Bootsy Collins - What's A Telephone Bill?

[Bassclif]

That SPACEBASS is "Drippin" wit' "Nasty Nothings" that'll Wet Your Eardrums !!

[187Alen]

I'm just living and a lovin',

waiting for the moment,

when you've got time to kill

2Pac- Str8 Ballin

[YaquelineMakeneau]

I wanna make love to bootsy while listening to this song

[Leo55BabyBoomer]

I got the munchies for her love but someone said the content was too explicit...guess i'll have to run up my "telephone bill". Hell, you know "I can't stay away!".

[guanacopride007]

Some of the greatest rap songs were sampled from oldies. Gotta show love to the oldies they shaped our music!

[TheJasonCastle]

Good thing Skype's free ;D

[MrsSoFly21]

Sexy feel...

[456Coffy]

OMG!!!!!!

[Toohot45oh]

lovin life...fuck the kops

[godivachocolatelover]

music to get your old school grind on!

[jillionmillion]

I'd like to get get geeeeeeeeeeeeetttt

[mocabahia11]

high. as. hell. and this is the ULTIMATE. shit.

[canyouheardthat]

play it b.

[TheBoxingAnorue]

Str8 Ballin'!

[Dermon29]

True Funk a Legend without a doubt

[MrThenewborn]

Inner city, where the skinny die, tell mama don't cry...Straight ballin...

[Leo55BabyBoomer]

@MrThenewborn Say that shit man. Motha's out here faking the funk. America ain't got shit for a street soldier and they know it. It's just a matter of time. Until then "funk on".

[me40547]

NOOOO Better

[coffee74410]

those pnone calls (MAN)

[shadowmixx]

And to think, back in the day it would start with a phone call. Laying your best seductive rap on a young lady in your sexiest bedroom voice.

With slow music playing in the background. 2:00 in the morning. Asking her, "So what U got on baby"? Getting her all excited so that when U hooked up it would be explosive.

Thumbs up if U have children that were born as result of this kind of interaction, and when U hear this song it brings it all back.

THIS was where it all started.

On the telephone

:-)

[phillyguard]

Best bass line ever.

[MrBigred314]

Been at it since 82 buddy.. Love it

[rawdog761]

BOOTSY AND PARLIAMENT,SLAVE,OHIO PLAYERS AND SLY CANT FORGET HIM( I CANT STAY AWAY)

[Terthompson90]

I'm 20 years old and I lo e the fuck out this song 2 thumbs up fa bootsy "baby" (in the boosty Collins voice)

[regulaterrr]

The bottom line is " Blues " started it all !

[TrueDiligence]

I'm hearin' Pac's voice...

[fhab525]

i need somebody to school me on this Funk shit ,,, imma newbie , who should i listen to ???

[lemmybethyname]

@fhab525 parliament funkadelic,the commodores,zapp,sly and the family stone,george clinton,james brown,the ohio players,rick james,rhcp circa 1985-1991,stevie wonder and of course jimi hendrix

[yayahenderson]

@fhab525 bootsy collins,funkadelic/parliament,­ etc. go on amazon and check out all of their cds

[yayahenderson]

@fhab525 curtis mayfield, james brown, zapp

[donnis618]

@fhab525 Your listening to it now!!! Bootsy, P-Funk, Cameo, Confunkshun, Slave, Ohio Players, Zapp, PRINCE,

[hardhead770]

Yeah 2pac sample it and also c.m.p. straight ballin  i never knew that wow .

[fastblackable]

all i can say is-MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION-THE MOTHERSHIP landed at the Sports area in Los Angeles-when I was thirteen, I'm now 47-I feel like I witnessed history!!! George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and Parliment Funkadelics-ahead of their time and sooo many are biting their style-

[2REALMusicPage]

Str8 Mothafuckin Balling All Day long Stay Strong

[miloligons25]

thank you mama for putting me on to the best music........

