Bootsy Collins to release mixed bag of styles with diverse posse of collaborators on first CD in 6 years this October
The funk runs deep and rich on 'World Wide Funk,' Bootsy Collins' first studio album since 2011's Tha Funk Capital of the World, out October 27, 2017. Populated with musical friends old and new, and recorded in his Cincinnati home's Bootzilla Re-hab studio, 'World Wide Funk' marks both a reckoning and significant reboot for the Rhinestone Rock Star Monster of a doll baby baba! Blue-chip rappers like Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, DJ Quik, Dru Down, and Chuck D, along with guitar shredder Buckethead , join a Bootsy-curated posse of fresh new artists on a record that embraces everything from the classic P-Funk sound Bootsy pioneered to the closest Collins has ever come to radio-active, boots on the ground, friendly fire in a musical-P-rated-adventure. From the maximalist funk of the body-slamming title track, to the soulful pop-R&B of "Heaven Yes," to the experimental "groovegrass" of "Boomerang" (featuring Nas...