What's Bootsy Doin'?
What's Bootsy Doin'? is a 1988 album by Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins. The album was released by Columbia Records and was his first album after a six-year hiatus from the music scene. The album reunites Collins with former P-Funk players Bernie Worrell, Fred Wesley and Gary "Mudd Bone" Cooper, and also features newcomers including Mico Wave and Godmoma.
What's Bootsy Doin'? | ||||
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Released | September 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Studio | Pearl Sound Studios, Canton, MI | |||
Genre | Funk, electro-funk | |||
Length | 42:21 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Bootsy Collins | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Village Voice | A–[2] |
What's Bootsy Doin'? was also released in Japan in the form of a limited edition metal box, dubbed "Syber-Funk Model"(CBS/Sony 34DP 5535~7). Also included was a booklet entitled "Cult Beat Shock" which gives an overview of other dance-oriented performers on the Columbia record label.
Track listing
- "Party On Plastic (What's Bootsy Doin'?)" (Bootsy Collins, Vicki Vee) 3:57 (released as a 7" single-Columbia 38-07991 and 12" single-Columbia 44 07878)
- "Subliminal Seduction (Funk-Me Dirty)" (Wes Boatman, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins) 3:31
- "Leakin'" (Trey Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins) 4:16
- "Shock-It-To-Me" (Bootsy Collins, Bill Laswell) 4:57
- "1st One 2 The Egg Wins (The Human Race)" (Wes Boatman, Bootsy Collins)} 4:21 (released as a single-Columbia–38-08496 and 12" single-Columbia–44 08173)
- "Love Song" (Trey Stone, Joe Harris, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins) 3:33
- "(I Wannabee) Kissin' U" (Mico Wave, Gary Cooper, Bootsy Collins) 4:18
- "*-ing The Love Gun" (Gary Cooper, Wes Boatman, Bootsy Collins) 3:45
- "Yo-Moma-Loves-Ya" (Mama Collins, Bootsy Collins) 5:22
- "Save What's Mine For Me" (Bootsy Collins) 4:17
Personnel
- Axe Molesters & Guitar Slayers: Ron "Attitude" Jennings, Catfish Collins, Stevie "No Wonder" Salas, Bootsy Collins
- Computer Smashers & Keyboard Slashers: Trey "Goldfish" Stone,
Wes Boatman, Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins
- Unfairlight Sample Wars: Bootsy Collins
- Skin Thrashers & Bun Smashers, Drum Beaters & Rhythm Cheaters:
Bootzilla & Bootsy Collins
- Still 'Horny Horns': Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Kush Griffith, Rick Gardner
- Horn Arrangements: Fred Wesley & Bootsy Collins
- String Arrangements: Fred Wesley, Wes Boatman
- String Solo on "Shock-It-To-Me": Billy Bang
- All Drum Programming & Bootsy Wave-U-Lator: Mico Wave
- Computer Talk: Boot-Tron
- Space Basses & Low End Chasers: Bootsy Collins, Casper & Bootzilla
(Is Data Bass? & Chocolate Star banged on by: The Player)
- Lead Vocalization & Heavy Metal Aluminum Conversation: Casper, Luv-Gun,
Bootzilla, Sugar Crook, Baby Leroy and occasionally Bootsy Collins
- Front Ground Vocal Improvisation: Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Sly Fox
- Additional Vocals & Musicians: P-Nut Johnson, Vicky Vee, Tony Feldman,
George Clinton, Taka Boom, Mallia Franklin, Carolyn Stanford, Anita Walker, Cynthia Girty (Godmoma), Bernard Fowler, Eddie Martinez, Nicky Skopelitis, Bernie Worrell
- Extra Rappers, Clappers, & Finger Snappers: "Billy J" William Johnson,
"Oounchworm" Sharir Forman, "Pretty Fatt", Yolanda Frazier, Mico Wave, Yo-Mama Collins, Uncle Tom & Uncle Al
References
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/r4326
- Christgau, Robert (1989). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (January 24). New York. Retrieved April 3, 2015.