George Clinton

One could call Computer Games George Clinton's first solo album, but it's really more like
the latest chapter in the continuing saga of Parliament-Funkadelic, the musical
conglomerate that Clinton has led for more than a decade. Most of the P-Funk crew plays
on the LP, and just as recent releases have blurred the distinction between Parliament (the
horn band) and Funkadelic (the guitar band), Computer Games mixes the funky... More >

Nothing on this mature work of art will tear the roof off any mothersucker--Dr. Funkenstein's earthshaking jams are past. But that's hardly to suggest that he's lost his sense of rhythm or hermeneutics. In other words, if your ears say you've heard some of these grooves before, don't tell your ass about it and your mind'll never be the wiser. Clinton has deepened in the wake of his failure to turn the planet upside-down, and this is his most flawless album, paced and orchestrated without a dead spot and thought through like a mothersucker. Even the earthshaking jams of the past are accounted for, and in two or three different ways. Man's best friend spelled backwards is? And why would anyone want to spell it backwards? (Grade: A)