Different Interpretations depending on the current context.
1. In relation to a genre of music.
( Disco , Jazz , Soul )
2. Regarding material items or lifestyle.
( Money , Hustle , Liveliness , Vigorousness )
1. "Dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
Lay down that boogie and play that funky music till you die
Till you die, oh till you die" - Play That Funky Music White Boy by Wild Cherry(1976)
2. "I hear a beat I grab the mic, and then I start this workin'
The kids around the way used to think that I was buggin
But they don't understand how I feel about the funk
I walk with the funk, I talk with the funk
I eat with the funk, I sleep with the funk
I live for the funk, I'll die for the funk
So now what do they say, when I'm walkin' up the block?
Boom shaka laka there goes the Chief Rocka" - Chief Rocka by Lords of the Underground(1993)
Bay Area rappers use the term to refer to conflict/animosity/violence/discord/gang war
-"And any nigga in his right mind don't want no funk" --Richie Rich
-"I ain't trippin, I just wanna rap man, I don't want funk with another black man" --Mac Dre
-"And Mrs. Mossberg, livin in that back trunk, you know that old school bitch, she like to get in funk" --Spice 1
-"Don't be actin like no bitch when the funk is on, cause if them niggas catch you slippin then yo ass is gone" --Spice 1
-"Uzis and 9s were kept in the trunk, cause the north and the south had high power funk" --Mac Dre
-"The funk is on" --lots of Bay area rappers say this really (meaning the same as "it's on")
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The hidden art of smoking weed whilst being swaggy.
Camron: What will you be doing after school Philip?
Philip: I will probably get funked.
Camron: Did you hear about Philip? I heard he got really funked yesterday.
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Used to be a bad word. Irre-ducible essential pulse, life force, hyperventilatin' Groove. Not only moves, it can re-move; will sit and sit and never go sour.
"If you got Funk, you got style"
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the sweetest, sexiest and LITERALLY most buttkickin' music mankind has ever acquired so far.
a gift to mankind from the prosperous african-hearted america (africa kickz azz).
it's all 'bout shaking your ass to the sexiest grooves you can imagine. best enjoyed live in close company with either a woman or a man, what ever you prefer...
babe, you're like funk'n'soul... sexy'n'lovely...
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funk is a state of mind
Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time, cause y'all have knocked her up. I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe...I was not offended, for I knew I had to rise above it all, or drown in my own shit.
-Funkiest sentence ever (heard on "Maggot Brain" by Funkadelic)
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Basically its like this:
Soul + drugs = Funk
george clinton plays some funky ass funk
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