[TheJbrigitte]

awesome!!!

[hottboy83]

I LUV DIS TYPE OF MUZIK I GREW UP LISTENIN 2 MY MOM PLAYIN IT...

[hottboy83]

I LUV DIS TYPE OF MUZIK I GREW UP LISTENIN 2 MY MOM PLAYIN IT...

[345ice]

funk at it,s best...

[SurMonstro]

3:04 "let me just breathe in your earhole baby". That's the shit!!!!

[ckaschuk]

Someone please tell me what kind of bass pedal he's using!

[ssbbw00]

such good music, I miss these days,this is why I play this music keeps my mind remember when times were good the men were good and the music was great!

[sani509]

@ssbbw00 i totaly agree! did'nt we have fun back then! Those were the days if you had a gripe with somebody you didn't shoot em you kicked his ass and smoked a good joint.

[ssbbw00]

@sani509 lol..you are so right, this was when life was living now we are just existing..crappy music and some crappy people!

[smdelorme4]

@Ferddaddy @ thuglife995 ...i believe you guys are missing the point...you see people give tupac the credit where credit is NOT due...

im thug life fo sho..

but bootsy, james, george C, they all get their beats sampled...and lil gangstas worship that nigga rappin over it...NOT the nigga behind the soul of it.

[smdelorme4]

@Ferddaddy @ thuglife995 ...i believe you guys are missing the point...you see people give tupac the credit where credit is NOT due...

im thug life fo sho..

but bootsy, james, george C, they all get their beats sampled...and lil gangstas worship that nigga rappin over it...NOT the nigga behind the soul of it.

[astraight4u]

This a good old school jam!

[razz4ill]

GREATEST EVER, FUNK MASTER, THANKS A TRILLION WILLIAM BOOTSY

COLLINS YOUR M. E. CARTER ALIAS SNOOFUS FROM GARY, INDIANA

ROOSEVELT PLACE FROM LEW WALLACE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1980

FUNK AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! BABY BUBBA

[devinddjr]

CAN'T NO BODY SLAP A ELECTRIC BASE LIKE BOOTZILLA!!! DAMN WHERE DID THE TIME GO. I WANT IT ALL TO COME BACK.

[EydieDee]

I remember this song well, but I didn't know Bootsy did it. You learn something new everyday!

[iloveneuro]

GROOVY BABY!!

[Bev4ever]

OH YEAH I'M LOADED WITH VERBAL RAPPABILITY BABY! GO HEAD BOOTSY!!!!

[Bev4ever]

YOU KNOW U INSPIRE ME TO POETRY SO LISTEN WHILE I RECITE NAUGHTY NOTHINGS THAT WILL WET UR EAR DRUMS BABY! WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WOULD BE GOOD TO YOU!!!

[pepdogg513]

What I'd like to do would be good to you, and if you hang up on me now than I'll be thru, I'm just livin' and a lovin,' waitin' for the moment when ya got time to kill, and if I can get to love ya, whats a telephone bill. BOOOOYYYYY, dats dat shizznit-lol

[happyknappy1]

All I need now is basement and a lamp with a blue lightbulb in it...dammit ..can yall feel me??

[pepdogg513]

@happyknappy1 I Fell U Bruh, on the for real side.

[EmpressElizabeth1920]

@happyknappy1 I feel ya

[chrisgin1965]

@happyknappy1 good old days player

[happyknappy1]

All I need now is basement and a lamp with a blue lightbulb in it...damm

[michaelneil78]

god i love this song

[QVaughn1]

1976, just moved back to Jersey from Cali. Just saw the movie "Cooley High". It was just like I was in a time machine and this record was playin' on the stereo. Wow what memories!

[iamTERANZE]

My dad got me on this shit

[MrBigred314]

Classic to me since the first time I heard it... lol.. I'm nothing but 28 so you already know... just be glad young buck on game.. Bootsy Collins for Life!!

