{"product_id":"parliament-chocolate-city","title":"Parliament - Chocolate City","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Clinton put Washington, D.C. at the centre of the funk universe on Chocolate City, Parliament's 1975 album, presented here on 150 gram vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParliament's third studio album took its name from a nickname for the capital, where a growing Black majority had reshaped the city. Clinton treated that change as cause for celebration, imagining a Black presidency and cabinet with sly humour years before it felt remotely possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title track rides a slinky, half-spoken groove as Clinton addresses the city directly, while \"Ride On\" is pure dance-floor propulsion. \"If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It)\" offers wise words over a tight, bouncing arrangement, and \"Big Footin'\" closes the record with a heavy, loping strut that refuses to hurry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced by Clinton, the album sits just before the Mothership era took off, and you can hear the pieces falling into place: Bernie Worrell's inventive keyboards, chicken-scratch guitar, rubbery basslines and a chorus of voices trading lines like a block party that has spilled out into the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is funk with a message and a wink, as political as it is playful. For anyone exploring the P-Funk universe, it is the perfect place to see the band's grand vision come into focus, one groove at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67768840356130,"sku":"602577409196","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Parliament-Chocolate_City.jpg?v=1794377272","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/parliament-chocolate-city","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}