26/1001 Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain kicks off with the band’s and most likely all of early funk rock’s greatest achievement, Maggot Brain. The brainchild and magnum opus of guitarist Eddie Hazel, who was told by band leader George Clinton, to play like his mother had died, and well the rest is history. Hazel played arguably one of the most emotional, expressive and greatest guitar solos of all time. rAfter the somber title track the album picks up the pace with a more typical funk sound with a more bass focused sound for the remainder of the A-side. For the start of the B-side Hazel once again steals the shows with his impressive guitar chops on the wonderfully psychedelic Super Stupid. Back In Our Minds, however, is sadly quite bad. It features a great beat, but the experimental nature of the song, just doesn’t work, and it’s easily the album’s weakest track. The final track, Wars Of Armageddon, is a trippy jam, which is a bit inconsistent. It features a snippet of Maggot Brain and at times gets going, but it’s filled with too many samples of random noises and sound effects, which ruins an otherwise decent jam. 4/5