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Before
officially came out to the mainstream as a comedian and social critic who knew no boundaries, he honed his more raunchy material in black comedy clubs, road-testing the controversial act about sex, racism, and his own screwups that he would use to great effect later in his career.
, recorded live in 1971 at
in Hollywood, is a perfect example -- one look at the distinctly adult-looking characters on the album cover and the X-rated track titles and you know the tame stuff
once did on
has been jettisoned in favor of the ribald. The comedian riffs his way through black culture (
), sex (
), and street life (
). And though his monologues and segues aren't as razor-sharp and seamless as they would become on records like
, they're still pretty damn funny. Tracks like
and
may seem redundant, but if anyone can expose the differences between the two and milk them for a laugh, it's
. Though not part of
's nine-disc anthology, this record was recently reissued on CD. ~ Steve Kurutz