"Clinton exploded on the scene in the 1960s, making his debut in Motown before gathering a talented crew of artists to create P-Funk, a new, fusional musical style that would deeply influence the likes of Prince, Snoop Dog, Kendrick Lamar, D'Angelo and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. "We came out of the psychedelic era and everything was permissible," Clinton told AFP. "I could free my mind, I could do whatever the music turned out to be.""
"Blending soul, funk, rock and disco, Clinton tapped the zeitgeist of an era of whirlwind change, crafting lines that captured the sexual liberation of the 1960s and 70s -- "Free your mind and your ass will follow" -- and delivering epic four-hour concerts in platform boots and alien-inspired suits. Today, the one-time New Jersey barber, who won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Grammys, has moved on from multicoloured dreadlocks and mind-altering drugs."
George Clinton is an 84-year-old funk legend, ubiquitous hip-hop sample source and progenitor of psychedelic Afrofuturism now presenting paintings in Paris. He is a self-taught American artist and the driving force behind Parliament and Funkadelic with a persistent signature vision: "Gotta have that funk." Clinton began in Motown in the 1960s, created P-Funk and influenced artists such as Prince, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, D'Angelo and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He embraced psychedelic-era permissiveness, wrote provocative lines, staged marathon concerts in flamboyant costumes, won a 2019 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, remains creatively engaged despite mobility struggles, treats funk as a protective attitude and took up acrylic and spray painting during the Covid pandemic.
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