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the gravitational pull where the bassline drags everything down to the dancefloor
the oneJames Brown's 'the one' put emphasis on beat one
word originoriginally meant strong smell, often unpleasant body odor
space anthemParliament's Mothership Connection mythologized funk as alien gospel
sampled foreverhip-hop was built on chopped funk breaks
low endthe bass and drums lock; melody is optional