[youtube id=”OIipoBIF1lM”] Bernie Worrell, who was a founding member of Parliament- Funkadelic died today at age 72. Worrell was the star keyboardist in both bands and is known for his memorable solo on “Flashlight” that influenced R&B, techno and hip-hop. The musician was the second person to receive one of Robert Moog’s synthesizer and this instrument became a guiding light of the P-Funk sound. Worrell’s futuristic keyboard was also heard on recordings by Bill Laswell, Fred Schneider,  Talking Heads, Mos Def’s Black Jack Johnson band and Prince Paul.  In recent times he performed with the Bernie Worrell Orchestra and had side projects with Les Claypool and Seattle band Khu.éex’. In January of 2016, he was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. On April 4th and 5th the Black Rock Coalition hosted benefit concerts for his treatment. The New England Conservatory where he studied gave him an honorary doctorate in May 2016.

Afropunk’s No Trumpism mixtape is a response to the current U.S. Presidential election and the cult of personality being built around Republican candidate Donald Trump. The music is a mix of rough rock with songs from Esperanza Spalding, Funkadelic and more.

George Clinton, Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube and comedian Michael Colyar have a big party on the Mothership in the video for the remix of “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kind Of Hard On You?” The remix is from Funkadelic’s First Ya Gotta Shake The Gate.

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Funkadelic’s “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kind On Ya?” gets another remix with the addition of Ice Cube who joins Kendrick Lamar from the first remix. This is the We Ain’t Never Gonna Stop remix that can be purchased as a single on iTunes. “Ain’t That Funkin’ Kind Of Hard On You?” is from Funkadelic’s 3-CD album, First Ya Gotta Shake The Gate.