Artist: BOOTSY COLLINS
Album: WORLD WIDE FUNK (DIGI)

Release date: 2017
EAN/UPS: 819873014751
Media type: CD

"Bootsy Collins was born a long, long time ago in a subterranean cavern full of shining dinosaurs deep below the Ohio River...." – Iggy Pop, introduction to "World Wide Funk"
 
The funk runs deep and rich on ‘World Wide Funk,’ Bootsy Collins' first studio album since 2011's Tha Funk Capital of the World. Populated with musical friends old and new, and recorded in his Cincinnati home's Bootzilla Re-hab studio, ‘World Wide Funk’ marks both a reckoning and significant reboot, if you will, for the Rhinestone Rock Star Monster of a doll baby baba! Blue-chip rappers like Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, DJ Quik, Dru Down, and Chuck D, along with guitar shredder Buckethead, join a Bootsy-curated posse of fresh new artists on a record that embraces everything from the classic P-Funk sound Bootsy pioneered to the closest Collins has ever come to radio-active, boots on the ground, friendly fire in a musical-P-rated-adventure.

From the maximalist funk of the body-slamming title track, to the soulful pop-R&B of "Heaven Yes," to the experimental "groovegrass" of "Boomerang" (featuring Nashville slide-guitar hero Justin Johnson), to when “mix master Chew Fu showed up and showed out with his DJ skills on “Candy Coated Lover”,” ‘World Wide Funk’ is the latest chapter in Bootsy's life-long dedication to Funk.

The Collins mythology created in this trippy trio of late-'70s R&B hits undergoes further development on ‘World Wide Funk’ in tracks like "Bass-Rigged System" (with guest appearances by fellow bass legends Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Manou Gallo), ”Pusherman" (wherein the BlvckSeeds collective offers a feminist take on the theory of evolution), and "Come Back Bootsy," an epic funk extravaganza anchored once again by Bootsy's star-shaped Space Bass.

Funk wasn't always all about the bass, but Bootsy helped make it so. He's noted for rocking his custom-made star-shaped Space Bass like a lead guitar, both in the funk zone and alongside experimental producers like Bill Laswell. There's no lack of fiery instrumental magic on ‘World Wide Funk’ either, not with shredding virtuosos like Eric Gales, the mysterious Buckethead and Joe Mass onboard. “You can also hear Jabo and the late Clyde Stubblefield on the album as vocal guests,” Bootsy explains, “and former Prince drummer John Blackwell, along with Dennis Chambers.

"I've never really been concerned about what others thought about me or my music, as long as it made you feel good & sexy, like them old house parties, sharing a coke and a smile while doing a bump and grind,” Bootsy concludes.


TRACKLIST CD:

1World Wide Funk (feat. Doug E. Fresh, Buckethead & Alissia Benveniste)
2 Bass-Rigged-System (feat. Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Manou Gallo, Alissia Benveniste & World-Wide-Funkdrive)
3 Pusherman (feat. Dru Down, BlvckSeeds , Mr. Talkbox)
4 Thera-P (feat. Tyshawn Colquitt & Alissia Benveniste
5 Hot Saucer (feat. Musiq Soulchild & Big Daddy Kane)
6 Heaven Yes
7 Ladies Nite (feat. MC Eiht & BlvckSeeds)
8 Candy Coated Lover (feat. X-Zact, Kali Uchis & World-Wide-Funkdrive)
9 Snow Bunny (feat. Tyshawn Colquitt, Snowbunny & World-Wide-Funkdrive)
10 Hi-On-Heels (feat. October London)
11 A Salute To Bernie (feat. Dr. G. Bernie Worrell)
12 Boomerang (feat. Justin Johnson)
13 Worth My While (feat. Kali Uchis)
14 Come Back Bootsy (feat. Eric Gales, Dennis Chambers & World-Wide-Funkdrive)
15 Illusions (feat. Chuck D, Buckethead & BlvckSeeds)