Top 10 Week, Day 4: Best Funk Artists

On the final day of Top 10 Week, we focus on a topic that your Guide admits doesn't get enough exposure on this site: Funk music. Out of all of subgenres that have evolved from R&B over the years, Funk's one of the more underrated. It may have fallen out of vogue by the mid-1980s, but Funk's contributions to the music world still reverberate today - both literally and figuratively. And with that said, please check out your Guide to R&B's list of Funk music's all-time best performers.

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Photo: Bootsy Collins.