Hey, everyone listening to the podcast. This is Ari Melba, and this is an exclusive podcast extra. You can probably tell because, as you know, this is not the start of the normal show. I'm talking to you, our podcast listeners, and we're going to share an extended interview just for the pod that I did with P-Funk legend George Clinton. This is unedited. We get into a lot of different stuff, ranging from Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg to today's artists like Cardi B, why COVID actually changed up his plans delayed his retirement,

how he loves living his dream of going on music tours with not only his children, but his

grandchildren. And why he believes in UFOs, because he thinks he saw one. We get into all of that.

It is funky, in my opinion, and we can learn a lot from George Clinton. So that's a whole extended pod conversation. And then after that, if you keep listening, we share some of our other favorite moments on the beat, because I got to tell you one of the things that I think is unbelievable about getting to do this job is that George Clinton has been on the beat more than once. So we have that highlight set

afterward, if you want to keep listening. Really interesting conversation, including touching

on stuff with music royalties, how it all works. I first saw George Clinton when I was 14 years

old, which I mentioned at one point. And so to have him here as the funkiest 80-year-old in America

is a dream. So take a list and all that. As always, you can find me online. You can also find me at ari melbourne.com. Subscribe to my free newsletter if you're interested at Ari Melbaugh.com and I share news, law, and music stuff. Just pick the free option or follow me on any social media at Ari Melburgh or at the Beat with We love to keep in touch with you guys. And here it is, our podcast extra with George Clinton. What's up, y'all? This is common. Got the whistle right here. It's DJ and V. Ghostface. Are you checking out the beat with Arby Melbourne? The beat, baby. We're about to light one up with Harry. You know why? Because he speak English. The whole Wu-Tang is behind me here.

Boom, bum, bum, and this is the beat. Turning to an interview, I'm very excited about. I'm joined right now by Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, band leader, producer, George Clinton, who famously led parliament and Funkadelic. There it is. He's known as the

godfather of funk, a trailblazing and eclectic genre of music. What many feel is the musical

backbone and foundation of so much of hip-hop. This is P-Funk. Let's get a little funky in the

newsroom. Thanks for being here. Good. Good seeing you today, when we had a ball last night. We had so much fun last night. You know, they call that in the business transparency. I'm happy to transparently tell the viewers. You were kind enough to have me as your backstage guest and I saw you play again after having seen you in 94 in Seattle. So great to do it. Thank you. That was good. Glad to have you there. You saw my,

my family just was all over here, because like I told you, we made MSNBC is like superstars

and I have them all watching it all the time. Well, that's wild because the feeling is very mutual.

Let's start with what that feels like for you, not only having the success

to do this for a long time, but what we saw there on the stage here in Central Park, New York,

is you with generations, right? Your own grandchildren performing with you. Grandchildren and great

grandchildren. Wow. You know, all of them, they was all hanging out, and half of them was in the band,

and other hands worked for me in the company.

So they was glad to be together after a year of, you know, cooped up.

After what we've been through.

Yeah, what we've been through.

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