His best funksong the last ten years is The work part 1. It is funky AND has a melody. Also it contains real instruments. The stripped down funk ala Kiss is great, but Black and sweat are only slightly better than stupid songs like Sex me baby, sex me not, Hot with you etc. Although his first single from the new album, TAC, is rather ordinary, it is more promising than BS. It suits his age better to have a more relaxed sound and attitude.

He obviously liked it so much that he based the chorus of Black Sweat off the chorus to The Work.

Someone is willing to do the work

So many things wrong, where to begin...

The work was alright, but I hope that James Brown gets a residual check, because it's a straight JB rip. Which is ok, buts it's an average JB rip at that.


Fuck his age, he's a musician, he should record what he feels, not what suits a man his age.


and it's "Black Sweat". Not "Black and Sweat".


"Real instruments." I partly blame Prince for this "real" nonsense, but it ain't the reality of the instruments that matter. If the reality of the funk. And if you think Linn Drums and synths aren't real enough, then there are a whole lotta Prince albums that you need to trash immediately.


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