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Parliament

R&B/Soul

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Flash LightParliament
Listen to Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) by Parliament, see lyrics, music video & more!
Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)Parliament
Listen to Mothership Connection (Star Child) by Parliament, see lyrics, music video & more!
Mothership Connection (Star Child)Parliament
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Flash LightParliament
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Flash LightParliament
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P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)Parliament
Listen to Aquaboogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) by Parliament, see lyrics, music video & more!
Aquaboogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)Parliament
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Up For The Down StrokeParliament
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Dr. FunkensteinParliament
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Do That StuffParliament

Latest Release

Listen to (Show Me Your) Funkface - Single by Octavepussy, Parliament & Funkadelic
ALBUM(Show Me Your) Funkface - SingleOctavepussy, Parliament & Funkadelic

More albums from Parliament

Listen to Funkoween by Parliament
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Listen to Straight from #1 Bimini Road (feat. Funkadelic) by Octavepussy, George Clinton & Parliament
ALBUMStraight from #1 Bimini Road (feat. Funkadelic)Octavepussy, George Clinton & Parliament
Listen to Medicaid Fraud Dogg by Parliament
ALBUMMedicaid Fraud DoggParliament
Listen to Osmium…plus by Parliament
ALBUMOsmium…plusParliament
Listen to Rhenium by Parliament
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Listen to Trombipulation by Parliament
ALBUMTrombipulationParliament
Listen to Gloryhallastoopid by Parliament
ALBUMGloryhallastoopidParliament
Listen to Motor-Booty Affair by Parliament
ALBUMMotor-Booty AffairParliament
Listen to Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome by Parliament
ALBUMFunkentelechy vs. The Placebo SyndromeParliament
Listen to Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein by Parliament
ALBUMClones Of Dr. FunkensteinParliament
Listen to Mothership Connection by Parliament
ALBUMMothership ConnectionParliament
Listen to Chocolate City (Expanded Edition) by Parliament
ALBUMChocolate City (Expanded Edition)Parliament
Listen to Up For The Down Stroke (Expanded Edition) by Parliament
ALBUMUp For The Down Stroke (Expanded Edition)Parliament

About Parliament

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Hometown
Plainfield, NJ, United States
Formed
1968
Genre
R&B/Soul
Led by the inimitable George Clinton, the trailblazing ’70s-era funk group Parliament combined irresistible grooves with irreverent humor and Afrofuturist imagery. They functioned as a sister act for Funkadelic, Clinton’s more rock-oriented project. • George Clinton formed the doo-wop group The Parliaments in New Jersey in 1955. They scored a Top 20 pop hit in 1967 with “(I Wanna) Testify,” but after a contractual dispute with Revilot Records, Clinton shifted his focus to Funkadelic, a new group that included the Parliaments lineup. • In 1970, after regaining the rights to the name The Parliaments, Clinton signed Funkadelic to Invictus Records under the name Parliament. The group’s debut album, Osmium, spawned the R&B hit “The Breakdown.” • Throughout the ’70s, Clinton presided over a collective of musicians that recorded as both Parliament and Funkadelic. The former generally dealt in funk, while the latter focused on psychedelic rock. • Parliament’s sci-fi–themed 1975 concept album Mothership Connection went Top 20 on the Billboard 200 en route to platinum certification. Dr. Dre famously sampled sounds from the groundbreaking LP for his 1992 hip-hop classic The Chronic. • In 1978, the group notched its first No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts with “Flash Light.” They returned to the top spot the following year with “Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop).” • After 1980’s Trombipulation, Clinton dissolved Parliament and Funkadelic as recording and touring entities due to continuous legal difficulties. Throughout the decades, he put out new music under his own name and P-Funk All-Stars. • Clinton resurrected the Parliament name for 2018’s Medicaid Fraud Dogg. Legendary Houston rapper Scarface features on the track “I’m Gon Make U Sick O’Me.”
Members of Parliament include, or have included, George Clinton, Fred Wesley, David Spradley and more.

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