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Genre: Funk, Soul/R&B |
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Beginning
in the late '60s as a Funk group owing more to Memphis than Sly Stone, the
Ohio Players found their hot and nasty niche in the early '70s. Their brand
of deep Funk, rich with horns and falsetto choruses, really blew up when they
switched to Mercury in the mid-1970s. Quirky arrangements like "Funky
Worm," "Skin Tight," and "Love Rollercoaster" were
laced with blues and street-funk attitude. And those record covers! Get a mere glimpse of a honey-coated sister writhing on
the floor. Sexist? Yes. But it was the |
