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When George Clinton says allstars, he’s not fooling around. Packed to the brim, How Late Do You Have 2BB4UR Absent indeed excercises the gaudy excess of funk with special guests such as Prince, Belita Woods, and Kendra Foster. The 2-disc collection, the latest new work from Clinton in nine years, features an arsenal of different styles. There are some great standard sounding funk tracks such as Bounce 2 This and Paradigm Shift on disc one, as well as Something Stank on disc two. The rest of the tunes are a slew of soul and hip-hop, with the occasional funky guitar riff peppered in the background for good measure. Also, in true funkadelic style, the gritty humor of truly nasty music is present on such tracks as I Can Dance and the bonus track after Booty on disc two. There’s just something about the way the line “Get the fuck out, you got to go over on the other side of the door” is presented that makes you grin when you listen to it.

Which brings us to the last point which should be brought up. There are many, many, many tracks which contain explicit lyrics on this disc set. Honestly, if you have a problem with harsh language, then you might want to steer clear of the George Clinton vein of funk. Although you should be able to expect what you’re gonna get with tracks named U Ain’t Runnin’ Shit. So if you’re checkin’ out da funk for the first time, you might want to try something a little less gritty, or just stick with the clean stand out tracks on the album (Bounce 2 This and Paradigm Shift).

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