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Make My Funk the P-Funk: Parliament-Funkadelic's Meteoric Rise in 1975 from Chocolate City to Mothership Connection
Bloomsbury presents Make My Funk the P-Funk by Daniel Bedrosian, read by Kenneth Medford.
P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal Chocolate City, Let’s Take It to the Stage, and Mothership Connection . By the end of it, George Clinton and P-Funk were catapulted into superstardom, becoming a massive platinum success with multiple hit singles.
Incorporating exclusive insights and memories from significant P-Funk members including Clinton himself, the book investigates how P-Funk evolved throughout the year and eventually crystallized a unique sound most associated with the group. Bedrosian pulls back the curtain on these three albums, revealing important details of production styles, artistic processes, musical influences, themes, historical importance, and so much more. He also dives into major P-Funk lore and political and social influences during this time, including Clinton’s Afrofuturism.
At the beginning of 1975, Chocolate City – as a “tribute to Washington D.C.” – saw George Clinton putting Black people in the White House. By the end of the year, Mothership Connection – much more a movement than an album – saw him launching Black people into space, solidifying the band’s music as its own subgenre and laying down the foundation for many different types of popular music, including hip-hop.
P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal Chocolate City, Let’s Take It to the Stage, and Mothership Connection . By the end of it, George Clinton and P-Funk were catapulted into superstardom, becoming a massive platinum success with multiple hit singles.
Incorporating exclusive insights and memories from significant P-Funk members including Clinton himself, the book investigates how P-Funk evolved throughout the year and eventually crystallized a unique sound most associated with the group. Bedrosian pulls back the curtain on these three albums, revealing important details of production styles, artistic processes, musical influences, themes, historical importance, and so much more. He also dives into major P-Funk lore and political and social influences during this time, including Clinton’s Afrofuturism.
At the beginning of 1975, Chocolate City – as a “tribute to Washington D.C.” – saw George Clinton putting Black people in the White House. By the end of the year, Mothership Connection – much more a movement than an album – saw him launching Black people into space, solidifying the band’s music as its own subgenre and laying down the foundation for many different types of popular music, including hip-hop.
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January 26, 2026
More a 3.75/4: This is a fan book, more or less, focusing on 1975, a year in which Parliament and Funkadelic (they are distinctions without a difference, as they're essentially the same band at this point) released three albums: Chocolate City, Let's Take It To The Stage, and Mothership Connection. That's a feat in itself and I wish there had been more of a deep dive into what drove that productivity.
The book is written by Daniel Bedrosian, one of many keyboardists for the "PFunk Circus," and, if you want something broader (although it still might be more fan-centric that you like), check out his The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference, which is on my TBR as well. That covers the entire span of the projects up to 2023.
If you listen to the audiobook, the narrator mangles the "Maceo" of Maceo Parker through 4/5 of it, but he gets it right at the end.
The book is written by Daniel Bedrosian, one of many keyboardists for the "PFunk Circus," and, if you want something broader (although it still might be more fan-centric that you like), check out his The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference, which is on my TBR as well. That covers the entire span of the projects up to 2023.
If you listen to the audiobook, the narrator mangles the "Maceo" of Maceo Parker through 4/5 of it, but he gets it right at the end.
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