Kalo Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 "George Clinton Presents the P-Funk All-Stars' How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?" I haven't heard it yet, myself. Have you? This recent Village Voice article makes it sound tempting: Two Tickets to Paradigm: Dr. Funkenstein's Hop on Pop by Matt Cibula, February 16th, 2006 George Clinton Presents the P-Funk All-Stars How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? George Clinton gets written off as a has-been and crackhead, so of course he had to roar back with a double CD that ranks among the best albums of his career. Some tracks rock as hard as "Alice in My Fantasies," some are bubblegum funk with truly weird lyrics. There's a nine-minute medley of '50s songs (with Bobby Womack!) where George rasps, "Let's go to the motherfuckin' hop." There's a song where they scream, "They've got you by the malls!" and another (with Prince!) where George asks, "Hey, buddy, can you paradigm?" There's freakfolk and beatlebounce and the heretofore unknown genre reggaetonk, and three awesome new slow dances—always important, because without them the human race will die out. But maybe we deserve our extinction, because almost everyone has ignored this album. Some critics have ADHD, but I can't think of a song I'd cut. And damn it, if anyone has earned a 150-minute comeback album, it's George Motherfucking Clinton. Also, Robert Christgau gave it a qualified thumbs up in his latest VV Consumer Guide. Quote
Aggie87 Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 I've noticed SS1 has posted it a couple of times in the Listening To thread, so maybe he can give you his impressions... Quote
Jazzmoose Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 New? How embarrassing; I was wondering why I'd never seen this title before! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 EM has this one http://www.emusic.com/album/10880/10880768.html only DL the first disc so far it's pretty funky Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 23, 2006 Report Posted February 23, 2006 On my endless list. Highish. MG Quote
JSngry Posted February 24, 2006 Report Posted February 24, 2006 Listened to it last night. It's a keeper. Just don't expect Flashlight Revisited or anything like that. This is an album that combines the trashed out vocals of Rio-era Sly with the production finesse of Prince's very best work with the stylistic scope of The White Album. There's a healthy dose of both street talk and Clinton's patented surrealistic social observations thrown in for good measure, sometimes sepeately sometimes together). The ingredients are all familiar, but the combinations of them are sometimes startling. And what he does to "Goodnight Sweetheart" is nothing short of warped genius. Like I said, it's a keeper. Quote
Kalo Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Posted February 24, 2006 Thanks for the input, all. I'm definitely going to get this one. Quote
Kalo Posted February 25, 2006 Author Report Posted February 25, 2006 Just based on the lyric "hey buddy, can you paradigm?" I'd say the man's still got it. I'm definitely going to get this, despite my informal personal record-buying moratorium. (And maybe sneak in the new Andrew Hill while I'm at it...) Quote
JSngry Posted February 25, 2006 Report Posted February 25, 2006 Just based on the lyric "hey buddy, can you paradigm?" I'd say the man's still got it. Yeah, that's one of the highlights, as is the aforementioned "Let's go to the motherfuckin' hop" , albeit in a totally different way. Just the delivery...And there's a thing called "Viagra" that is in no way about what you think it's going to be about... Yeah, the man's still got it. If anything, he's got more of it now than he ever did. He's old, his voice is half-wasted, and he's gotten even more unabashedly hedonistic, which makes for some rather, uh, "raw" lyrics here and there. But oh well! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted February 25, 2006 Report Posted February 25, 2006 (edited) i take the square root and get boxed in every time http://www.georgeclinton.com/ Edited February 25, 2006 by Soulstation1 Quote
Soulstation1 Posted February 27, 2006 Report Posted February 27, 2006 Jim what do u think of "I Can Dance"?? is disc # 2 as good as # 1 ss1 Quote
JSngry Posted February 28, 2006 Report Posted February 28, 2006 I think that George Clinton should take Jerry Springer's place, that's what I think. That cut cracked me up. Disc II is every bit as good as Disc I, although it's a lot more varied in terms of style. There's a rap ode to herb featuring his grandaughter Sativa that got on my nerves at first, but it grew on me. A little. But that's the only "problem" I had with it. And btw - there's a "bonus cut" at the end (also featuring Sativa) that is freakin' hilarious. Think of it as the 21st century cousin of "Take Your Dead Ass Home" Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 (edited) i'm getting disc # 02 from EM tomorrow anybody else pick this up? Edited March 9, 2006 by Soulstation1 Quote
Alexander Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 I think that George Clinton should take Jerry Springer's place, that's what I think. That cut cracked me up. Disc II is every bit as good as Disc I, although it's a lot more varied in terms of style. There's a rap ode to herb featuring his grandaughter Sativa that got on my nerves at first, but it grew on me. A little. But that's the only "problem" I had with it. And btw - there's a "bonus cut" at the end (also featuring Sativa) that is freakin' hilarious. Think of it as the 21st century cousin of "Take Your Dead Ass Home" I'm really diggin' "Booty." That's a great song! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 9, 2006 Report Posted March 9, 2006 Got mine yesterday. Oooooffff! MG Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 11, 2006 Report Posted March 11, 2006 anyone have Clinton'c last cd?? it's very good Quote
Soulstation1 Posted June 17, 2006 Report Posted June 17, 2006 Nappy Dugout is sampled on the tune "i Can Dance" frim the new cd http://www.emusic.com/album/10924/10924820.html Quote
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