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Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American funk rock band Funkadelic, released by Westbound Records in July 1971. It was produced by bandleader George Clinton and recorded at United Sound Systems in Detroit during late 1970 and early 1971. [1]
Compared to Funkadelic's earlier output, which was characterized by sound typical for rock music, this song has sound more typical for dance music. The lyrics refer to dancing as a way to freedom. The song opens with the lyrics "So wide, you can't get around it/ So low, you can't get under it/ So high you can't get over it."
Funkadelic was an American funk rock [1] band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. As one of the two flagship groups of George Clinton 's P-Funk collective , they helped pioneer the funk music culture of the 1970s.
Cosmic Slop is the fifth studio album by Funkadelic, released in July 1973 on Westbound Records.While it has been favorably reevaluated by critics long after its original release, the album was a commercial failure, producing no charting singles, and reaching only #112 on the Billboard pop chart and #21 on the R&B chart. [10]
George Edward Clinton [6] (born July 22, 1941 [7]) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. [8] His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on Afrofuturism, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. [9]
Dance [9] UK [3] "Music for My Mother" 1969 — 50 — — Funkadelic "I'll Bet You" 63 22 — — "I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing" 1970 80 30 — — "I Wanna Know If It's Good to You?" 81 27 — — Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks" 1971 91 42 — — Maggot Brain "Can ...
Music For Your Mother is a compilation album by Funkadelic, featuring songs recorded for Westbound Records during the band's career with that label from 1968 to 1976. The compilation includes the A-sides and B-sides of every Funkadelic single released during Funkadelic's tenure at Westbound.
It is one of the most popular Funkadelic albums among fans, [citation needed] and highlights the virtuosic guitar of the returning Eddie Hazel, who had departed following 1971's Maggot Brain. [8] Hazel co-wrote all of the album's songs, although the songwriting credits were mostly in the name of Grace Cook, Hazel's mother (a gambit by Hazel to ...