{"product_id":"bootsy-collins-featuring-fantaazma-hip-hop-lollipop","title":"Bootsy Collins Featuring Fantaazma - Hip Hop Lollipop","description":"\u003cp\u003eA-Side — Hip Hop Lollipop feat. Fantaazma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBootsy Collins brings his trademark psychedelic funk into the hip-hop era with “Hip Hop Lollipop,” a playful, bass-heavy collaboration with Hamburg artist Fantaazma. Released digitally in February 2022 for Black History Month, the track is essentially a reworking of “Club Funkateers” from Bootsy's 2020 album The Power of the One, retaining much of the original musical foundation while adding Fantaazma's energetic rap performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBootsy's deep, elastic bass provides the foundation while Fantaazma brings a contemporary hip-hop attitude to the track, creating a deliberately futuristic meeting point between P-Funk's eccentricity and modern rap. The record also features two heavyweight musicians from the jazz and fusion worlds: Victor Wooten on bass and Branford Marsalis on saxophone. Wooten gets a particularly prominent bass solo, while Marsalis adds sharp, fluid saxophone lines that push the track beyond straightforward funk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBootsy and Fantaazma use the track to celebrate the evolution of Black music, name-checking the connections between funk, hip-hop, fusion and the musicians who helped shape those sounds. The result is knowingly over-the-top, futuristic and fun — classic Bootsy filtered through a contemporary hip-hop lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe track was produced by Bootsy and Patti Collins, with Fantaazma credited as the featured artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB-Side — Bewise (FredWreck Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe flip takes a different route. “Bewise (FredWreck Remix)” is a remix of “Bewise,” originally associated with The Power of One project and subsequently issued as a bonus track on the Japanese CD edition. The remix comes from Grammy-winning producer FredWreck, bringing a more hip-hop-oriented, West Coast production sensibility to Bootsy's funk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the A-side is colourful, playful and deliberately futuristic, the FredWreck remix strips the presentation into a tighter groove, making the connection between Bootsy's funk and hip-hop production techniques much more obvious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a fitting choice for the flip side: Bootsy's original funk vocabulary is being reinterpreted through the ears of a hip-hop producer, turning the record into something that sits comfortably between funk, breaks and West Coast hip-hop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 7-Inch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular 7-inch was a Japan-exclusive P-Vine release, issued in November 2022 as a limited edition. It pairs the newly reworked “Hip Hop Lollipop” with the FredWreck remix of “Bewise,” making it a compact snapshot of Bootsy Collins connecting the classic P-Funk tradition with contemporary hip-hop production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor DJs and crate diggers, it's an especially useful pairing: one side delivers Bootsy's flamboyant, bass-driven funk with a modern rap element, while the other puts the same musical DNA through a hip-hop producer's filter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Funkadoobian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54984475050321,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/9850\/9393\/files\/Bootsy_COLLINS-_Hip_Hop_Lollipop_f.jpg?v=1789492357","url":"https:\/\/thefunkadoobian.com\/products\/bootsy-collins-featuring-fantaazma-hip-hop-lollipop","provider":"The Funkadoobian","version":"1.0","type":"link"}