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George Clinton - Greatest Hits

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At first this looks like a fly collection of tunes from Clinton's solo career, which it would be if it weren't CENSORED. When the record labels don't release multiple versions, "clean", "explicit", etc., it seems reasonable to assume that you will be getting the artists original work, unadultered. Not so in this case, there is the one edition only, and it is censored. Not only that, but unlike a lot of the newer censored discs, its not just a word that's omitted while the music continues: this is just a BEEP that overrides all tracks -- talk about interrupted groove! Of course, that's a minor detail, if record companies feel compelled to put "Explicit Lyrics" labels on those albums with naughty words, then they should feel equally compelled to put a "CENSORED" label for ANY censorship (whether done as lamely as this or more subtley).

This is all good, maybe even better than. The Realsurreal Prezdent of P-Funktified States, Clinton, is Master of the Funk, the One, and standing on it. As everyone nose, all human must stand for something. So, stand it. (If not to signify)

With hair coloured like a pack of Lifesavers, sunglasses to shame Elton John and an over-the-top greatest hits powerload of pumping high-energy funk fire, flashy acid R&B and outrageous double-entendre wordplay, the mastermind of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective of the `70s proves he - more than any of his contemporaries - never relinquished his funk renaissance mission. Every single one of these 12 tracks is a funkadelic dance chestnut, cherry-picked from deleted vinyl and forgotten moments from Clinton's highly-productive studio work in the `80s - Do Fries Go With Shake?, Loopzilla, Nubian Nut, Atomic Dog, R&B Skeletons. It's all jumbo funk ballyhoo blown up to Japanese B-movie monster proportions and glittered up with stomping synths, Sly Stone acid overtones and comic sex/dance word twists - a formula that sounds impossibly refreshing more than a decade later. Where Prince flirted with similar-minded - and more successful - experiments on 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' The Times, Clinton's Greatest Hits reveal the King, a man so far ahead of any of his contemporaries it's taken more than a decade for the rest of us to catch up.

The members of Parliament/Funkadelic worked better collectively than they did individually. Although Clinton, as well as band mate Bootsy Collins, had some success as solo artists, their collaborations with the rest of the funk band created some of the more memorable jams from the 70's.

The seminal Clinton opus "Atomic Dog" is represented twice on this disc and it is the only song that isn't stuck in the era of its release. The others are fun for those of us OLD enough to remember them, but for newer audiences, they didn't age well.

after atomic dog george played out . the songs that came out after that classic jam some were at least worth a liosten if you are a p- fanatic they left out silly mill a meter. which was supposed to be a classic but like i said funk was on life support but that did'nt stop george clinton from funkin all over the place some of these jams were played only twice on radio millions blinked and never noticed. but if you wanna check out the way george and the all stars sounded in 1982, and beyond get this you might some good material on here.

IT's ABout TIme this Came Back Out.George Clinton THe PResident On The Funk Has This Tight Greatest Hits Album.No Wack Re-Makes with Rappers But The Straight Up Grooves.Atomic Dog Still Hits Hard.BROTHER CLINTON IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED PRODUCERS&GREAT MINDS THAT MUSIC Has Ever Known or Heard Period.He Is a Genius.His Work Is TImeless.He is Always ahead of The Curve.THis is Very Essential.His Music Crosses Many Styles.What A Mind George Clinton Has?