Practically everything about Bootsy Collins and the Rubber Band’s 1976 performance of “I’d rather be with you” is X-Rated.  But, we all should be grown here, so I have no problem admitting that I absolutely love it.

 

 

I always find it odd when old heads complain about the raunchiness of today’s music when they were grooving to the likes of Bootsy 30 years ago.  What’s the difference between Bootsy telling his chick he’s going to stick his penis“love” in her eye, and Lil Wayne telling his girl to lick the wrapper?  I’m not saying any of it is right, but let’s not act like this generation invented inappropriate music.

 

The only difference is it sounds better coming from Bootsy baby! Bootsy slowly seduced you, while Lil Wayne and others traumatize you. Plus, back in the day, Bootsy looked kinda good.  In other videos you can hear the ladies going nuts because Bootsy was quite sexy before his wardrobe found a permanent spot in the 70s, and he started to look like a cross between George Clinton and Bishop Don Magic Juan.

 

 

After seeing Bootsy get down, I understand why he and his brothers had to get out of James Brown’s shadow.  Bootsy and the Rubber Band are too good for back up. Bootsy helped put the funk in Clinton’s psychedelic coke induced thang, and he’s been sampled by almost everybody.

 

Not only that, dude  ab libs way better than Jim Jones does on records now.  Bootsy said some wild stuff that I wouldn’t dare say out loud, nor post here.  Sorta like how Puff would drop a random “don’t stop, yeah, Bad Boy” in the background of his tracks, Bootsy whispered some rated X stuff in almost all of his songs.  I hope none of you watched that video with kids around.

 

My pops use to play P-funk to death when I was younger, but like many youngins around my age, I didn’t pay Bootsy any mind til John Singleton featured “I’d rather be with you” on the “Baby Boy” soundtrack.  I bet it was Snoop’s request:

 

 

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