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George Clinton

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Power of a Groove

The power of a groove is what separates funk from the music that came before it, he says. "James could switch from one groove to the other one so precise that you forgot about the first groove instantly" Brown was able to lock in on the clock with the drum machine and write everything around it,. He's the smoothest moment I know against the beats that they lock into," R&B singer adds.

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