is STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON's Down South cousin--two equally compelling and uncompromising albums that heralded the arrival of the gangsta genre
the quartet offered a disciplined music
Kinks-obsessed Brighton lads the Kooks take a step back from 2014's beat-driven Listen and balance the occasional big moments with confident restraint
which it is (not having "Testify
which covers the time from Wild Mood Swings to Bloodflowers
STANDING ON THE VERGE OF GETTING IT ON 01/20/2017 is STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON's DownFunkadelic: Eddie Hazel , Garry Shider (vocals, guitar); Bernie Worrell (vocals, keyboards); "Boogie" C. Mosson (vocals, bass instrument); Calvin Simon (vocals, congas); Ramon Tiki Fulwood (vocals, percussion); Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, George Clinton , Grady Thomas, Raymond Davis (vocals); Ron Brylowski (guitar). Additional personnel: Leon Patillo (piano); Jimmy Calhoun (bass instrument); Gary Bronson (drums); Tyrone Lampkin (percussion).