Electro-Funk is an electronic style of
hip hop especially influenced by
Kraftwerk and
funk records (unlike earlier
rap records that were closer to
disco, musically speaking).
Afrika Bambaataa's Planet Rock (1982) is generally considered the first electro funk record, it mixed Kraftwerk and
Captain Sky[?], or was at least influenced by the latter. Electro funk also flourished on the west coast, where
Egyptian Lover Arabian Prince[?] gave birth to
bass music as well as influencing
house music and other electronic styles of
dance music.