Reviewed For TheFunkStore.com..By/Funk Journalist&Atlanta Radio Personality~"Bustin'"Bob Mitchell
1.IAMSOSMART
Although I did not know it at the time, I first heard Chuck
‘daFunk’ Fishman’s spastic freak-out persona over a vignette
on Bootsy’s splendid “Fresh Outta P University” cd a few years
back. I was like, who is this insane mugg trying ta cop a
Casper impersonation. It was only after I dropped Chuck’s
latest effort into the cd player myself that I made the
connection. I had no idea what to expect out of this project.
Would the spastic freak-outs continue to oblivion? Did Chuck
actually know what funk is, much less did he know how to funk?
So often imitators and duplicators try to cop the Pee without
much funk in their own trunk at all. Needless to say, this
slab of nastified stank groove polluted my already over
–funked central nervous system into anti-disco detox madness!
I have not recuperated yet, if I thought I was ready for funk
rehab before I heard this, I am absolutely testing positive
for the funk now and just like Chuck, I will gladly Pee in
anybody’s cup.
On “The Squishy Declaration”, Chuck (vocals, keys, guitar,
samplz) is backed by FonkSquish; a plethora of totally
treacherous and slightly silly rhythm invaders from what seems
like another whole dimension. ‘DaFunk’ assaults your
sensibilities with a brand of funk that can only be
de-classified as ‘rational metaphoolishness’ as they blister
thru 9 cuts of malodorous polyrhymics. Liquefied grooves
pulsate and elasticize the listener into new depths of super
stoopidity as Chuck drops a maggotronic prescription of
unheard of vibrational zaniness through his totally unique,
bizzaro vocal delivery. Guest Funkadelic alumni Billy Bass
Nelson shows up all over the mix to provide a deeply dropped
anchor into this incredible low- end- underneath- below-
bottom phat blobs of funk infested bass thumps. The album hit
me so hard I’m still picking my booty up off the floor (in
pieces!!). Drummer extraordinaire Gabe ‘Undi$co Kidd’ Gonzales
really shines on ‘GFB(GefilteFishBoy)’ as he and Billy Bass
just flat out smoke over a super charged hi-octane 2-4 vamp.
Fishman is unafraid to slow the groove down to a heavy
pimpadelic beat on tracks like “Discretion”, one of a few
compositions that play heavy homage to his lyrical P-Funk
influences. He sings of being ‘free of the need to be free’
and talks of ‘dropping the needle on the Brides of Funkenstein
45’ on “I Am So Smart”. What really got his brain cells
stirring was not his up- bringing but ‘of course it was that
funk, of course it was that funk!!’ As you bop up and down to
sound bites of these slickery-dickery squishy licks, you will
see that Chuck’s funk is beyond analysis. The band has taken
me on a groovealicious journey into funk insanity on cuts like
“009’s Theme”, “She’s Got A Gun”, “S O U P”, and “Voyage 2
Planet Polyrythum”. He even tosses in a wacky social
commentary with a funkafried remake of Parliament’s “Colour
Me Funky” that morphs into the bassline of Mutiny’s “Semi
First Class Seat”.
So it’s some sho’ nuff stank. As the powerhouse vocalist
Sherry Jackson belts out ‘he ain’t Dr. Funkenstein, he isn’t
Uncle Jam’ but Chuck ‘daFunk’ Fishman has hit viciously hard
with one of the most original, unique and invigorating chunks
of funk of this new age. Chuck’s “ SOUP” is hott and right
on. Ingredients include a ‘dash of P Funk and a good helping
of James Brown, a George Clinton dreadlock, and some soil from
Kannapolis North Carolina’, he even throws in some Sly Stone
underpants to get that flavor just right.
2.THE MAPSONG~ListenNow
3.009's THEME~ListenNow
4.COLOR ME FONKY~ListenNow
5.SHE'S GOT A GUN~ListenNow
6.SOUP~ListenNow
7.VOYAGE TO PLANET POLYRHYTHM~ListenNow
8.GFB (GEFILTEFISHBOY) ~ListenNow
9.DISCREETION~ListenNow
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