Funkadelic’s third album was a psychedelic blast of freewheeling protest music. As the LP turns 50, we look back at the music that fueled it — and that was inspired by it. By Christopher R. Weingarten ...

When the original Funkadelic lineup gathered to record its third album in 1970, it’s unlikely any of the members knew it would be their last release together. Regardless, mastermind George Clinton was ...

They may be two of the most influential notes in funk-rock history: the soaring, plaintive start to guitarist Eddie Hazel's legendary solo in Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain." The song, an audacious, ...

The social justice movements of the 1960s were beginning to fall apart—the “peace and love” of Woodstock was giving way to harder drugs and corporate commodification, in effect curbing the hippie ...

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a monument of psychedelic funk, a defining ...

50 years of WMMS: Clevelanders' favorite memories, from Murray Saul to "Maggot Brain" CLEVELAND, Ohio - In honor of the 50th anniversary of WMMS, we asked readers to share their favorite memories of ...

Aiming to make a record that fans would still listen to decades later, George Clinton and Funkadelic mixed R&B, psychedelic rock and a Black... They may be two of the most influential notes in ...