George Clinton
USA, 1955–now
American bandleader behind Parliament and Funkadelic. His psychedelic funk, elaborate staging and science-fiction narratives became one of the most heavily sampled bodies of work in hip-hop.
MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced George Clinton and 5 artists George Clinton influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced George Clinton?
- The Temptations — Clinton's apprenticeship writing and producing for the Temptations at Motown preceded and shaped everything he built afterwards.
Which artists did George Clinton influence?
- Happy Mondays — George Clinton's P-Funk psychedelic carnival shaped the freakish stage aesthetic of Happy Mondays.
- Teddy Riley — Riley learned his soulful funk from George Clinton and Parliament among others, then combined it with hip-hop to get new jack swing.
- Soulsonic Force — The record's funk foundation drew on George Clinton's P-Funk, one of Bambaataa's stated inspirations for 'Planet Rock'.
- OutKast — George Clinton's P-Funk — its Afrofuturist vision and elastic funk — is central to OutKast's cosmic Southern sound; Clinton even recorded with them.
- Derrick May — Half of May's own definition of techno: George Clinton and Kraftwerk stuck in an elevator.