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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
The first reason why funkateers anywhere should buy this album is that it bares all the hallmarks of a George Clinton production; the second reason is that Bootsy is talented enough in his own exuberant right to take Clinton's ideas and make them his own on this his second solo LP.
The first half of "Aah.. The Name's Bootsy Baby!" is fun, riotous and unutterably funky in the Parliament party style - with great beats, chants, funny lines and characters inflected with the kind of optimism and positive self-image that has too long been absent from urban black music.
However, my personal favourite tracks are the slinky "What's a Telephone Bill?" and the sublime "Munchies for Your Love", from the more chilled second half of the album. Bootsy's own goofy idiosyncratic delivery somehow makes the experience all the more intimate, sly, sexy and immaculately stoned - reminding us that sexiness is not all always about thrustings and moanings but is also about playfulness, archness and sensuality.
A great grooving album which lets you move your dancing feet and then encourages you to kick back with that special person and take it as it comes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By michael_m
Format:Audio CD
Bootsy Collins was better known as George Clinton's 1st choice bass player, but he managed to get around the 70's funk scene almost as much as George.
The thing that stands out most with this album is that Bootsy couln't hold down his sense of humour, and it explodes into the feel and lyrics of this album. It's here that Bootsy proved that he wasn't just one of George Clinton's sidemen.
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4.9 out of 5 stars
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superior Funk
24 May 1999
By A Customer
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Format:Audio CD
Bootsy's follow-up to his smash debut "Strechin' Out" it is by far Bootsy's finest solo album. From the super-hits "Ahh.... The Name is Bootsy,Baby" &" The Pinocchio Theory (fake the funk and your nose gotsta grow) to my slow song favorites "What's a Telephone Bill?" & "Munchies for your Love" (i had to get older to really know what Bootsy was talking about). Bootsy's always right on time. Long live the funk. This lp always reminds me of my sister Valencia. Peace to the Producer Mr. George Clinton & Mr. James Brown.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
5 Jun 2004
By Robert Jones
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Format:Audio CD
My friends, what you must understand is that Bootsy and crew are "Master Musicians." Most American music listeners expect the endless slight variation on the same thing. You will never get that from Bootsy. When the album "Mothership Connection" was made, it was not to be duplicated. George Clinton & Bootsy hardly ever looked back. They looked forward, even as they were recording or playing live. Part of what makes Bootsy and the entire P-Funk Mob so great is the fact that they refused to be locked into one style of music. If you want to grow as a music listener, expand you understanding of the craft and witness artistic boundaries beginning pushed, then this is the CD for you. But if you are closed in mind, you will not comprehend a fine piece of work such as Bootsy's "Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!" I think it's a gem of a CD.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
SAY BOOTSY!!!!!
5 Feb 2005
By Andre S. Grindle
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Format:Audio CD
I kid you not-THIS ALBUM IS CRAZED!!!The critics are all 100% right-'Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy,Baby' should carry a disclaimer saying 'Warning:This album will FUNK YOU UP'.Maybe one complaint is that,at least on the uptempo cuts Bootsy doesn't know when to relax-this is hyper extended funk that's loud,cacaughanous and obviously bassy to the extreme.The first side just punches right in with the insane title track,doesn't change a thing on "Pinocchio Theory" and "Rubber Duckie" then smooths out on the calmer ballad styles of "Munchies For Your Love" and "What's A Telephone Bill" on the second half,pointing out what a strong straight singer and good songwriter Bootsy is.
Of course it's right back into funk with the slower burning groove of "Can't Stay Away" with it's crazy cartoon vocals.So in conclusion if your not into having disco mixed in with your funk or think George Clinton's Parliafunkadelicment Thang is a bit self indulgant for your tastes this (as well as most of Bootsy's other solo albums of this period) deliver the funk in a far less refined way-giving it up straight,or totally out of shape as the Rubber Band will give it!
Of course it's right back into funk with the slower burning groove of "Can't Stay Away" with it's crazy cartoon vocals.So in conclusion if your not into having disco mixed in with your funk or think George Clinton's Parliafunkadelicment Thang is a bit self indulgant for your tastes this (as well as most of Bootsy's other solo albums of this period) deliver the funk in a far less refined way-giving it up straight,or totally out of shape as the Rubber Band will give it!
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