Artist: BOOTSY COLLINS
Album: THA FUNK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD (CD)

Release date: 2011
Media type: CD

Celebrated American funk bassist, singer and songwriter Bootsy Collins will release his new studio album “Tha Funk Capital of the World” in the UK on Monday 25th April 2011.

Released by Mascot Records, the album features a lot of great artists. Tha Funk Capital of the World is Bootsy’s first new studio album of original funk material since 2002’s Play With Bootsy. The album artwork features a (limited edition) dazzling 3D lenticular sleeve.

Rising to prominence playing bass guitar for James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament Funkadelic in the 1970s, Collins’ thunderous, infe tious bass guitar and humourous vocals established him as one of the leading pioneer in funk. In 1997 Collins, along with 15 other members of Parliament Funkadelic, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After spraying outer space bass all over classic recordings by the Godfather of Soul,P-Funk, and his own trail-blazing groups, including Bootsy’s Rubber Band, the Sweat Band and Praxis - Bootsy has arrived at a kind of Zen-like balance that he credits for inspiring his new album Bootsy Collins’ Tha Funk Capital of the World.

From the opening “Hip Hop @ Funk U” to the closing “The Munchies 2011,” Bootsy Collins’ “Tha Funk Capital of the World” is a percolating playground of soul-deep rhythms and layered melodies punctuated by lyrics that range from meditations on the nature of truth to the joys of fun-loving hipness to spiritual transcendence. And while Bootsy’s bass is the album’s heartbeat, it’s his voice that brims with giddy delight, goosing up the blissed-out vibe.

TRACKLIST:

01. Spreading Hope Like Dope (Intro)
02. Hip Hop @ Funk U feat: Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Chuck D & Swavay
03. Mirrors Tell Lies feat: Jimi Hendrix
04. JB-Still The Man feat: Rev. Al Sharpton
05. Freedumb (when-love-becomes-a-threat) feat: Dr. Cornel West
06. After these Messages feat: Samuel L. Jackson
07. Kool Whip feat: Phil Ade & CandiSweetz
08. The Real Deal feat: Sheila E., CandiSweetz & Mike Phillips
09. Don’t take my Funk feat: Catfish Collins & Bobby Womack
10. If Looks Could Kill feat: Bela Fleck, ZionPlanet-10 & Dennis Chambers
11. Minds under Construction feat: Buckethead & (Z-Class)
12. Siento Bombo feat: Olvido Ruiz & Ouiwey
13. The Jazz Greats (A Tribute to Jazz) feat: George Duke & Ron Carter
14. Garry Shider Tribute feat: George Clinton & Linda Shider
15. Stars Have No Names (they just shine) feat: Nick Arnold & Chrissy Dunn
16. Chocolate Caramel Angel feat: Faith Daniels, Ronni Racket & Casper
17. Yummy, I Got The Munchies feat: Musiq Soulchild, Razzberry & Tom Joyner