This is a period, when Clarke and Duke were paying homage and respect to Gorge Clinton's 70's P-Funk sound.  
 
What a great honor to George Clinton, and Bootsy sound.
 
However some Funk Puritans was not too happy with it.  
 
Back in the day, I heard people say, Stanley is trying hard to capture Bootsy's audience, and George Duke tried to do it before with Dukie Stick with mimicing Bootsy's stage voicing and phasing.  
 
Dukie Stick was a Boosty Funk-like dance sound... Bootsy was known for terms like: Ahh this and Ahh that. George Duke did use some of this lazy-haziness phasing in his music like Bootsy. Honestly when I first heard Dukie Stick I thought it was Bootsy's jam... He could had fooled me...
 
What I believe is both Stanley/Duke is about all music. There's nothing taboo about Stanley/Duke jamming the funk. Bootsy was probably kicking back, smokin a J with his wonderful smile from ear to ear listening to Stanley's phasing and SPACE-BASS sounds.  
 
Besides, everybody knows... there's only room for one George and Bootsy... I am sure Stanley and Duke knows it too.
 
It's all about their love for the Funk... I SAY: FUNK-ON!
 
(Message edited by toma_hawk01 on August 18, 2009)

Shiiiit!!!! that is funky as they get.
I love that groove in the pocket drums with bass, jeeze..it made me want get up and dance.
It was this stuff that weaned me away from rock music..yes it did sir!!
That music is a godsend to some of the drivel that is around at the moment

Put a glide in your stride, and a dip in your hip, and come on to the Mothership!

Wicked tooooooon.
I remember Clarkee doing that track live at his gig at the Jazz Cafe in London a couple of years ago. Fantastic stuff.
Pfunk-ilicious.
 
 
 Jazzyvee

why don't we start a thread or continue this one and post the FUNKIEST tracks ever.
(I will have to figure how to do it first though.)

TOWER OF POWER_____EAST BAY GREASE  
 Their first album and I LOVE IT !!!!!!
 Francis Rocco Prestia On Bass with David Garibaldi on  Drums  
  What a dynamic duo !!!!!!!!!

The guys in the Screaming Headless Torsos were a big influence on me back in the late 80s and early 90s. Fima Ephron and Gene Lake (son of Oliver Lake, one of my alltime favorites. Shockra covered Tone Clone like it was our own.) were a hell of a rhythm section and the rest of the band doesn't suck. Check out the Leon Thomas style yodeling!
 
If I had managed to be playing more in bands like this in the last 15 years I might not be starting law school this week. No regrets, though.
 
Edwin

Starting law school!  An interesting unfolding of the path!

funkiest tracks? how about some old school Meters:
 

OK, my link didn't go through: