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Funk
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Funk (fngk, fngk), Casimir 1884-1967.
Polish-born American biochemist whose research of deficiency diseases led to the discovery of vitamins, which he named in 1912.


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Funk music, the roots of rap's thumping rhythms and streetwise rhymes, gets a nod in a showcase of Robert Randolph & the Family Band; Earth, Wind & Fire; OutKast; and Parliament Funkadelic.
Bringing to the forefront the raw vocals that would become the backbone of 1970s funk music, The Last Poets united street poetry and radical politics with sparse instrumentation and tribal beats.
It's trance music, funk music, sophisticated soul, klepto-klezmer, situation-comedy bop, and tribal religious music of some yet-to-be-formed tribe.
 
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