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'''Funkadelic''', "Good To Your Earhole" }}

 

'''Parliament''', "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" }}

 

The P-Funk collective began disintegrating at the start of the 1980s as a result of Clinton's drug problems and financial problems stemming from the two groups' unwieldy size. They were disbanded as a result of complicated label politics, and Clinton started a solo career, gaining a 1982 hit album in ''Computer Games'' and the #1 single "Atomic Dog". He has continued to tour and record since with many of the same musicians under the name "P-Funk All Stars", largely due to legal issues preventing him from using "Parliament" or "Funkadelic" after 1980. The "P-Funk All Stars" nowadays contain both old P-Funk standbys and new musicians.

 

 

Had an appearance [[As Himself]] in ''[[PCU]]''.

* [[In the Style Of]]: "Maggot Brain" somewhat imitates [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Early albums (1970-1972) owed quite a bit to the influence of Motown's psychedelic soul bands and hard funk.

* [[Ironic Nursery Rhyme]]: Clinton likes to take nursery rhymes and turn them into drug references, and it's all [[Played for Laughs]] instead of scary. For instance, Funkadelic's "Let's Take it to the Stage" offers us this warped take:

''Said, "What's in the bag, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]?"'' }}

** And Parliament's "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk" has:

''Yes sir, yes sir, a nickel-bag full'' ([[Don't Explain the Joke|that's drug slang for... something]]) }}

* [[Last Chorus Slow-Down]]: [[Subverted Trope|A bit of a subversion]]: "Nappy Dugout" speeds up the drumbeat at the end.