Style Guide-Genre-Funk / Soul
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Afrobeat
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Bayou Funk
Description for this style.
Disco
The most popular style of club music in the US in the later 1970's. It was one of the first prominent form of commercial music to go against the typical Rock & Roll beat (bass-snare-bass-snare) and use the "four-to-the-floor" rhythm -- four beats of bass instead (bass-bass-bass-bass). There's usually a prominent bass guitar track, and the melody of the song usually contains violins, cellos or other string instruments. Disco is usually devoid of electric guitar.
NOTE: In Europe, it's common for any style of music that is played in dance clubs to be referred to as "Disco," but for Discogs purposes the "Disco" style refers only to the style of music defined above.
Example Artists: KC & The Sunshine Band, ABBA, Chic, Bee Gees
Free Funk
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Funk
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Gogo
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Gospel
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Neo Soul
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New Jack Swing
Immensely popular from about 1989-1992, it's a style of R&B that focuses on a very prominent swingbeat made with an electronic drum machine. Vocals are usually harmonized.
Example Artists: Bobby Brown, Pebbles, Guy, Bell Biv DeVoe
P.Funk
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Psychedelic
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Rhythm & Blues
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Soul
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Swingbeat
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