

If funk has a White Album, this is it. Funkadelic's music was deeply psychedelic from the outset—the word is portmanteaued in the band's name—but the diffuse, crunchy production and disembodied voices of the title track are the soul equivalent of The Beatles' "Revolution 9," and the backward masking on "Eulogy and Light" is eerie even by P-funk standards. Meanwhile, "Funky Dollar Bill" is some of Funkadelic's most straight-ahead, rocking R&B, while "I Wanna Know If It's Good to You" snaps with Tiki Fulwood's devastating breakbeat and Eddie Hazel's bluesy guitar.