[brown631000]

I LIKE TOO YEA 'YEA YEA.........

[MrManuel8751]

sample by tha king of rap and hip hop 2pac¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ tha exelent sample, instrumental and song of Bootsy coolins and straigth ballin of 2pac

[lutollo]

what yall know about this....lol..nothing if you ain't lived it and used the song to romance.

[mat261959]

I like, Ilive and am loving in the moment because I have time to kill And we no longer have time because we have love and it is a telephone bill.

[mat261959]

I want to be the top comment

[mat261959]

girl you would not know real funk if it hit you in your ear drom. It is not what you say it is what you do. Can you do that funk? I don't think so.

[mat261959]

This is so funk-a-delic. And is great.

I have some lyrics that I want to put out there that are based on this melody and this funk. But I want to involve little wayne, snoop and dr. dre (original dr. dre). I just love old school.

[mat261959]

This is so funk-a-delic. And is great.



[MsTaurus969]

I LOVE this song.... one of my favorites by Bootsy.  Now I just need to hear Munchies for your Love and my journey to the past will be complete lol

[goodmechanic]

10 people are descendents of Sir Nose.

[DjMuthafcknRukus1]

2pac gots that best taste in music RIP

[fredblassie123]

This whole album is funky and funny too.....classic.

[cutthoat918]

9 people are worried about their telephone bill...

[82password]

9 people can't get "FUNKED UP"

[uzipolo]

2 pac straight ball in

[123Builderbob]

@uzipolo every rapper has sampled Bootsy Collins or Parliment Funkadelic. The Chronic was pretty much a striaght rip off with rap added on.

[JodeyDawls]

pac sampled this on st8aight ballin .

[autte]

this is fucking music!!!! i love this track

[9nahalfofd]

Its all GOOD baby I HAVE unlimited phone calls I hope U do , well it dont matter cause U know wen i call U im coming to bust dat thang out baby , OXOXO ur TRULY 9NAHALFOFD :)

[123Builderbob]

I think this should have been on the best of Bootsy Collins CD.

[ellemarie213]

Claddic...bootsy baby!!!

[rwk1983]

whats a cell phone overage?

[DarJoc1921]

That reminds me of my college days!!

[heckto35]

Until i heard this, i never knew what a telephone bill was.

[TheHeavymetal80]

I would love to learn this song on bass guitar

[millions2nette]

I saw this guy (BOOTSIE COLLINS) perform at just last Sunday. He still got it. He as fantastic. His voice, his bass playing...Wow!!! They even played some Jimmi Hendricks tunes. He came down into the audience and danced and everthing. He looked so young, strong and in shape. I was very happy to be there to witness that.

[miahmusicproductions]

i actually though of gettin money by tupac cause its the same yrics but differnt sample, 2 dope ass songs by tupac! and one kick ass one by boosty

[miahmusicproductions]

STRAIGHT BALLIN

[jhofay]

up before the sunrise first to hit the block! first words that came to mind when the instrumental kicked in

[swagswagswag09]

STRAIGHT BALLIN lol even the old sample from the older

[CINEMALEXZIKON]

Okay, all you young bloods; Love Tupac, but don't get it twiSTed! bOOTSY CREATED the beat, Tupac took the beat and SAMPLED it. Don't forget your HISTORY in your glee to celebrate the NEWEST thing.

[viciouspurple]

@CINEMALEXZIKON Of course. I am a huge fan of Tupac and 70s music. Bootsy created the beat first and Tupac did a great job at sampling. That's all.

[ChronicGod420]

@CINEMALEXZIKON Actually, Easy Mo Bee sampled it. Give the producer some credit. Pac, in his life, made 3 or 4 beats.

[jgk381]

@ChronicGod420 yes, easy sampled it, bootsy made the beat though.

