Track Listing

1. Chocolate City
2. Ride On
3. Together
4. Side Effects
5. What Comes Funky
6. Let Me Be
7. If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)
8. I Misjudged You
9. Big Footin'
10. If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)
11. I Misjudged You
12. Common Law Wife

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34972 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Import
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
Released in 1975 (a year after UP FOR THE DOWN STROKE), this record finds ringleader George Clinton and his company beginning to refine the group's uber-groove aesthetic. The earlier eclecticism of DOWN STROKE and OSMIUM, as well as the acid-drenched, electric-guitar-based freakouts of Funkadelic (a separate Clinton-fronted group that features an essentially similar lineup), are less in evidence here. Instead, powerful, in-the-pocket drumming and Bootsy Collins' irresistiblyfunky bass move things to the dancefloor.
While not nearly up to par with the watershed MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION that would follow in the same year, CHOCOLATE CITY contains several fine tracks. Among these are the title piece, a laid-back jam with sterling horn improvisations and a tongue-in-cheek political rap from Clinton, and the overwhelmingly exuberant"Ride On". Though not mandatory, this disc is a worthy addition to the P-Funk library.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic
Absolutely fantastic album, with the hints of what was to become Parliaments golden age.
The brilliant lyrics, the fantastic timing that makes the simplicity of some of the music so wonderful and the sheer constrocution of the affair are groundbreaking. The best known tracks are the first two, but my particular favourites are 'Side effects'and 'Big footin': two low down funky mother funkers.
This really should be owned before Mothership, and is a great way into the genre. Musicianship at it's best creating a wonderful atmosphere that hasn't dated at all