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Sound Mind Records
Producer: Joe “The Butcher” Nicolo
The guitarist better known as Kidd Funkadelic is still turning out stunners, despite being nearly 70. This time ‘round, he mines inspiration from cinema’s most notorious ape, fitting in as much tribal percussion, jungle ambience, and banana humor as possible. Beyond the hokum, there’s true genius on display. The arrangements are soulfully freaky, and Hampton’s insane axe runs prove stickier than Gorilla Glue. It doesn’t get much better than this.
