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Recent Examples on the WebVerb
Though hip-hop was clearly the starting point, their songs branched out to funk, pop, R&B, and more.
—Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
Burgos’ style of dancing is quick, energetic, and liquid, inspired by everything from hip-hop to funk to salsa.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2022
The results range from EDM to ’70s funk to mournful piano solos.
—Nichole Perkins, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2021
The backdrop of this passion play would be a love letter to funk greats like George Clinton, Isaac Hayes, and Curtis Mayfield.
—Marisa Whitaker, SPIN, 3 Mar. 2022
With its 16 original tunes, the wildly adventurous double disc embraced Prince’s broadest musical palette, everything from new wave and gospel to funk and pop.
—Jon Bream, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
Everyone Orchestra Enjoy a night of interactive, improvisational, and collaborative music in styles from rock, to jazz, to funk, and featuring a veritable who’s-who of Portland musicians.
—oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023
With that attention-grabbing track and her music’s unapologetic associations to funk, Anitta emerged as a fiery media personality.
—Myles Tanzer, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
British guitarist plays everything from country to funk.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
Noun
If your junk is in a funk, what gives?
—Elizabeth Millard, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
The set, though stripped of her iconic funk and bass grooves, was nothing short of energetic.
—Matt Tighe, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
That revelation, at least, provided some new insight into why the 2021 freshman All-American who shattered program records seemed to be in such a funk.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2023
Ma starts out the novel a new widow in a funk, in bed in her son’s home in New Delhi.
—Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023
Thanks to its propulsive grooves and dancer-friendly command of funk and rock, Tiny Universe quickly became a staple on the national jam-band scene.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
Its big men in foul trouble, its offense in a funk, its most exciting freshman playing on a bothersome ankle, UCLA turned to an old friend in its time of need.
—Staff Writer
Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2023
The duo was critical to the label’s switch from orchestral soul to a blend of rhythmic funk and rock.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 29 Jan. 2023
Much of the rest of her seventh grade year was spent mired in a funk.
—The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023
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