Clinton brought The Parliaments out in what….’56? After 60 years of making music I’ll cut him a ‘lil slack on his current show. Hell on any given night they still can scortch it. We’re talking about a 74 year old man jumping around on stage like a teenager for chrissakes.

But the fact of the matter is from a period of about 1970–79 and again 1989–2000, there is not a band around that can touch what they did. Unfunkwitable. The influence goes in all directions from hip hop to alt rock. Just talk to the RHCP’s.

Now if you can’t see how they’ve been affected by racism in the industry then I ain’t gonna argue. That’s on you. Just cause you don’t wanna talk about it does not make it not so.