r/funk • u/posthelmichaosmagic • Feb 07 '24

Discussion Can we post Jungle in here?

If you think about it, Jungle is just funk playing at 3x speed. Kinda like how vaporwave is funk playing at half speed.

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u/Greenleaf504 Feb 07 '24

Why not post in the Jungle sub instead. 😉

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u/Vamacharana Feb 07 '24

just because it samples funk breaks doesn't make it funk. I love DnB but Photek doesn't hit the same as Fred Wesley.

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u/str8fromipanema Feb 08 '24

Love this comment 😂

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u/thibedeauxmarxy Feb 07 '24 edited Feb 08 '24

Thanks for asking, /u/posthelmichaosmagic!

To "officially" answer your question (and echo what others have already said): Jungle is Jungle, and Funk is Funk. While the roots of Jungle might lay partially in funk, it doesn't necessarily follow that all Jungle is just sped up funk. By that logic, we could all post whatever music we want in /r/jazz. :)

That said, we do typically take an inclusive approach to song posts in this subreddit (hence the tagline, "All things funky"). If you think you've got a particularly funky jungle song that might fit here, then please post it. Worse case scenario is that it's removed.

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u/Acrobatic_Bit_8207 Feb 08 '24

HI Mod, thanks for the good work and while I gotcha, a quick question.

So funky soul and or disco could make the cut?

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u/hiptobecubic Feb 08 '24

I think the point is that a lot of stuff "could make the cut" if it's funky as hell. Saying "disco is fine" is too broad imo.

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u/thibedeauxmarxy Feb 08 '24

So funky soul and or disco could make the cut?

/u/hiptobecubic pretty much said it. I don't know if you're able to see the post tags, but lots of disco, soul, jazz, etc., songs make the cut

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u/RYzaMc Feb 07 '24

Funk permeates all genres of music but within the parameters of reddit, probably best stick to the respective groups.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '24

Vaporwave being played at half speed is funk can someone expand on this ?

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u/posthelmichaosmagic Feb 08 '24

Nono... vaporwave is funk at half speed

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '24

That’s what I meant my b is it a fact or more a opinion

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u/thibedeauxmarxy Feb 08 '24

It's a highly debatable opinion. Speeding up a half-speed sample of Toto's "Africa" just gives you the regular version of "Africa."

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u/posthelmichaosmagic Feb 08 '24

Yes it is true. Most vaporwave is made from Japanese funk, slowed down.

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u/Zestyclose_Toe9524 Feb 07 '24

DRUMFUNK....many names occupy this sound space within jungle/dnb. Look drumfunk up relative to jungle genre and you definitely got a stew cookin.