UMT 2012: Genre #31 - Funk

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For the provisional round, rank your top 5 artists from 1-5. The top 8 artists will advance to the next round. Here are the 32 artists in the next genre.... Funk. Enjoy!

Barry White
Booker T. & The MG's
Cameo
Chic
Curtis Mayfield
Digital Underground
Earth, Wind & Fire
Fishbone
Isaac Hayes
James Brown
Jamiroquai
Kool & The Gang
Lenny Kravitz
Living Colour
Parliament/Funkadelic
Primus
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rick James
Shalamar
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Sly & The Family Stone
Sugar Ray
The Commodores
The Gap Band
The Heavy
The Meters
The Ohio Players
The O'Jays
The S.O.S. Band
The Spinners
The Time
War

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1. Curtis Mayfield
2. Sly & The Family Stone
3. Living Colour
4. PFunk
5. RHCP
** Kravitz
** James Brown
** The Spinners

[Nick]

1. James Brown
2. Sly and The Family Stone
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Parliament/ Funkadelic
5. Curtis Mayfield

[Jirin]

1. James Brown
2. Curtis Mayfield
3. Parliament/Funkadelic
4. Chic
5. The Spinners

Almost through with that initial sweep. Don't suppose that last genre is classical/minimalist or anything like that...

[Greg]

1. Curtis Mayfield
2. James Brown
3. Sly & The Family Stone
4. Rick James
5. The O'Jays

[Stephan]

1. Curtis Mayfield
2. Sly & The Family Stone
3. Parliament/Funkadelic
4. The Meters
5. James Brown

[Kingoftonga]

1) Sly and the Family Stone
2) Booker T. and the MGs
3) Red Hot Chili Peppers
4) James Brown
5) Kool and the Gang

[Henry]

1. Sly & the Family Stone
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Curtis Mayfield
4. The O'Jays
5. James Brown

[Moonbeam]

Sugar Ray? Funk?!?!

Anyway...

1. Gap Band
2. Parliament/Funkadelic
3. The Time
4. Chic
5. Rick James

[Midaso]

1.James Brown
2.Sly & The Family Stone
3.Curtis Mayfield
4.Red Hot Chilli Peppers
5.The Spinners

[Henrik]

Another strong setup.

1. Sly & The Family Stone
2. Curtis Mayfield
3. James Brown
4. Isaac Hayes
5. The O'Jays

[Romain]

1 James Brown
2 Earth, Wind & Fire
3 Parliament/Funkadelic
4 Sly & The Family Stone
5 The Meters

[Michel]

1. James Brown
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. The Heavy
4. War
5. Curtis Mayfield

[Gillingham]

1. Curtis Mayfield
2. James Brown
3. Isaac Hayes
4. Barry White
5. Sly & the Family Stone

[slick]

Sugar Ray? Funk??

I am glad someone caught that... I saw them listed as "funk-metal" and couldn't resist the comical value of the 'Nickelback of Funk'!!!

[SuperFurry]

1. Parliament/Funkadelic
2. Isaac Hayes
3. James Brown
4. Curtis Mayfield
5. Sly & The Family Stone

[sonofsamiam]

The Top 4 here just tower over the rest...

1. Curtis Mayfield
2. Parliament/Funkadelic
3. James Brown
4. Sly & The Family Stone
5. The O'Jays

[Brad]

1. Curtis Mayfield
2. James Brown
3. Isaac Hayes
4. Sly & The Family Stone
5. The O'Jays

Thanks!

[Greg Rumpff]

My 5

1) SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
2) FUNKADELIC
3) JAMES BROWN
4) WAR
5) BARRY WHITE

[antonius]

1.James Brown
2.Parliament/Funkadelic
3.Sly & The Family Stone
4.The Meters
5.Curtis Mayfield

[Listyguy]

1- Sly & The Family Stone
2- Red Hot Chili Peppers
3- James Brown
4- War
5- Earth, Wind & Fire

[John]

1. Sly & The Family Stone
2. Parliament/Funkadelic
3. Earth, Wind & Fire
4. James Brown
5. Kool and the Gang

[Schwah]

1. James Brown
2. Sly & The Family Stone
3. Parliament/Funkadelic
4. Curtis Mayfield
5. Chic

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RESULTS... (38) voters...

99 - James Brown
88 - Sly & The Family Stone
70 - Parliament/Funkadelic
61 - Curtis Mayfield
45 - Red Hot Chili Peppers
23 - Earth, Wind & Fire
23 - The Meters
18 - Lenny Kravitz
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15 - Primus
12 - Isaac Hayes
11 - Booker T. & The MG's, Living Colour
10 - The Commodores
9 - Digital Underground, Fishbone
8 - Kool & The Gang, The O'Jays
6 - Barry White, Rick James, The Gap Band, War
5 - Chic, The Ohio Players
4 - Jamiroquai
3 - The Heavy, The Time
2 - Cameo, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Spinners
0 - Shalamar, Sugar Ray, The S.O.S. Band

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Others...
Sly and the Family Stone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown, Primus
Earth Wind & Fire, Digital Underground, Sly and the Family Stone, Rick James, Red Hot Chili Peppers
1. Meters 2. Pfunk 3. Earth Wind & Fire 4. Curtis Mayfield 5. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings 6. James Brown & his hot tub
The Meters, Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, Booker T., Sly and Family Stone.
1. Fishbone 2. Red Hot Chili Peppers 3. Parliament/Funkadelic 4. Living Colour 5. Primus
1. James Brown 2. The Meters 3. PFunk 4. Sly & The Family Stone 5. Rick James
1. James Brown 2. Parliamemt/Funkadelic. 3. The Meters. 4. Booker T. & the MGs. 5. Curtis Mayfield.
James Brown, Parliament, Booker T, Sly, Mayfield
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers. 2. Earth, Wind, and Fire. 3. Primus. 4. Lenny Kravitz. 5. Barry White.
Ohio Players, Living Colour, James Brown, Cameo, EWF
1. Lenny 2. Primus 3. James Brown 4. EW&F 5. Parliament/Funkadelic
Digital underground, the commodores, primus, barry white, kool and the gang
1. Sly & The Family Stone 2. Jamiroquai 3. James Brown 4. Curtis Mayfield 5. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
--RHCP -Fishbone -Primus -Living Colour -Lenny Kravitz
1.) Kool & The Gang 2.) The Commodores 3.) Sly & the Family Stone 4.) The O’Jays 5.) The Gap band
Parliament, Lenny, Sly, Commodores, Red Hot Chili Peppers
James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Lenny Kravitz, Parliment, The Meters and honoriable mention Primus and Fishbone(really impossible category I love everything I'm voting by what I own the most of in my personal music collection)