Bootsy Collins Announces New Project ‘Album of the Year #1 Funkateer’

Bootsy Collins is on a mission to leave an indelible mark in 2024.

The funk icon by no means has anything to prove at this juncture of his career. His 50-plus-year catalog is still reaching the world to this day.

But that’s beside the point. Collins’ 23rd album, Album of the Year #1 Funkateer, out Oct. 25 via Bootzilla Records/Equity Distribution, is all about a new generation. 

He told Rolling Stone that the album’s newly released title track gives “the people what they wanted back in the Seventies: a sense of hope, joy and freedom.”

Collins sings on the funkified, feel-good groove, “It’s our constitutional duty to uplift our national beauty.”

Album of the Year # 1 Funkateer consists of 18 tracks, including the first single, “The Influencers,” featuring Westcoast Stone, Wiz Khalifa, Dave Stewart, Snoop Dogg, and Fantaazma. The album will also feature Musiq Soulchild, October London, Ice Cube, and others.

“When I start on a project now, it’s about getting the energy from people around me,” says Collins. “Then I proceed to gather transmissions from the universe to know what to talk about. It’s important to me to see who the universe brings to me, and I’ve been really blessed that every time I want to do a new record, I get these incredible musicians around me, right on time. That’s what this album helps me do — transmitting and receiving with different musicians and artists that have the same desire I had when I was their age.”

Stream Bootsy Collins’ new song, “Album of the Year #1 Funkateer,” and see the tracklist below.

Bootsy Collins’ Album of the Year #1 Funkateer Tracklist

1. “Album of the Year #1 Funkateer” feat. Myra Washington and Bootdullivan

2. “So Soopafly” feat. Ouiwey Collins, Kokane, and Daz Dillinger

3. “The Influencers” feat. Westcoast Stone, Wiz Khalifa, Dave Stewart, Snoop Dogg, and Fantaazma

4. “Bubble Pop” feat. Ice Cube, Fantaazma, and Brother Nature

5. “Fishnets” feat. Myra Washington, Kurupt, and Daz

6. “Satellite” feat. Dave Stewart and Brother Nature

7. “The JB’s Tribute” feat. Harry Mack, Clyde Stubblefield, John (Jabo) Starks and Fred Wesley

8. “Ubiquitous” feat. Casper the Funked Up Ghost and Kid Talk (Explicit)

9. “Hondo P” feat. Fantaazma and Snoop Dogg

10. “Chicken & Fries” feat. Soopafly, Myra Washington, Baby Triggy, and Fantaazma

11. “Anybody Out There” feat. Myra Washington and Brother Nature

12. “Pure Perfection” feat. Fantaazma, Giz, and Bedroom Bootsy

13. “Barbie T & Me” feat. Barbie T and Zillatron

14. “BeWild” feat. Alex Belle, Isis V, and Brother Nature

15. “Alien Flytrap” feat. Dave Stewart and Bootdullivan

16. “I.Am.AI” feat. Tobotius, I.AM, and Kid Talk

17. “Reach the Zone” feat. October London, Musiq Soulchild, and Bedroom Bootsy

18. “2Nite We Rise” feat. Da’Dreion Murrell, Fantaazma, ZGM Precious Praisers, and Casper the Funked Up Ghost