Editing George Clinton (funk musician) (section)

=== 1980s ===
In the 1980s, Clinton began to encounter legal difficulties arising from [[PolyGram]]'s acquisition of Parliament's label, [[Casablanca Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgeclinton.com/bio/|title=Biography|website=Georgeclinton.com|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref> He recorded several solo albums, although all of these records featured contributions from P-Funk's core musicians. This period of Clinton's career was marred by multiple legal problems resulting in financial difficulties due to royalty and copyright issues, notably with [[Bridgeport Music]], who Clinton claims fraudulently obtained the copyrights to many of his recordings.<ref>Mike Masnick, [https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110614/23544414704/george-clinton-explains-how-bridgeport-allegedly-faked-documents-to-get-his-music-rights.shtml "George Clinton Explains How Bridgeport Allegedly Faked Documents To Get His Music Rights"], Techdirt, June 17, 2011.</ref>

In 1982, Clinton was signed to [[Capitol Records]] under two names: his own as a solo artist, and as the P-Funk All-Stars, releasing ''[[Computer Games (album)|Computer Games]]'' under his own name that same year.<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|last=Bush |first=John |url={{AllMusic|class=artist |id=p65136 |pure_url=yes}} |title=George Clinton - Music Biography, Credits and Discography |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=July 22, 1940 |access-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref> The single "[[Loopzilla]]" hit the Top 20 on the [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] charts, followed by "[[Atomic Dog]]", which reached #1 R&B and #101 on the pop chart.<ref name="allmusic.com"/> In the next four years, Clinton released three more studio albums ''([[You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish]]'', ''[[Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends]]'', and ''[[R&B Skeletons in the Closet]]'') as well as a live album, ''[[Mothership Connection]] (Live from the Summit, Houston, Texas)'' and charting three singles in the R&B Top 30, "Nubian Nut", "Last Dance", and "[[Do Fries Go with That Shake?]]"

He is also a notable music producer who works on almost all the albums he performs on, and has produced albums for [[Bootsy Collins]] and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], among others. In 1985, he was recruited by the Chili Peppers to produce their album ''[[Freaky Styley]]'', because the band members were huge fans of his and of funk in general. Clinton wrote the vocals and lyrics to the title track, which was originally intended by the band to be left as an instrumental piece. The album was not a commercial success at the time. In 1987, Clinton was recruited to write the theme song for ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'', "You're Thinking Right".

During the mid to late 1980s, many hip-hop and rap artists cited Clinton's earlier music as an influence. Along with [[James Brown]], Clinton's songs with Parliament-Funkadelic were often [[sampling (music)|sampled]] by rap producers.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Funky George Clinton and Crew Are Back|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-16-ca-284-story.html|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|date = September 16, 1989|access-date = October 4, 2015|issn = 0458-3035|language = en|first = Jonathan|last = Gold}}</ref> "Sure, sample my stuff…" he remarked in 1996; "Ain't a better time to get paid than when you're my age. You know what to do with money. You don't buy as much pussy or drugs with it – you just buy ''some''."<ref>''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'', 1996, precise date unknown.</ref>

In 1989, Clinton released ''[[The Cinderella Theory]]'' on [[Paisley Park Records|Paisley Park]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince's]] record label.