Editing Maggot Brain (section)

== Influence ==
''Maggot Brain'' was also influential to subsequent artists.<ref name="Weingarten">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/07/11/arts/music/funkadelic-maggot-brain.html |title=Before & After 'Maggot Brain' |first=Christopher R.  |last=Weingarten |date=July 11, 2021  |work=New York Times |access-date=2023-02-05 }}</ref> [[Vernon Reid]] of the band [[Living Colour]] called the album "a magnum opus of [[rock and roll|rock 'n' roll]]."<ref name="Weingarten" /> Michael Melchiondo ([[Dean Ween]]) of [[Ween]] has said: "When I heard 'Maggot Brain,' it was like, [...] there's this whole other thing, and it's even better, and there's more of it. And I can go see it live, and there's nine guitar players that are this good. So that was the hugest, hugest deal." Melchiondo paid tribute to Eddie Hazel on the track "A Tear for Eddie" from Ween's 1994 album ''[[Chocolate and Cheese]]''.<ref name="Weingarten" /> [[The Mars Volta]]'s 2006 ''[[Amputechture]]'' album features a "Maggot Brain"-inspired guitar solo on the song "Vicarious Atonement".<ref name="Weingarten" /> [[Jazz]] musician [[Angel Bat Dawid]] also drew influence from Funkadelic and "Maggot Brain".<ref name="Weingarten" /> 

The [[alternative rock]] band [[Sleigh Bells (band)|Sleigh Bells]] [[sampling (music)|sampled]] "Can You Get To That?" in their hit song "Rill Rill" from their 2010 album ''[[Treats (album)|Treats]]''.<ref name="Weingarten" /> Rapper [[Esham]], a pioneer of [[horrorcore]], sampled "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks" and "Super Stupid" on his 1990 song "Red Rum" from his album ''[[Boomin' Words from Hell]]''.<ref name="Weingarten" /> Rapper [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] pays tribute to the ''Maggot Brain'' cover art in the art for his 1994 album ''[[Dare Iz a Darkside]]'', which contains a song called "Cosmic Slop" featuring [[Erick Sermon]] and [[Keith Murray]], which takes its name from [[Cosmic Slop|the Funkadelic album of the same name]].<ref name="Weingarten" /> [[Donald Glover|Childish Gambino]]'s 2016 album ''[["Awaken, My Love!"]]'' drew influence from ''Maggot Brain'', as did [[D'Angelo]]'s 2014 album ''[[Black Messiah (album)|Black Messiah]]'', which ''[[The New York Times]]'' said "captured American unrest through the studio murk of Sly Stone, the fervor of Funkadelic and the off-kilter grooves somewhere between [[J Dilla]] and [[Captain Beefheart]]."<ref name="Weingarten" />

"Super Stupid" was the only cover song recorded by the [[alternative metal]] band [[Audioslave]], who were influenced by Funkadelic and included the cover as a live bonus track on their 2005 album ''[[Out of Exile]]''.<ref name="Weingarten" /> [[André 3000]] of the [[Hip-hop|hip hop]] group [[Outkast]] said of ''Maggot Brain'', "That album blew my mind. It made me want to learn to play guitar, and its huge range of styles – funk, [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]], [[country music|country]], [[opera music|opera]] – helped build our sound."<ref name="Weingarten" /> The singer [[Bilal (American singer)|Bilal]] names it among his 25 favorite albums, citing its "loose" creative direction as an influence on his own music.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Simmons|first=Ted|date=February 26, 2013|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/02/bilals-25-favorite-albums/the-velvet-underground-the-velvet-underground-and|title=Bilal's 25 Favorite Albums|magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|access-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>