupuncture 03. One Of Those Summers 04. Catch A Keeper |
05. Pumpin� It Up 06. Copycat 07. Hydraulic Pump 08. Pumpin� It Up(reprise) |
1985 Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends
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01. Double Oh-Oh 02. Bullet Proof 03. Pleasures Of Exhaustion 04. Bodyguard |
05. Bangladesh 06. Thrashin� 07. Some Of My Best Jokes Are Friends |
1986 R & B Skeletons In The Closet
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01. Hey Good Looking 02. Do Fries Go With That Shake!? 03. Mixmaster Suite: Startin� From Scratch 04. Mixmaster Suite: Counter-Irritant 05. Mixmaster Suite: Nothin� Leftto Burn |
06. Electric Pygmies 07. Intense 08. Cool Joe 09. R&B Skeletons (in the closet) |
1987 Mothership Connection: Live From The Summit, Houston, TX
1989 Cinderella Theory
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01. Airbound 02. Tweakin� 03. The Cinderella Theory 04. Why Should I Dog U Out? 05. Serious Slammin� 06. There I Go Again |
07. She Got It Goin� On 08. The Banana Boat Song 09. French Kiss 10. Rita Bewitched 11. Kredit Kard 12. Airbound (reprise) |
1990 Live At The Beverly Theatre In Hollywood
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01. P. Funk(wants to get funked up) 02. Introduction Of Band/Do That Stuff 03. Cosmic Slop 04. Medley: Take It To The Stage, Mothership etc. 05. Give Up The Funk |
06. Not Just Knee Deep 07. Maggot Brain 08. One Nation Under A Groove 09. Atomic Dog 10. Flash Light |
1993 Hey Man, Smell My Finger
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01. Martial Law 02. Paint The White House Black 03. Way Up 04. Dis Beat Disrupts 05. Get Satisfied 06. Hollywood 07. Rhythm And Rhyme |
08. The Big Pump 09. If True Love 10. High In My Hello 11. Maximumisness 12. Kickback 13. The Flag Was Still There 14. Martial Law (reprise) |
1994 Sample Some Of Disc, Sample Some Of D.A.T.
1995 Dope Dogs
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01. Dog Star (fly on) 02. U S Custom Coast Guard Dope Dog 03. Some Next Shit 04. Just Say Ding (databoy) 05. Help Scottie, Help 06. Pepe (the pill popper) 07. Back Against The Wall |
08. Fifi 09. All Sons Of Bitches 10. Sick �Em 11. I Ain�t The Lady (he ain�t the tramp) 12. Pack Of Wild Dogs 13. Tales That Wag The Dog 14. My Dog |
1995 Hydraulic Funk
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01. Pump Up And Down 02. Pumpin� It Up 03. Copycat 04. Hydraulic Pump 05. Throw Your Hands Up In The Air 06. Generator Pop 07. Acupuncture |
08. One Of Those Summers 09. Catch A Keeper 10. Pumpin� You Is So Easy 11. Generator Pop (mix) 12. Hydraulic Pump, pts. 1-2(12�Mix) |
1996 Series I
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01. Go Fer Yer Funk 02. Funk It Up 03. Funkin� For My Mama�s Rent 04. Send A Gram 05. Who In The Funk Do You Think You Are |
06. Better Days 07. The Chong Show 08. Michelle 09. Sunshine Of Your Love 10. Interview |
1996 Testing Positive 4 The Funk
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01. Live Up (to what she thinks of me) 02. Secrets 03. She Never Do�s Things 04. Take My Love 05. Just For Play 06. Off The Wall 07. Get It On |
