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True Cosmic Funk

George Darden | Columbia, MD | 01/01/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD represents the beginning of Cosmic Funky Rock N Roll. George Clinton borrowed the funk (and several musicians) from the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. He used these musicians a bit different from JB, however. JB was quite strict on & off stage. GC was just the opposite. Quite loose. You can tell on "Oh, I" and other tunes on this CD such as "One Nation Under A Groove", that these boys were "high" on something. They don't deny that they were often drinking or smoking while recording these classic tunes. Like Jimi Hendrix, however, the drugs probably enhanced the sounds and made the overall productions quite spacey &, indeed, quite funky. On "Funk Get's Stronger", Sly Stone adds his trippy vocals and style to help GC & the boys come up with another stone classic. The quitarisms of Mike Hampton and the bass of Bootsy Collins puts the "Funk Stamp" on this CD as well. You would want to pick up this CD up ASAP. Funk On, bobba..."

Funkadelic, the later years

elpanda | Woodside, CA United States | 05/01/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"People looking for an all-inclusive Funkadelic retrospective should not expect to find it in this album. This "Greatest Hits" is just that; a collection of the most popular songs from Funkadelic's last 3-4 albums. By the late 70s, Parliament and Funkadelic sounded basically the same, and the music on this cd shows it; the slick, bouncy, discofunk of Funkadelic '78 was a very different music from the eclectic rock/funk/Motown starchildren of the band's Westbound career. If you want to sample that side of the band, pick up their Westbound Records 2-disc singles collection.
Caveat aside, there's some supremely righteous funk on this disc. "One Nation Under a Groove," "Cholly," "Not Just Knee Deep"--all classics. Pick up this CD if you want some clever, danceable music for your booty shakin' pleasure."