Artist:George Clinton
Song:Atomic Dog (Original Extended Version)
Album:Greatest Funkin' Hits (Clean)
So we all know that George Clinton was one of the architects of funk with his groups Parliament & Funkadelic. And of course Parliament was very successful in the 70s. But by 1980 there were legal problems surrounding Neil Bogart's sale of Casablanca Records to PolyGram. So Clinton jettisoned the Parliament & Funkadelic names and signed with Capitol Records as George Clinton & P Funk All Stars using the same musicians. Nothing much changed. His 1982 solo debut Computer Games featured the same musicians like Bootsy Collins, Gary Shider, Fred Wesley & Junie Morrison. Both Loopzilla & Atomic Dog were smash hits and Atomic Dog was a big seller as an EP. Clinton used more electronic instruments on this music but that was a sign of the times. This comp has various remixes of Clinton's music featuring guest rappers. There are two versions of Atomic Dog. This is the longer nine minute version that was on the EP. I don't know why there are two versions of the CD. They have different covers but seem to be the same otherwise. Later in the 80s Clinton would get bogged down in legal problems but the bottom line is Atomic Dog and other Clinton songs continue to be sampled by hip hop guys today. He's an icon of funk. Here's the video for Atomic Dog by George Clinton.
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