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Essence Festival: The Funk You May Have Missed

July 1, 2011 by: Alex Rawls

This year, Essence Music Festival brings an especially strong lineup of old-school funk artists, from England’s Loose Ends to perennial Essence fave, the Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson. You know the hits, but here are the albums you might have missed:

 

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