Wailing guitars, mellow melodies, and beautiful bass lines: just what you would expect from a true funk album. Despite the name, beautiful is about the only apt adjective I can use to describe this album. It starts off slowly: a creeping bass line, scratchy guitar, and wailing voice all give the title track an eerie feel. There's only one line in the entire ten minute piece: "Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time/Cause y’all have knocked her up/I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe/I was not offended/For I knew I had to rise above it all, or drown in my own shit." It's just awesome. I can't convey it any better than that, it's best to just listen:
After the title track, the album switches to more traditional-styled funk, if you can call it that considering how well put together it is. It almost has a gospel feel at times, even if the lyrics are anything but ('Super Stupid' sounds like it's about an addict who buys the wrong drug and goes crazy). The album ends at a polar opposite of where it started: 'Wars of Armageddon' is also around ten minutes, but is a loud, psychedelic song, full of weird samples, drum-heavy melodies, and odd special effects, but is no less powerful. It makes me feel like my brain is melting.
Notable songs: 'Maggot Brain', 'Super Stupid', 'Wars of Armageddon'
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