Editing Funkadelic (section)

=== Mainstream success ===
As Parliament began achieving significant mainstream success in the 1975–1978 period, Funkadelic recorded and released its most successful and influential album, ''[[One Nation Under a Groove]]'' in 1978, adding former [[Ohio Players]] keyboardist [[Walter "Junie" Morrison]] and reflecting a more melodic dance-based sound. The title track spent six weeks at #1 on the R&B charts, around the time that Parliament was enjoying the #1 R&B singles "[[Flash Light (song)|Flash Light]]" and "[[Aqua Boogie]]". ''[[Uncle Jam Wants You]]'' in 1979 continued Funkadelic's new more electronic sound production. The album contains the fifteen-minute "[[(Not Just) Knee Deep]]" featuring former [[The Spinners (American band)|Spinners]] lead singer [[Philippé Wynne]], an edited version of which topped the R&B charts. The final official Funkadelic album, ''[[The Electric Spanking of War Babies]]'', was released in 1981. The release was originally a double-album project, but it was reduced to a single disc under pressure from Warner Brothers. Some of the deleted tracks would appear on future P-Funk releases, most notably the 1982 hit single "[[Atomic Dog]]" which appeared on the first George Clinton solo album.

Meanwhile, the album ''[[Connections & Disconnections]]'' (re-issued on CD as ''Who's a Funkadelic'') was released under the name Funkadelic in 1981. The album was recorded by former Funkadelic members and original Parliaments [[Fuzzy Haskins]], [[Calvin Simon]], and [[Grady Thomas]], who had left P-Funk in 1977 after disagreements with George Clinton's management practices. This LP, notable for its heavy use of Thomas "Pae-dog" McEvoy's [[jazz]] [[French horn|horn]], contains the track called "You'll Like It Too", which became a very popular [[breakbeat]] source for the [[hip hop]] community in the 1980s. Former band member drummer [[Jerome Brailey]] released the album ''Mutiny on the Mamaship'', by his new band Mutiny.