Bootsy Collins on James Brown, Silk Sonic, LSD, and ‘Album of the Year #1 Funkateer’

They just don’t make artists like Bootsy Collins anymore. From his fabulous fashion to his iconic, funked-up basslines, Boosty is one-of-one. Even if you’re not familiar with his name, thanks for his contributions to smashes by James Brown and Funkadelic, his work is some of the most sampled in musical history, incorporated by everyone from Eazy-E to Childish Gambino to Beyoncé to 2Pac.

Back with his 17th album, the cheekily titled Album of the Year #1 Funkateer, Bootsy’s an open book, talking about his early years as a tough teen playing with the larger-than-life James Brown and the creation of ‘Sex Machine,’ and how his time in Funkadelic with George Clinton was the total opposite: a whirlwind in which he could let his freak (and funk) flag truly fly… that is till the drugs took over.

We chat about all of this — defining funk, the impact of LSD, crack, and getting sober, his collaborations with everyone from Snoop to Silk Sonic — plus so much more.

A storyteller, a savant, an absolute viiiibe, this interview will have you crate-digging for the funk.

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