The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

Iconic R&B musician Carl Carlton, known for the hit songs “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and ...

The 1970s were an era of evolution and invention for music, especially when it came to new media and musical subgenres. Rock was steadily changing, pop music was going in a new direction, and some ...