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Mar 2022
26m 5s

Rhys Nicholson & That '70s Funk Thang

BBC Sounds
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Awaken My Love was a massive left turn for Childish Gambino and produced one of the best songs of 2016 in the form of Redbone.

Influenced by George Clinton's '70s band Funkadelic but with modern techniques, it made Rhys Nicholson "Horny... but not for sex".

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