Music / Angelic 2 The Core

Duh!^note The letterboxing owes itself to the physical album's oddly proportioned sleeve. This image is how the album is presented on digital platforms.

Hark, the heavenly gates have opened,
And on the twenty-second day,
The angels shall descend upon the earth!

Angelic 2 the Core is the third solo album by Corey Feldman, released in 2016 through his vanity label CiFi Records. Spending ten years in production, the album is pitched as a Concept Album focusing on the adventures of Corey's Angels, a collective of women that also serve as his backing band in live performances.

Each of the album's two discs are each dedicated to a different focus in genres. Angelic Funkadelic features pop, hip-hop and dance music, while Angelic Rockadelic focuses on rock music. The album also boasts a noteworthy lineup of guest artists, including the likes of regular Pink Floyd collaborator Jon Carin, Kaya Jones of Pussycat Dolls fame, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg and Fred Durst.

Tracklist:

Disc One: Angelic Funkadelic (2 Dance)

1. "Ascension Millenium" (5:37)
2. "Lovin Lies" (3:32)
3. "Angelic 2 the Core" (3:38)
4. "4 Bid in Attraction" feat. Kaya Jones (4:04)
5. "Crossed the Line (Remixx 1.6)" feat. Truth Movement, Jon Carin & Nina Kristin (4:03)
6. "Bad People" (4:29)
7. "Duh!" (3:44)
8. "Everybody" feat. Doc Ice (3:42)
9. "Lickety Splickety" feat. Kurupt (4:14)
10. "Go 4 It!" feat. Snoop Dogg (3:21)
11. "Test 1" feat. S.B. & Scott Paige (5:53)

Disc Two: Angelic Rockadelic (2 Rock)

1. "Seamless" feat. Fred Durst (5:25)
2. "Wanna Break Free" feat. Truth Movement (2:59)
3. "Negativity" (3:47)
4. "Ya Got Me" (2:48)
5. "Baby Blue Eyes" (4:52)
6. "4 My Love" (4:52)
7. "We Wanted Change" (2:57)
8. "Take a Stand" (5:00)
9. "Remember 222 (Corey's Song)" (4:20)
10. "Mercy" feat. B. Howard (5:13)
11. "Working Class Hero"^note Originally by John Lennon. (6:11)

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Provides examples of:

• Aborted Arc: Corey's Angels seem to just vanish towards the end of Angelic Funkadelic.
• Concept Album: The album starts out as being about Corey's Angels, with the premise of each song often being introduced via a short skit featuring them talking to Corey in a Charlie's Angels parody. This idea seems to vanish at some point, and the album gradually drifts towards not really having a concept, before becoming about Corey's own philosophy and inspiration.
• Cover Version: "Working Class Hero" is a cover of the John Lennon song.
• Distinct Double Album: "Angelic Funkadelic" centers around various forms of dance music, while "Angelic Rockadelic" centers around Alternative Rock.
• Epic Rocking: "Working Class Hero" clocks in at 6:11.
• Face on the Cover: The album cover depicts Feldman being carried out of Hell by a pair of angels.
• Genre Roulette: All over the place, especially on Angelic Funkadelic. You get dance pop ("Ascension Millenium", "Loving Lies"), R&B ("4 Bid in Attraction"), downtempo House Music ("Crossed the Line"), a Michael Jackson homage ("Bad People"), a Pitbull-style pop rap track ("Everybody"), a more traditional hip-hop song ("Lickety Splickety"), and Dubstep ("Go 4 It!"); and all of those songs have quirks that seem to steer things into other weird genre mashups as well. On Angelic Rockadelic, "We Wanted Change" stands out as an attempt at a jazz standard.
• Intercourse with You: A few songs go into this territory, with "4 Bid in Attraction" being the most explicit.
• Letters 2 Numbers: The album's title, along with a handful of songs ("Angelic 2 the Core", "4 Bid in Attraction", "Go 4 It!", "4 My Love").
• Longest Song Goes Last: The album closes out with a Cover Version of "Working Class Hero", which at 6:11 is the only song on the tracklist to reach Epic Rocking status.
• Outsider Music: Maybe? There's enough legitimate guest features and decent beatmaking to bring the "outsider" description into question, but everything else remains so out there that the label perhaps applies regardless.
• Yarling: Corey's vocals use this style in virtually every song regardless of genre. That this is a deliberate creative choice becomes especially noticeable on "Lickety Splickety" and "Go 4 It!", where he also inserts ad-libs with his very regular-sounding normal voice.

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