I wish music still had balls like this. The band is Funkadelic, the location is New York City, 1973. The song is "Cosmic Slop". Sounds like just another silly 70's track, right? Nothing about that could be farther from the truth (it's exactly what I thought before I listened hard to the lyrics). The song is about a prostitute mother trying to raise several young kids in the ghetto. Potent stuff. Give it a serious listen.
Several of these guys went on to lead hard lives—with some harsh consequences. Regardless, they were total trailblazers—creating a genre of music, and influencing and helping to define several other future music movements (think: hip-hop). If you look hard enough, you'll see a young George Clinton...
Free your mind, and your ass will follow.
