Meloh9 said:

I don't know how there could be a PFunk project I would be unaware of
Seriously, I'd probably wave off the Clinton raps (there have been a few guest cameos), but I'm really feeling Dewayne Blackbyrd Mc Knight on the guitar licks amdother instrumentaion, so I'd realize it was him one way or another.

Here's a cool little piece I found on newfunktimes.com on the new CD and some info
about future releases.

george clinton comes home late and funked up
George Clinton
George Clinton
As the leader of Parliament and Funkadelic, George Clinton has long been acknowledged as one of funk’s founding fathers. With the P-Funk Allstars in tow, the genre’s absentee dad returns September 6 with his first studio effort in 10 years, How Late Do You Have 2 B B 4 U R Absent?, on his new C Kunspryruhzy label.

"We’ve been working on this record all along," Clinton tells ICE, noting that the two-disc set sports performances and compositions from virtually all past and present P-Funk members, recorded in a multiplicity of locations and configurations.

"This album’s like a sampler," Clinton continues. "We’ve got finished albums ready from almost everybody who’s featured on the record." Aside from contributions from the aforementioned Parliament and Funkadelic (the psychedelic guitar showcase "Viagra" and the apocalyptic ecology tale "Last Time Zone"), the guest list stretches from P-Funk outsiders Prince ("Paradigm"), Bobby Womack (a rocking cover of "Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On") and producer/rapper Jazze Pha ("You Ain’t Runnin’ Shit Roun’ Here") to Clinton’s son Trey Lewd ("Su Su Su" and "This Is Our Secret") and granddaughter Sativa ("Somethin’ Stank").

Elsewhere, femme vocalists Kendra Foster ("Bounce 2 This" and "You Can Depend on Me"), erstwhile Brainstorm member Belita Woods ("Don’t Dance Too Close" and a fiery, live gospel-soul workout on "More Than Words Can Say") and Joi of Lucy Pearl and solo fame ("I’ll Be Sittin’ Here" and "Trust in Yourself") share the spotlight with rapper Babbling Kabbabie ("Booty") and Tallahassee-based superfan Sue Dogg ("I Can Dance"). "[Sue] was telling one of her crazy stories, and I taped it," Clinton laughs. "Since hip-hop has been so busy sampling us over the years, we thought it was only fair we should sample ourselves, so we used a bit from ‘Nappy Dugout’ and created the track."

Clinton has previously expressed plans to release a series of live Parliament-Funkadelic albums from various points in the outfit’s storied career — he’s set to embark on a 50th anniversary tour in the fall. "Oh, we’re definitely going to do that," he says. "We’ve got so much stuff, it’s ridiculous. Like for the jam-band audience, we could put out versions of ‘Maggot Brain’ or ‘Cosmic Slop’ done by every guitar player we’ve had over the years."

As to whether this new LP serves as an introduction to or a summation of P-Funk’s body of work, Clinton says, "It’s both! We’ve always cloned ourselves, so this album is like the end of a beginning and the beginning of the end. We end in one place, then it’s all brand new again."

–Don Waller


Still hoping for a Funkadelic and Parliament CD proper. We'll see.

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At Cd release party at the Roxy about 25% of da funk mob took the stage and gave us a preview of tomorrow's set. Higlights: the live debut of "Sexy Side of U", Garry Shider (fully clothed no diaper), lone stroking on guitar, Gene "Poo Poo Man" gettin' off and Kendra singin' "Bounce 2 This" wearin' some kinda Wilma Flintstone mini skirt (I couldn't figre what was holdin' it up and she was lookin' fine!).

Crowd was all LA funk and plenty of funk family and bandmembers. DJ was mixin PFunk oldies with the new bomb and some of that other funk. This was a PFunk party; mixin' it up with the band. There was an opening band too.


Just a week of pure funk in So Cal.

PFunkjazz said:

damn. ya'll lucky!
Tonight is the night for all the funkateers in So Cal.
We export full report when you get back tonight!