[thuglife995]

@CINEMALEXZIKON false tupac didnt do shit but rap on it the producer took the song sampled it

[Ferddaddy]

@CINEMALEXZIKON Wrong, Easy Mo Bee produced it for Tupac.

[Kbsantangelo]

what's up w/ bootsie throwin up the "gang sign"???

[kariebeez]

"wait a minute operator, I wasn't talkin to you," always thought that was hilarious.

[dooshyfaka]

funky ass bass. lovin it

[thrillamne]

STRAIGHT BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIII­INNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[luxfitness]

what tupac beat is this?

[KIDJAMES55]

@luxfitness tupac song straight ballin

[4evaboyz]

@luxfitness str8 ballin

[0KLAKETTE0]

RIP :'(

[1988babyful]

i'd like to I'd like toooooooo oh yeah......... this is super extraordinarily, out of this world, chaotic, make u go crazy like u high on coke smooth shyt.........

[returnofdaking]

refer to straight ballin on thug life vol 1 for this sample #10. i love the old school and tupac, pac always showed love to the old school .

[MrDecal]

No more wine, time to lay it down. too bad you're not here, it would be wildddd!!!LOL

[MrDecal]

No more wine, time to lay it down. too bad you're here, it would be wildddd!!!LOL

[xjamalex]

this guy prolly got pussy to the maxx

[Xenobia10]

@xjamalex u miss ths sht by a mile son.wasnt bout fckn cuz evryone did tht allways anyway back then.ths iS some DEEEEP PSYCHOFUNKALOGIC!! DEEPER THN ANY FCKN

[MJSCox80]

Bootsy luvas still twisting the joints!!!!

[WrzosuProdukcja]

2Pac St8 ballin ! ! !

[DaMostEnigmatic]

photo bears the illuminati sign

[gmoneyfe]

back in tha day when i was an El rukyn in chicago on 73rd street we use to get a bag of reefer and bottle and lay them hoes down to dis cut i still do ya digg ALLZ WELL free my BROTHER Chief Malik! Peace & love.

[teneshabullitt421]

NAUGHTY NOTHINGS THAT WILL WET MY EARDRUMS!!! WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS IT MAKES ME WANNA OPEN UP A ST. IDES AND CHILL..........

[monaj3lisa]

"...you know you inspire me to poetry...so listen while I recite naughty nothings that will wet your eardrums..." hah

[bitlowtothebone]

Bootsy put it down on this one!!!!

[TheBluesjams]

@royalbleu5 fuck you bitch!

[Fuegossss]

@TheBluesjams get a life pedifile! if you continue with the offensive language your account will be deleted. say what you will but you are a pedifile we're watching you buddy.

[TheBluesjams]

@Fuegossss Sorry!

[raininthespringtime]

this some weed smoking type shit right here...mmm

[Lunathekat]

what it is bobble

[bryant5266]

7 MF's don't have a telephone bill

[CitaShaw]

I like ths shyt..

[krischa63]

i want a pina colada please

[polimerysator]

2 Pac - Str8 Ballin'

[Caonabban]

coolest voice

[bigdaddymelike]

Dis is my shit!

[TheSmalltownclown]

Something to keep my throat moist and Funny Rolled Cigarettes!!!

[THUGgirl187RIOT]

bootsy is the man

[JoJoe02]

Fat Joe - "Bust At you" Sample this as well

[exzotik81]

@JoJoe02 That joint is wack, though.

[JoJoe02]

@exzotik81 I beg to Differ. Scarface don't get on tracks that's wack. Baby had a Cliche ass verse but Fat Joe came correct in paying tribute to Pac. But Hey What do you want me to say To each his own man.

[exzotik81]

@JoJoe02 True. Let's agree to disagree. What i also don't like is that the song is called "I rather bust at you" likr it's sampling "I rather be with you."

