Sentence:  Sometimes I think that disco and the red hot chili peppers ruined funk music by 1) forcing a great, raw & organic funky music into an electronic context, and 2) making every jock-rock idiot bass player think that funk is about <WSD>athletizing</WSD> music and slapping and popping a whole lot. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make athletic.