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Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clinton’s Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. The name was soon abandoned due to legal issues with Revilot and Atlantic Records, and most of the same people recorded under the name Funkadelic, which consisted of The Parliaments’ backing musicians. Billy “Bass” Nelson is credited with creating the name Funkadelic. He also switched from 6-string guitar to bass, creating room for his childhood friend Eddie Hazel to join the group. Soon, Parliament was created in addition to Funkadelic and the two bands consisted of essentially the same people, though both released albums under their respective names.

The legal problems with the name “The Parliaments” were resolved in 1970, and Clinton signed all of Funkadelic to Invictus Records under the name Parliament, releasing Osmium (“The Breakdown” reached #30 on the R&B charts in 1971) but the name Parliament was then abandoned for some time, as Funkadelic was much more successful.

In the early 1970s, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins and Catfish Collins joined Funkadelic, which released five albums by 1974. With only moderate success, Funkadelic signed with Casablanca Records as Parliament, releasing “Up for the Down Stroke” (off the album of the same name) which reached #10 on the R&B charts but peaked at #63 Pop. The song was the biggest hit of P Funk’s career. 1975 saw the release of Chocolate City, which also enjoyed moderate success; the title track reached #24.

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7	Handcuffs full track	216
8	Do That Stuff full track	213
9	Chocolate City full track	204
10	Dr. Funkenstein full track	200
11	Bop Gun (Endangered Species) full track	183
12	Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples full track	180
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ohnoshelby wrote:
yesterday evening

he started slapping that bass fast and loose like some kind of delirious funky priest!

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Advanced122 wrote:
yesterday morning

some expert please message me which albums feature eddie hazel on guitar and some highlights! thanks!!

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GroovyPeople wrote:
Sunday afternoon

This fish tale ends where most fish tales end.

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Nezsmith wrote:
last week

OH MEW MO OH DONKEY PUSS STARCHILD!

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genericuser1062 wrote:
10 days ago

Best shit ever stoned.

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krustywazoo wrote:
19 days ago

"GIve Up the Funk" = one of the best songs in existence :D

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Madvillain626 wrote:
27 days ago

shit i might be playin some of this stuff when i have kids

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thesoulution28 wrote:
last month

I just think of my dad playing ALL this stuff when I was little. Memories lol.

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Sandronic wrote:
last month

Нужны люди для hop, funky, jazzy проекта - http://www.lastfm.ru/group/%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B+%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B8+%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F+hop%2C+funky%2C+jazzy++%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0

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easyrider72 wrote:
last month

THIS IS STONER-FUNK http://www.last.fm/group/STONER+FUNK

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shadowattack wrote:
last month

you wouldn't belieeve how the partied....ba dada daaaaaww i wanna go back and get more of that funky stuff

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Madvillain626 wrote:
last month

there was a thrill up on a hill, everybody was feeling real

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corazonmani wrote:
last month

yes, yes, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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gazebolicker wrote:
October 2009

DOIN IT IN 3D

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mikepm07 wrote:
October 2009

they don't make them like they used to- do they

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polymorphous71 wrote:
September 2009

preoccupied and dedicated to the preservation of the motion of hips.

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iasc07 wrote:
September 2009

put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip and come onto the mothership

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wildthingsuit wrote:
September 2009

Give me the funk you punk!

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Zaca1000 wrote:
September 2009

Prince

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ExhaltedOne wrote:
September 2009

Get up for down the stroke, everybody get up!!

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