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April 7, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 56) Parliament and Funkadelic

By Ice Cube

Mothership Connection

With the "Parliafunkadelicment thang," leader George Clinton has succeeded in creating two distinct identities for one band—the mystical voodoo of the Funkadelics and the stabbing, humorous funk of Parliament. While Funkadelic has no discernible influence, Parliament is more closely attuned to ...

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The Parliaments began as a doo-wop quintet in Plainfield, NJ. Former barber George Clinton and crew -- Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas, Ray Davis -- moved to Detroit in the mid-'60s. They landed a Motown contract, only to wind up on the bench. The group finally got a single out on Revilot Records; "(I Wanna) Testify" hit on the R&B and pop charts in 1967, but lousy distribution and an en...

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