FROM: The Source

This veteran New Orleans-based funk quintet (bassist Robert Mercurio, guitarist Jeff Raines, keyboardist Richard Vogel, drummer Stanton Moore and Saxophonist Ben Ellman) collaborated with a handful of some of the most lyrically endowed rappers for its latest charged release, From The Corner To The Block.  Galactic asked each artist they worked with to think of a corner that was important to them, and the results inform this collage with a variety of styles, including Mr. Lif’s politically-minded “… And I’m Out,” which thunders along thanks a ‘70s styled funk procession.  The Thick-voiced Chali 2na revisits his former stomping grounds on “Think Back” and Boots Riley flows over a thick funk beat on the rock-ish “Hustle Up.”  Big Chief Monk Boudreaux does a spoken work style over the astounding percussion of “Second and Dryades,” a cut whose music is catchy enough to break through as a single even though it contains atypical song structure.

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