In Set List, we talk to veteran musicians about some of their most famous songs, learning about their lives and careers in the process, and maybe hearing a good backstage anecdote or two.

The musician: William “Bootsy” Collins, a funk-rock all-star who rose to prominence as a member of James Brown’s backing band in the early ’70s, when Brown was stretching his sound to encompass Afro-beat and his own spare version of rock-soul frenzy. Collins became an integral part of George Clinton’s P-Funk network of bands and side projects, and had a career revival in the ’90s as a sideman/personality-for-hire after appearing on Deee-Lite’s international hit single “Groove Is In The Heart.” Collins’ latest project is the solo album Tha Funk Capital Of The World, a throwback ’70s-style party record featuring guest vocals and performances from an eclectic cast of players that includes Ice Cube, Al Sharpton,Buckethead, Béla Fleck, and Cornel West.

“Freedumb” (from 2011’s Tha Funk Capital Of The World, by Bootsy Collins)
Bootsy Collins: Recording that track was pretty straightforward. I actually started with the rhythm section. Myself and my brother Catfish [Collins] just kinda laid the basic rhythms down. Then I wanted to do something different, so instead of having horns, I wanted to have a string arrangement. So I called in my boy Paul Patterson from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to arrange some strings for us. And once it started developing, I was like, “Man, I need to really say something on this track, so it ain’t just a funky brew, y’know?” It is a funky brew, but at the same time, I wanted to say something. I didn’t want this just to be a party album. I wanted to have a party feel, but to really say something encouraging.

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sosgemini said:

In Set List, we talk to veteran musicians about some of their most famous songs, learning about their lives and careers in the process, and maybe hearing a good backstage anecdote or two.

The musician: William “Bootsy” Collins, a funk-rock all-star who rose to prominence as a member of James Brown’s backing band in the early ’70s, when Brown was stretching his sound to encompass Afro-beat and his own spare version of rock-soul frenzy. Collins became an integral part of George Clinton’s P-Funk network of bands and side projects, and had a career revival in the ’90s as a sideman/personality-for-hire after appearing on Deee-Lite’s international hit single “Groove Is In The Heart.” Collins’ latest project is the solo album Tha Funk Capital Of The World, a throwback ’70s-style party record featuring guest vocals and performances from an eclectic cast of players that includes Ice Cube, Al Sharpton,Buckethead, Béla Fleck, and Cornel West.

“Freedumb” (from 2011’s Tha Funk Capital Of The World, by Bootsy Collins)
Bootsy Collins: Recording that track was pretty straightforward. I actually started with the rhythm section. Myself and my brother Catfish [Collins] just kinda laid the basic rhythms down. Then I wanted to do something different, so instead of having horns, I wanted to have a string arrangement. So I called in my boy Paul Patterson from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to arrange some strings for us. And once it started developing, I was like, “Man, I need to really say something on this track, so it ain’t just a funky brew, y’know?” It is a funky brew, but at the same time, I wanted to say something. I didn’t want this just to be a party album. I wanted to have a party feel, but to really say something encouraging.

For the rest of the article, click here: http://www.avclub.com/art...ins,56011/

One of my favorite songs ont he album just for that very reason. "You say you got a smart phone, but u still make dumb decisions"