If the band name and song title didn’t hook (excuse the pun) you immediately then the amazing lyrics and smokin’ hard-funk grooves certainly will.

Black Nasty (ummm…best funk band name ever?) were a funk group from Detroit that released their only album “Talking to the People” on the Stax label in 1973. The album was virtually ignored when it was released and like so many great artists were “discovered” years later. From what I can gather Black Nasty were a “family” group….not in the sense that they were family friendly but more that they were actual siblings. The album is a great mix of hard inner-city funk, soul, R+B and rock….which is probably why it was slept on….just too many ideas in one album for the soul over-dosed early 70’s.

“Booger the Hooker” is the tale of a good boy giving in to the pressures and delights of the streets. Our man Booger starts in “smokin’ marijuana, poppin’ pills and snortin’ cocaine” and soon develops a “habit of a 100 dollars a day”….hey…happens to the best of us Booger….just don’t let that pusher man turn you out! I don’t think Booger was a Hooker in the traditional sense…my guess is “hooker” refers to the fact that he was getting other folks hooked on the dope to support his own habit. Ya hear that kids? Don’t follow Booger’s example….stay off the dope!

ARTIST: Black Nasty
TRACK: “Booger the Hooker”
ALBUM: Talkin’ To The People
YEAR: 1973
LABEL: Stax