Most funk has a way of sounding like a huge party is happening all around you. If you're at a live funk show, you will note that this is true. But even funk recorded in the studio captures this effect. But funk tended also to break the 4-5 member band rule. Funk is often IN YOUR FACE simply because there are about ten or more people singing.
More people means more power, and a bigger party.
Many people have said that funk is sweaty, sticky, hot, even smelly. There's no doubt that there's a party goin' on all around this jam. As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is funk in the ear of the funkateer. Send in your definition of funk along with your name and it will be posted as soon as possible. Maybe listen to that.