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Photo by Joseph Ross Smith If you're a Bootsy Collins fan, you're going to want to check out his latest single. The man is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his career is simply legendary. However, we all know that just because someone made some of the greatest music of all time fifty years ago doesn't mean that their new music is going to hold up. Luckily, "Album of the Year #1 Funkateer" stands up with Collins' best work. If you love 70's funk and/or Parliament/Funkadelic, you're going to love this one. It doesn't really sound exactly like a song from the 70's, though. To me, it sounds more like a song from the post G-Funk era 90's that was borrowing and sampling heavily from the 70's. Regardless, "Album of the Year #1 Funkateer" is a fantastic funk track released in 2024. Bootsy Collins says of his upcoming album: “When I start on a project now, it's about getting the energy from people around me.  Then I proceed t...

As part of the Funk Not Fight initiative which sees artists lend their voices to the anti-violence cause, funk legend Bootsy Collins has released "Funk Not Fight." The song also sees vocal turns from Baby Triggy and Fantaazma, and it perfectly bridges the glory days of funk that Collins helped usher in during his tenure with James Brown's band and Parliament-Funkadelic. It sounds perfectly vintage and modern at the same time. And, as with anything Bootsy Collins gets involved with, "Funk Not Fight" is just a pure party song that just happens to have an important anti-violence message.  Bootsy Collins says of his new song: "I just like to say, check out my latest video. Funk, not fight. We just wanna calm down some of that violence out there. Cause y'all know that it ain't right! Come on now. Jump on board. Let's get the One! For being funk, and not fight. Yeah that's right baby." You can watch the video for "Funk Not Fight" be...