Funk Radio

Funk is rhythm first, melody second, and everything else builds from the bass. James Brown didn't invent the genre - nobody invented funk, it evolved from the blues, soul, and jazz musicians who decided the beat mattered more than the song structure. Brown just realized he could strip away the traditional verse-chorus framework and let a rhythm section get funky, and suddenly you had a sound that made people move whether they understood music theory or not. Prince understood this. When Prince wanted to make something groovy, he'd start with the bass line and build outward, layering in guitars,…