███████████ █▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀█ █ ███████▓█ █ █ ██████▓▓▓ █ [ iNTERNAL ┼ RiPPiNG ┼ ORGANiZATiON ] █ ███████▓█ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀█▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀█ ███████████ █ ██████████████▓█ █ ▄████████████████▄ █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ███▓▓▌ ▐██▓▓█ █ ████▓▓ ████▓█ █ ▀█ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █▀█ ███▓▓▌ ▐██▓▓█ █ ███▓▓▓ ███▓▓▓ █ █ ████▓▓▓ █ █ ███▓▓▌ ▐███▓█ █ ███▓▓▓ ███▓▓▓ █ █ ████▓▓▓ █ █ ███▓▓████████▀▀ █ ███▓▓▓ ███▓▓▓ █ █ ████▓▓▓ █ █ ███▓▓████████ █ ███▓▓▓ ███▓▓▓ █ █ ████▓▓▓ █ █ ███▓▓▌ ▐███▓█ █ ███▓▓▓ ███▓▓▓ █ █ ████▓▓▓ █ █ ███▓▓▌ ███▓▓▌ █ ███▓▓▓ ███▓▓▓ █ █ █████▓▓ █ █ ████▓▌ ████▓▓ █ █████▓▄▄▄▄▄▄████▓█ █ ██ ███████ █ █ █████▌ █████▓ █ ▀██████████████▀ █ ██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄kNg!δs▄█▀ █▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀█ ▓ [ release info ] ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers ░ album: Freaky Styley ░ label: EMI ░ genre: Rock rip date: 10/07/2002 rel date: 00/00/1985 # tracks: 14 size: 54MB time: 39:49 ripper: Luc █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀█ ▓ [ about this release ] ▓ ░ ░ Long before the Red Hot Chili Peppers became alternative rock darlings via tear-jerking ballads, they were firmly rooted in pure, uncut funk. Of course, their stint as a funk band extended for a very short time, from their inception (showcased on their formative self-titled debut) to their more stylistically varied guitar-orientated efforts (hinted at on Uplift Mofo and fully realized on Mother's Milk). Of this short era before Anthony Kiedis decided to take a more poetic approach to songwriting, and before Hillel Slovak's unfortunate death, Freaky Styley stands as the group's masterpiece. Here, the Peppers seem fully in control of their vision to be accessible successors to '70s P-Funk, laying down a varied collection of quirky songs propelled by Flea's omnipresent bass riffs and Slovak's restrained efforts. Above all, though, much of this album's success from all angles goes to producer George Clinton, perhaps the most inspiring individual the Peppers could have worked with at this point in their career. Freaky Styley is the mid-'80s album that Clinton could never make on his own. Where Clinton's '80s albums seemed infused with the right ideas, he never had the seemingly limitless energy that the Peppers employ here. Above all, the Peppers' stunning rendition of Sly Stone's "If You Want Me to Stay" is a testament to just how funky the Peppers were at this point, even if it doesn't quite have the original's soul. Other notable moments include "Jungle Man" and "American Ghost Dance," two tight funk numbers with wonderful choruses. This album probably won't appeal to those weaned on "Under the Bridge" or "Scar Tissue," but it's undeniably a somewhat forgotten cult favorite, particularly to those infatuated with the group's short-lived Slovak era, the group's zenith in terms of quirkiness and funkiness. - Jason Birchmeier █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀█ ▓ [ track listing ] ▓ ░ trk title time ░ 01 Jungle Man 4:09 02 Hollywood 5:03 03 American Ghost Dance 3:45 04 If You Want Me To Stay 4:07 05 Nevermind 2:48 06 Freaky Styley 3:38 07 Blackeyed Blonde 2:41 08 The Brothers Cup 3:28 09 Battle Ship 1:54 10 Lovin' And Touchin' 0:36 11 Catholic School Girls Rule 1:55 12 Sex Rap 1:54 13 Thirty Dirty Birds 0:14 14 Yertle The Turtle 3:37 █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀█ ▓ [ about us ] ▓ ▒ iRO is an internal release group, which means we ▒ ░ release outside of the regular mp3 scene. We do this ░ purely for the public, so you can hear that hard-to- ░ find album, that release you could never find the ░ scene rip of, and the actual retails of albums at proper quality standards so you can decide whether you really want to buy them or not; all without asking for anything in return. Also, unlike our predecessors, iRO gives back first to the people who do all the work, the rippers. With this thought at heart, all members have an equal say in all group decisions and are welcome in all group channels. Equality, quality and democracy, values all good groups should share. We are currently looking for fast ftps to serve as pubs and member sites, as well as xdcc shell providers. If you can help out by providing one of these to this noble cause please come visit us in #iRO on EFNET and leave a message with a member. -OSm`/iRO [ contact ] webpage: http://www.int-ripping.org/ irc: #iRO on EFnet (public room) #iROtrials on EFnet (trial room) ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ nfo.header : knawledge ■ 12.30.2001 nfo.layout : z0oy0rk ■ 02.18.2001 modified.by : OSm` ■ 12.31.2001 last.update.by : OSm` ■ 08.12.2002 ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