In the decade of 1980, anthropologist Herman Vianna was the first social scientist to take Funk as an object to study in his masters thesis, which gave origin to the book O Mundo Funk carioca, which translates to The Carioca Funk World(1988). Funk carioca is mostly appealing to the youth. Funk carioca first emerged and is played throughout the state of Rio de Janeiro, but not only in the city of Rio, like Rio natives like to believe. The term baile funk is used to refer to the parties in which funk carioca is played. As time went on, DJs started to look for other rhythms of black music, but the original name did not remain.
Starting in 1970, styles like bailes da pesada, black soul, shaft, and funk started to emerge in Rio de Janeiro. Popularized by Brazilians and other Afro-Latino people, the saying "Bum-Cha-Cha, Bum Cha-Cha", "Bum-Cha-Cha, Cha Cha" or even "Boom-Pop-Pop, Pop,Pop" is a representation of the beat that comes along in most funk songs.įunk carioca is different from the funk originated in the US. Funk carioca songs can either be instrumental or include rapping, singing, or something in between the two. Funk carioca has always used a small catalog of rhythms and samples that almost all songs take from (commonly with several in the same song). Modern funk uses a set of samples from various sources, notably horn and accordion stabs, as well as the horn intro to the " Rocky" theme. Older songs typically chopped up freestyle samples for the melody, or had none at all. Nowadays, carioca funk rhythms are mostly based on tamborzão rhythms instead of the older drum machine loops. The most common drum beat was a loop of DJ Battery Brain's "808 volt", commonly referred to as "Voltmix", though Hassan's "Pump Up the Party" is also notable. Ĭarioca in its early days were mostly loops of electronic drums from Miami bass or freestyle records and the 4–6 beat Afrobeat tempo, while a few artists composed them with actual drum machines. Social analysts believe that funk carioca is a genuine expression of the severe social issues that burden the poor and black people in Rio.Īccording to DJ Marlboro, the main influence for the emergence of funk carioca was the single " Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force, released in 1982. Funk songs discuss topics as varied as poverty, human dignity, racial pride of black people, sex, violence, and social injustice. From the mid-1990s on, it was a mainstream phenomenon in Brazil. įunk carioca was popularized in the 1980s in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, the city's predominantly Afro-Brazilian slums. One of the bands that was formed in this period was Soul Grand Prix. ĭuring the 1970s, nightclubs in Rio de Janeiro played funk and soul music. All of these areas with similar music genres retain the influence of American hip hop, African music and Latin music. New Orleans, originally a French territory, was a hub for Atlantic slave trade before it was sold to the United States. Bounce music, which originates from New Orleans, Louisiana, also has a similar beat. Many similar types of music genres can be found in Caribbean island nations such as Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Haiti, Puerto Rico, among others. This genre of music was mainly started by those in black communities in Brazil, therefore a boiling pot of influences to derive the trademark. The same beat is found in Afro-Religious music in the African diaspora and many black Brazilians identify as being part of this religion. Various African religions like vodun, and candomble were brought with the enslaved Africans to the Americas. Along with the Miami influence came the longtime influence of the slave trade in Colonial Brazil. Miami was a popular plane stop for Rio DJs to buy the latest American records. The reason why these genres, very localized in the US, became popular and influential in Rio de Janeiro is due to proximity.
Funk carioca was born in the 1980s in Rio de Janeiro's favelas.įunk carioca was once a direct derivative of samba, Miami bass, Latin music, traditional African religious music, Candomble, hip-hop and freestyle (another Miami-based genre) music from the US.
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