Parliament Osmium [Import] 8/20/12 READY 2 ROCK 2

READY 2 ROCK 2

released on 21 February 2020 with Erased Tapes

while his very being added fire to rap's over-publicized East-West rivalry

while the melodic beauty of "Listening to the Frogs with Demon Eyes" and the bittersweet defiance of "Nigdy Nie" are more radiant here than on the original album

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Parliament Osmium [Import] 8/20/12 READY 2 ROCK 2The first Parliament album, OSMIUM, was a mixed up mess of an affair, but would anyone expect anything less? The overall sound is much more Funkadelic than later Parliament, if with a somewhat more accessible feel. Things get going with an appropriately leering start, thanks to "I Call My Baby Pussycat," which makes something like "What's New, Pussycat?" seem like innocent, chaste conversation. After a stripped down start, things explode into a full