[PhilM662]

One of the reasons 2pac was so great......look at some of his inspirations. Bootsy, George Clinton, Roger Troutman etc

[JointManipulation]

@PhilM662 preach brother . rip pac. and long live uncle bootsy

[exzotik81]

I love what 2pac did with this, but I love this song much more! I love 70's music, and I'm an 80's baby!

[btinsley1]

boochi...boochi !! ...why are your eyes like the stars?

[edslides1]

every hip hop group in existence owes it all to his bootsyness.

[warehouse317]

awsome !!!!!!!!!!!!

[jjdiggincrates]

bootsy can dig sampling and i can dig it too

[nunile18]

tidykris first you say its not stealing then you say it is make up your mind sure all artist have copied something from another but not the exact music the exact beat most of the old school artist would do another artist song they would put their own spin on it and you say it is still being creative the word creative means to create not copy

[AsonUnique91]

Krayzie Bone / I Been Around Sample.

Who knew that one.

[babah77088]

These new sckool artist SUCK can't compete

[TorkDaDork]

Tupac is sic overrated. But then again, so are most of the commercial hip hop artists. Jay Z, Poof Daddy and alle the other sellouts go f.... yourself.

Pls don't mention them along with Bewtsy!

[rj689]

@TorkDaDork tupac and overrated cant relate bro tupac was awesome

[EXIGU0US]

@TorkDaDork U Mad?

[rj689]

you can tell andre 3000 got his style from bootsy in a way through hip hop

[aretha47]

Beam me up, Bootsy! i remember playing this album out on my front porch all night long and fall asleep in the chair w/the mosquitoes.

[HybridD91]

@aretha47 You from the South?

[CAB4SHO]

@aretha47 LOL!!!

[evdude2005]

Correction - Daz Dillinger/DJ Quik did a great job with this beat :)

[stunn18]

@ Hunterpedigo Producer Easy Moe Bee sampled this track for Str8 Ballin and 2 Pac blessed it like no other MC could. RIP!

[nunile18]

my thoughts exactly hunterpedigo they call it sampling but I call it stealing too come up with your own stuff oh I forgot they can't their not musicians

[tidykris]

@nunile18 its hardly stealing though is it?? Any sample used in a hit record would have to be cleared by the artist or record label. Sampling one song and turning it into another song has been fully accepted in music production for around 30 years, its still being creative. And all musicians have copied somebody else before them, where do you think diffrent styles of music come from?

[hunterpedigo]

Tupac stole a muscians real beat. Written by the artis and played by the artis. Any fool can steal beats. But to create music using instruments, now that's an artis.

[tidykris]

@hunterpedigo to correct you, easy mo bee who produced the track stole the beat, 2pac would have been given to track to rap over, and to correct you yet again this sample would have been cleared by either bootsy collins or the record label that holds the rights to this track, or both!! So its not really stealing is it??

[olli310]

str8 ballin :))

[biggman633]

This shit blew me away in the 70's I had never heard nothing like this Bootsy was a star in his own mind before he became a star he played with a bunch of old timers like James Brown, HE WAS VERY YOUNG TOO HE PLAYED WITH OTHERS SO WHEN TIME HE TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL HE WAS LIKE A BLACK ROCK STAR.

[antjuanoden]

6 people dont have telephones.

[keithkashflow]

yeah baby

[babah77088]

It we be know rap music if it was'nt for treasures like this

[flintowndancer]

ITS 3:28am and i'm having problems with my bitch.. I'm bout 2 smoke 2 this and drift away

[russdawg04]

vashtie brought me here!!!

[Impetrate420Justice]

Why are people saying 2pac did a good job with this beat?

[43soulja]

@Impetrate420Justice Hahaha I was thinking the exact same thing...smh lost members of society

[The818211187]

@Impetrate420Justice

CUZ HE DID BITCH...!!!!!

[josephmanners]

@Impetrate420Justice check out the song str8 ballin by thug life.. it's amazing

[RidikulousMr]

Who are the A holes who didnt like this?? Hang Um