08. Triune 09. Superstar Madness 10. I Angle 11. Twenty Bucks 12. To Care 13. Comin� Down From Your Love 14. Interview |
1996 T. A. P. O. A. F. O. M.
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01. If Anybody Gets Funked Up 02. Summer Swim 03. Funky Kind (gonna knock it down) 04. Mathematics 05. Hard As Steel 06. New Spaceship 07. Underground Angel |
08. Let�s Get Funky 09. Flatman And Bobin 10. Sloppy Seconds 11. Rock The Party 12. Get Your Funk On 13. T.A.P,O.A.F.O.M. (fly away) 14. If Anybody Gets Funked Up (mix) |
1997 George Clinton�s Bag �O Funk
1997 Live & Kickin�
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01. Cosmic Slop 02. Bop Gun 03. Standing On The Verge 04. Funk Getting Ready To Roll 05. Funkentelechy (where�d you get that funk from) 06. Give Up The Funk(tear the roof off) 07. Let�s Take It To The Stage 08. Good Love 09. Maggot Brain |
10. Make My Funk The P-Funk 11. Flash Light 12. Aqua Boogie 13. Atomic Dog 14. The Mothership Connection (star child) 15. Pepe (the pill popper 16. Let�s Get Satisfied/Dope Dog 17. Ain�t Nothing But A Jam Y�all 18. State Of The Nation |
1998 Unreleased Remixes
2004 500,000 Kilowatts Of P-Funk Power: Live!
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01. Cosmic Slop 02. Bop Gun 03. Standing On The Verge 04. Funk Getting Ready To Roll 05. Funkentelechy (where�d you get that funk from) 06. Give Up The Funk(tear the roof off) 07. Let�s Take It To The Stage 08. Good Love 09. Maggot Brain |
10. Make My Funk The P-Funk 11. Flash Light 12. Aqua Boogie 13. Atomic Dog 14. The Mothership Connection (star child) 15. Pepe (the pill popper 16. Let�s Get Satisfied/Dope Dog 17. Ain�t Nothing But A Jam Y�all 18. State Of The Nation |
2005 Funkadelic Live At Montreux 2004
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01. Bop Gun 02. Flash Light/Get Low 03. Something Stank 04. Hard As Steel 05. Yank My Doodle 06. Flashlight (reprise) 07. Not Just Knee Deep |
08. Sentimental Journey 09. Not Just Knee Deep (reprise) 10. Up For The Down Stroke 11. Bounce 2 This 12. Atomic Dog 13. Whole Lota Shakin� |
2005 How Late Do U Have 2 B B 4U R Absent?
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01. Bounce 2 This 02. Su, Su, Su 03. Paradigm 04. U Can Depend On Me 05. U Ain�t Running Shit 06. Inhale Slow 07. Because/Last Time Zone 08. Never Ending Love 09. Sexy Side Of You 10. Saddest Day 11. I Can Dance 12. I�ll Be Sitting Here |
13. Don�t Dance Too Close 14. More Than Words Can Say 15. Butt-A-Butt 16. Something Stank 17. Our Secret 18. Viagra 19. Gypsy Woman 20. Whole Lotta Shakin� 21. Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight 22. Whatchamacallit 23. Trust In Yourself 24. Booty |
2005 Family Series, Vol. I: Go Fer Yer Funk
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01. Go Fer Yer Funk 02. Funk It Up 03. Funkin� For My Mama�s Rent 04. Send A Gram 05. Who In The Funk Do You Think You Are? |
06. Better Days 07. The Chong Show 08. Michelle 09. Sunshine Of Your Love 10. Storytime With George |
2005 Family Series Vol. 2: �P� Is The Funk
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01. Clone Communicado 02. Does Disc Go With D.A.T.(simon says) 03. Shove On 04. Rock Jam 05. Love Is Something 06. Every Booty (get on down) 07. Personal Problems |
08. Bubble Gum Gangster 09. She�s Crazy 10. Think Right 11. In The Cabin Of My Uncle Jam 12. My Love 13. Interview 14. Commercials |
2006 Take It To The Stage: Live!
2008 George Clinton And His Gangsters Of Love
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01. Ain�t That Peculiar 02. Never Gonna Give You Up 03. Mathematics Of Love 04. Let The Good Times Roll 05. Pledging My Life 06. Gypsy Woman 07. It�s All In The Game |
08. Heart Trouble 09. Our Day Will Come 10. Sway 11. A Thousand Miles Away 12. Heaven 13. As In 14. Stillness In Motion 15. Fever |
