Editing America Eats Its Young (section)

==Composition==
According to Dave Rosen of ''Ink Blot'', ''America Eats Its Young'' was radical in that it "devours" [[African-American music]] whole "and regurgitates it back as a virtual catalog of styles and sounds. Containing no hit singles and precious few catchy tunes, ''America Eats Its Young'' is primarily an [[experimental music|experimental]] record that doubles as a lesson in the history of black music."<ref>[http://www.inkblotmagazine.com/rev-archive/funkadelic.htm ''Ink Blot'' review]</ref> Dave Swanson of ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' said that Funkadelic stripped away the "sounds of rock, funk, soul and psychedelia" that had defined their previous albums, instead delivering a "hard funk offering"<ref name=Swanson>{{cite web |last1=Swanson |first1=Dave |title=How Funkadelic Got 'Heavier' on America Eats Its Own |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/funkadelic-america-eats-its-young/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=August 7, 2021 |date=May 22, 2019}}</ref> Biographer [[Kris Needs]] described the album as Clinton's "grand statement" on the [[Vietnam War]] and "other elements that were afflicting his country", and further added that it featured Clinton's "most ambitiously epic production yet to befit the socially-conscious themes bristling among the love ditties and reworks."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Needs |first1=Kris |title=America Eats Its Young: On George Clinton's Grand Statement |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/15903-george-clinton-cosmic-odyssey-p-funk-kris-needs-vietnam-extract |website=The Quietus |access-date=August 7, 2021 |date=August 3, 2014}}</ref>