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* [[Dr Dre]]'s "Nothin' But a 'G' Thang". At the time, a hip-hip video with low riders, backyard parties and lots of posing in front of the camera was something new and different. Needless to say, it was certainly influential.
* Eiffel 65 sounds a lot less fresh today after thousands of rappers ran the Autotune gimmick into the ground.
* [[Eric Clapton]]. Although he was never as experimental as his contemporary, [[Jimi Hendrix]], Clapton was a major influence on all rock after 1966. He almost single-handedly resurrected the Gibson Les Paul, one of the most ubiquitous guitar designs today.
* "Funk" effects in rock music (the "wah-wah" pedal, etc.). When these first appeared in the late '60s in works by bands like Cream, they sounded dangerous and even diabolical. But then, in the '70s, so many TV shows began to use mild funk flourishes in their theme songs that today a style that once offended so many people just sounds ridiculous. This was partially fixed in the early '80s, when (if only in that one instance) [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''Thriller'' managed to make funk sound [[Badass]] again.
* Gang Of Four's trademark sound to some extent: Starting around the [[Turn of the Millennium]], a lot of post-punk/New Wave-influenced bands like [[Franz Ferdinand]] and [[Maximo Park]] started using minimalist, choppy guitar riffs and stiff but funk-influenced rhythms in a similar manner. This actually led to a resurgence of interest in Gang Of Four (and eventually, a partial reunion), but it also can make their debut album ''Entertainment!'' seem less innovative than it was at the time. The key thing that still sets Gang Of Four apart is that these newer bands usually lack their overtly political lyrics and occasionally ''really'' harsh guitar feedback.
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