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  • Summary: The first full-length studio release for the funk artist in six years features guest appearances from Stanley Clarke, Manou Gallo, Alissia Benveniste, Big Daddy Kane, BlvckSeeds, Buckethead, Dennis Chambers, Chuck D, Tyshawn Colquitt, Dr. G., MC Eiht, Dru Down, Doug E. Fresh, Eric Gales,The first full-length studio release for the funk artist in six years features guest appearances from Stanley Clarke, Manou Gallo, Alissia Benveniste, Big Daddy Kane, BlvckSeeds, Buckethead, Dennis Chambers, Chuck D, Tyshawn Colquitt, Dr. G., MC Eiht, Dru Down, Doug E. Fresh, Eric Gales, Justin Johnson, Mr. Talkbox, Musiq Soulchild, Snowbunny, October London, Kali Uchis, World-Wide-Funkdrive, Victor Wooten, Bernie Worrell, and X-Zact. Expand
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Hot Saucer
Yeah Tell me what are you dining, baby Yeah Hot pockets, baby? Come here, baby Give me your mind Just for tonight Drive me crazy Do all the things... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. The Wire
    Dec 11, 2017
    80
    Modern production simply won’t allow for the kind of warm frictive depth in the low end or biteable chunkiness of beats those albums revelled in--but as a dazzling showcase for Bootsy’s still-ill skills it’s great, always problematising what could be politesse with the sheer deranged drive behind Bootsy’s shades, always plumbing for excess as a watchword. [Nov 2017, p.54]
  2. Mojo
    Oct 25, 2017
    80
    From the title track onwards, he slaps down 25 minutes of spring-heeled and rump-shakin' bumpin' Bootsy funk, which will pick up again after ballad Heaven Yes, gentler Ladies Nite, and the poppy Candy Coated Lover and Snow Bunny. [Dec 2017, p.93]
  3. 80
    When the funk gets this good, with a relaxed, propulsive charm that belies the P-Funk density of the arrangements, why bother modernising?
  4. Uncut
    Oct 25, 2017
    60
    This new album is a bit of a mess at times, though its scope is almost as impressively broad as its top-loaded guestlist. [Dec 2017, p.25]
  5. Oct 30, 2017
    60
    Anachronistic at times, it’s still endearingly schmaltzy, with Kali Uchis’s delicious intonations, smooth rap from Blvck Seeds, and twinkling, Dilla-esque keys on Hi-on-Heels (co-written and produced by Snoop Dogg).
  6. 60
    Bootsy shines brightest when the Big Daddy Kanes pipe down and he gets to consider mortality on the poignant Heaven Yes, pay tribute to fallen P-Funk comrade Bernie Worrell on A Salute To Bernie, or stretch out on the uncut funk he does best, bolstered by guitarist Eric Gales and veteran Funkadelic drummer Dennis Chambers on Come Back Bootsy.
  7. Nov 2, 2017
    60
    There's nothing that innovative or thought-provoking, but that's hardly the point. It’s freaky, it’s naughty, it’ll get your head nodding.

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