Editing Freaky Styley (section)

==Composition==
According to Jason Birchmeier of [[AllMusic]], ''Freaky Styley'' is "the closest the Red Hot Chili Peppers ever came to straight funk."<ref name="Allmusicrev"/>  The album marks the return of guitarist [[Hillel Slovak]], and Kiedis observed that Slovak's playing evolved during his time away from the group in What Is This?, with the guitarist adopting a more fluid style featuring "sultry" elements as opposed to his original [[hard rock]] techniques.<ref>Kiedis, Sloman, p. 168</ref>  The band also experimented with a more diverse variety of musical genres on ''Freaky Styley''.  "Jungle Man" contains [[psychedelic rock]]-styled guitar, layered background vocals, and an "urgent, aggressive dance beat".<ref name="RS Review">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/freaky-styley-19851024|title=Review – Freaky Styley|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Robbins|first=Ira|date=October 24, 1985|access-date=June 17, 2012|archive-date=June 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622055723/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/freaky-styley-19851024|url-status=live}}</ref>  "Catholic School Girls Rule" draws influence from [[punk rock]] music, while "Blackeyed Blonde" has been described as "[[Aerosmith]] meets [[Isaac Hayes]]".<ref name="RS Review"/>  The album features covers of "[[If You Want Me to Stay]]" by [[Sly and the Family Stone]], and "Africa" by [[The Meters]].  Clinton helped with the vocal arrangements and provided his own vocals for a portion of "Hollywood (Africa)".<ref name="Kiedis173"/>  ''[[Trouser Press]]'' opined that the album was "more outrageous" than the group's debut but "easier to swallow as utilitarian [[dance-rock]]".<ref name="Trouser Press">{{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/red-hot-chili-peppers/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=February 2, 2025}}</ref>

"Catholic School Girls Rule" was inspired by a sexual encounter Kiedis had with a fourteen-year-old Catholic school student in [[New Orleans]] while on tour in 1984.<ref name="Kiedis159">Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 159</ref>  "Jungle Man" was dedicated to Flea, whom Kiedis used to create a fictionalized persona of "this half-man, half-beast born in the belly of the volcano in [[Australia]] coming to the world and using his thumb as the conductor of thunder on the bass."<ref name="Kiedis170"/>  The lyrics of the band's cover of "Africa" by The Meters differ slightly from the original, intended to reflect the group's hometown of Hollywood.  At the time, Flea listened repeatedly to the Meters and wanted to cover one of the group's songs, and Clinton suggested that the group use the opportunity to dedicate a song to Hollywood, saying, "What if you did the song 'Africa' but had Anthony do a rewrite so it's no longer 'Africa', but it's your 'Africa', which is Hollywood?"<ref name="Kiedis173">Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 173</ref>