Bootsy Collins
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
arguably william 'bootsy' collins was to 1970s pfunk what snoop doggy dogg was to 1990s gangsta rap a quirky goofy highly colorful figure who was as funky as he was entertaining the very sound of snoop's voice is amusing and the same goes for collins but for all their eccentricity neither snoop nor collins are mere novelty artists if you removed all the humorous banter from stretchin' out in bootsy's rubber band it would still be an album of ultrafunky grooves released in 1976 this lp found a 24yearold collins launching his solo career after having been employed by james brown and george clinton collins produced his solo debut with clinton and not surprisingly the parliamentfunkadelic influence is impossible to miss on pfunk gems like 'psychoticbumpschool' and the hits 'i'd rather be with you' and 'stretchin' out in a rubber band' but this album also made it clear that collins was very much his own man in fact he was clinton's most distinctive disciple and inevitably became influential himself all of the albums that collins provided in the late '70s are worth owning but 'stretchin' out in bootsy's rubber band' is among his most consistent and his most essential
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