"The King of the Party Records," as
Redd Foxx is introduced to his audience at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, begins his show by announcing to his fans "Tonight is one of the highlights of your life, because I'm good! I swear to God and three other white men, I'm good!" Moments later,
Foxx tells us "I talk about sex and being a Negro, and you're not supposed to talk about sex, but hell, Negroes have sex! Didn't nobody draw us!" In short, don't let the title fool you -- 1968's
Foxx-A-Delic has little if anything to do with the era of peace, love and LSD and instead captures
Foxx in classic form -- playful, rude and just a little acerbic.
Foxx-A-Delic primarily consists of
Foxx jumping from one topic to another with a scattergun assault of short bits and one-liners, turning from telling us about the funeral of his overweight brother-in-law to bantering with the audience to a tale of Martian reproduction in a matter of just over two minutes. Both the recording and the material is a bit cleaner and better polished than the long series of albums
Foxx cut for Dooto and his own MF label, but this is still an accurate reproduction of the night club act that made him a star in comedy clubs long before he made his mark on television with Sanford and Son. Tune in, turn
Foxx-A-Delic on, and laugh out loud. ~ Mark Deming