this album rules for 2 reasons: 1) look at that cover! 2) the first track "Give it to Me" is worth the 5 minutes it will take you to download this.
so overall this album really isn't that great. the first two tracks are pretty great, but it's kinda all downhill from there. not terrible, but nothing special. the whole record has this weird disco/soul meets prog/fusion vibe to it. it's strange but in a really fun cheesy way. from what i've gathered this was their second and last album. originally started by Michael Shrieve (yes, the drummer from Santana's band, you may recognize him from Woodstock) their first album was supposedly more fusion oriented and less disco. Shrieve left the band after the first album and here the band is lead by keyboardist Bayete (who was a small time fusion jazz star at the time).
but like i mentioned before the lead track "Give it to Me" is a brilliant lost gem of funky space disco rock. it's weird in the best way possible. give it a listen for yourself. there is nothing here that is groundbreaking or that interesting but this is pretty fun. check it out here.
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