George Clinton (musician)
George Clinton ( born July 22, 1941 in Kannapolis, North Carolina, na A. in Plainfield, New Jersey) is a musician and producer. He is best known as the founder of P-Funk and head of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic.
Life
During the 50s, Clinton became interested in music. In 1955 he founded The Parliaments, allegedly in the back room of a hair salon. The late 60s, he managed to achieve first commercial success with various musicians under the band name and Parliament Funkadelic.
After the successful Parliament / Funkadelic - time was ended in 1980, Clinton worked on solo and In 1982, the album Computer Games out. At the same time he was back with the P- Funk All Stars active, which included many of his old comrades, including also funk legend Bootsy Collins. However, his fame faded over the course of 80 years, and he could not build on his earlier success in commercial terms.
However, it brought the cult status of his P-Funk projects by a money that they were key pioneers of sampling technique and this has been taken over by their fans. This was Clinton especially of hip-hop musicians regularly paid bonuses, which he was able to continue his musical career and today is considered one of the most sampled musicians. Among the artists, the pieces by Clinton have processed or have worked with him in the production include U.S. rappers like Snoop Dogg or the German rapper duo your favorite rapper. He also produced several bands and musicians, including Album Freaky Styley by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Most recently, he sang the chorus for the song " Wolves ", which appeared on the album " 8 Diagrams " from the Wu -Tang Clan in 2007.