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Sauce, so to speak. we have all people talking about the samples, the aesthetic about repetition. these ideas about how to use rhythm. the rhythm become the dominant element over harmony to some degree. it all comes out of funk. yet funk for a number of reasons has been the obscured lost cause of music. >> why do you think its been lost? there was a time -- theres a moment in the film where they talk about the track "flash light" and that no track had been hot like that. that you may play it in ...

Wind & fire. >> when kanye talks about spaceship, if you know funk you know where that comes from. but its gotten lost from the 70s to the late 90s. >> hip hop comes in and is very grounded street music. we lost some of the connecting to spiritual dimension that funk had. >> i love that head to the sky. nelson george, i love this. i hope everyone tunes in to watch the documentary. up next, our foot soldier of the week is the incredible janet mock. shes here. ♪ at any minute... ...you could b...

Because funk was very influenced by rock. yet they didnt get on rock stations. it was basically a black station. if you went to earth wind and fire, they sold out the garden every time and all over the country. but they didnt have the crossover. ironically that hip hop would have later. there were also eight guys on stage in crazy outfits. >> in crazy outpfits. >> i think thats hard for some people to digest. white people to digest, and some black people too. >> look k back at the images, it was...

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Oil can. >> i just said that. >> you said it all? >> yes. >> sorry, i wasnt listening him. >> that was the whole last thing i said. >> jesse, you have been there. >> to tehran? >> no. i mean metaphorically. not washing for years. but he had the guts to actually stick with it he didnt get out of his funk. you got out of your funk. >> i did, yeah. >> you have lost your funk. >> if were just going to give awards now to record holders, to insane people, like then i would like to nominate the guy in ...

Oil can. >> i just said that. >> you said it all? >> yes. >> sorry, i wasnt listening him. >> that was the whole last thing i said. >> jesse, you have been there. >> to tehran? >> no. i mean metaphorically. not washing for years. but he had the guts to actually stick with it he didnt get out of his funk. you got out of your funk. >> i did, yeah. >> you have lost your funk. >> if were just going to give awards now to record holders, to insane people, like then i would like to nominate the guy in ...

Welcome back. it is money time. stocks seem to be stuck in a funk, especially after that terrible job report number on friday. chief business correspondent christine romans is in the cnn money center with a look at whats in store today. looks like nasa over there, christine. you must know everything. >> we know everything. the shock of that jobs report still lingering, you guys. the dow set for its fourth straight decline. all major averages are down this year. the 2014 declines are not huge but...