Track Listing:
In The Pocket {J Brailey} 3:20
And You Know That {J Brailey, Lenny Holmes} 4:42
Hand Maid (Old Lady Mine) {J Brailey, L Holmes} 3:32
Peanut Butter And Jam {J Brailey} 6:11
A Night Out With The Boys {J Brailey} 6:20
Child Support {J Brailey, Skitch Lovett, Michael Hampton} 5:05
Raise {G Goins} 4:07
Just Want To Know {J Brailey} 2:34
P. Moe 0:14
Personnel:
Producer: J. Romeo, Flash
Executive Producer: Seth Snyder
Guitars: Michael Hampton, Skitch Lovett, Lenny Holmes, Dave Roeder,
Ricky Hitchcock
Bass: J. Romeo (Jerome Brailey), Rodney Curtis
Keyboards: Maceo Bond, Kenny Hairston
Vocals: J. Romeo, Skitch Lovett, Kenny Hairston, Lenny Holmes
Thump City (Drums): J. Romeo
Lead Guitar on "A Night Out With the Boys": Ricky Hitchcock
Rating: RC: ***1/2
Comments:MG: The last Mutiny album. J.Romeo was probably Jerome Brailey's own label. After all, that's one of his nicknames. You can hear him being called that on the O.G Funk album too.
"P.Moe" is a 14 second weird interlude consisting of a high pitched voice that sings highlights from this album and a chant that goes "Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego", just like Sly Stone did on "Loose Booty".
Maceo Bond is of Osiris fame.
RC: The last Mutiny album pretty much forgets about lyrics and goes about its regularly scheduled business. Jerome selects a few choice lines from other funk songs and uses them as the focus for his songs. He's joined by P.Funk regulars Michael Hampton and Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis, whose presences are bent to the will of Brailey. Jerome's singing is still excellent, and fans of the first two albums will surely like this as well. There's a little more musical variation on this album, but not so much that it starts to become incoherent.
"In The Pocket" is a song with a funky bass synth groove that recalls "Flash Light". Lyrically, the song borrows phrases from "Roto-Rooter" and "You Hit The Nail On The Head." The tempo is somewhere in between those two songs. "And You Know That" starts off with some nice drum beats, easing the song into its driving guitar riff. The riff is accented by stinging synth parts. The chant borrows from "Big Footin'". It ends with a nice guitar solo. "Hand Maid" is a slow, dreamy, spacey number with a great lead vocal. The chant this time recalls Sly Stone's "Loose Booty". "Peanut Butter And Jam" is a hot dance jam. It's a bit repetitive, but it's fun and has nice bass playing. The vocals are mostly chants once again. "A Night Out..." is an instrumental with some interesting descending figures, crisp percussion and prominently spacey guitar work. "Child Support" is a driving, Led Zeppelin-like rock song. It's really meaty and one of the best tunes on the album. "Raise" is a grooving, locked-in-the-pocket style funk jam with a wild guitar solo. "Just Want To Know" recalls "Give Up The Funk" a bit in its long intro, before kicking into a bass-heavy jam. It takes the "if you hear any noise" line from "Mothership Connection" as its own.
This album is out of print and extremely rare. Expect to pay at least $30 for a copy. P-Vine and Ace Records are supposed to release this on CD soon.