Funkadelic is the Siamese twin to another band called Parliament. Where one ends and the other begins is hard to tell. Historically, both are descendants of The Parliaments: the backing band became Funkadelic and the vocal group were rebranded as Parliament. That said, all ten members from both groups played in each group whether credited as official members or not. Parliament released their debut album Osmium also in 1970 on Invictus Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Parliament's debut album:
I Call My Baby Pussycat (1970 single as A Parliament Thang) Osmium
The Silent Boatman (1970 single)
Red Hot Mama (1971 single)
Breakdown (1971 single)
Come In Out of the Rain (1972 single)
Digital Underground's Shock G saw rap in the late eighties go in a more raw, fierce, and political direction. Mainstream rap was going Punk. Although he started his career in a similar vein, he shifted to take his style of rap in a different direction: funny, sexy, and playful. He found his blueprint in Funk, especially, in Parliament-Funkadelic, two bands he sampled often. Headed by George Clinton, P-Funk got its start as The Parliaments, a doo wop group that performed and evolved over the sixties, until Clinton started two bands from the original called Funkadelic and Parliament. Funkadelic released an album first in 1970 titled Funkadelic on Westbound Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Funkadelic's debut album:
Party Boys (1959 single as The Parliaments)
Lonely Island (1960 single as The Parliaments)
Heart Trouble (1965 single as The Parliaments)
(I Wanna) Testify (1967 single as The Parliaments)
All Your Goodies Are Gone (1967 single as The Parliaments)
Little Man (1967 single as The Parliaments)
Look What I Almost Missed (1968 single as The Parliaments)
Good Old Music (1969 single as The Parliaments)
A New Day Begins (1969 single as The Parliaments)
Music for My Mother (1969 single)
I'll Bet You (1969 single)
I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing (1970 single) Funkadelic
I Wanna Know if It's Good to You? (1970 single)
You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks (1971 single)
Testify! (2000 compilation album as The Parliaments)
"I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing" by Funkadelic
