Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You? A Memoir

"You had to expect that Parliament-Funkadelic producer-visionary George Clinton would give his memoir a title just as jovial, provocative and kaleidoscope-colorful as his 50-year musical oeuvre (not to mention his trademark rainbow hairstyle). This page-turner gives us real insight into the roots of Clintonian genius: He innovated a new amalgam of funk, rock, metal and pop in the 1960s and ‘70s by bringing together his love for Motown, Jimi Hendrix, mambo, science fiction, Aristotelian philosophy and subversive political humor. The memoir’s last third sobers us up: While hip-hop samplers help extend Clinton’s legacy, the musician finds himself more often in court, fighting copyright infringement, than in the studio. The book is ultimately a parable of a postwar hippie’s creativity hemmed in not by sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll but by the gravity of a cynical and twisted music business."