To attempt to discuss the music and culture of the 1970's and 1980's , in a vacuum, without an understanding of the culture that spawned it, and the culture that is created by it is to miss the whole point. And not surprisingly, some of the people who attempt to do so end up being little more than culture bandits. This collection of essays taken together as a whole, is an attempt to place the music and culture of the 1970's and 1980's in some type of context, as we try to come to grips with the glory and the failure of the past, and look towards a future of hope…. --Bob Davis. Group Essays A Stolen Legacy Art Of The Slow Jam Black Media Black Rock Band Blue Eyed Soul Btrue's Record Collection Chitlin Circuit East Coast Groove Ebonics & Black Music Funk & Black Power Funk & Drugs Funk/Soul & Civil Rights Movement History Of Disco pt. 1 Jazz-Funk/Miles Smiles Lee Atwater & The destruction Of Black Music Non Music Funkateers STOMP - "Tool Of The Devil?" That Drug Thang The Essence Of Funk The First FUNK Record ? The Past Revisited What's A Funkateer? White FUNK Women In Funk Book Reviews and Essays Alternative R&B", "Neo Soul", "Retro Soul" - What Do These Terms Mean ? Bernie's Coming - P-Funk week on the FUNK BB Funk The Music, The People and the One - Rickey Vincent Funk vs. Soul pt 1 Prince of Our Disorder - Jimi Hendrix The History Of Black Music In The 1960's and 1970's - Jose Munoz The Motor Booty Affair The return of WWRL - 1600 AM (100% Pure Soul) What Is FUNK (part 2) - Funksha Chat/Interview Archives Erykah Badu Listening Party Charles Wright Chat Transcript The Bernie Worrell Interview "The Rickey Vincent Interview" Pt. 1 - 9/5/96 "The Rickey Vincent Interview" Pt. 2 - 9/5/96 "Black Hippies pt.1" "The Show" "Freak Of The Week" "What is Funk" Click here to enter your suggestions and feedback Back to P*FUNK REVIEW