bravebird's arrival
past: Jamiroquai
, 'Latenigttales'
present: Amel
Larrieux, Bravebird
future The Grey Album, Kanye West, Jason Mraz.
She's back, that wonderful Amel. With her talent gracing Groove
Theory, Sweetback,
Towa
Tei and then her solid debut album Infinite
Possibilites, I anxiously waited for three years for her followup CD to
drop. There are some gems here, but this leaves me wanting more.
I expect to hear cuts like For Real and Bravebird,
with their accentuated rhythms and flow, they start the album off on a high
note. Maintenance however, seems to be the weakness here placing the album in
a lull until we're graced with We Can Be New, the in-your-head
beats and chanting of Congo, and the solid gold Say
You Want It All near the end of the CD. It ends how it starts, on a
high note-- but still wanting more. It's time for me to go back and get Stanley
Clarke's CD 1,
2, To The Bass graced with her presence.
My take? 6/10. It's my second take so far this year. Time for
upliftment.
Express yourself to eXponent. It's a good thing.
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The same songs you're feeling, I'm feeling as well. But, I think the greatness of those cuts excuses the rest. I can dig it.
Posted by: nOva at Feb 14, 2004 7:54:56 PM
Thanks for the heads-up -- I didn't know she finally dropped something new, but it sounds like it's not necessarily something I need to go buy instead of just finding a song or two.
Thanks for the reminder -- I'd forgotten how much I love Infinite Possibilities, which I dug out of the stacks and will be on non-stop all cold-rainy-windy day long.
p.s. I want radio blog for Mac
p.p.s. I did not realize exponent was you! I usually read the feed, I think this is the first time I've come through to the actual site so I never put 2+2 together ;)
Posted by: gwen at Feb 16, 2004 2:01:00 PM
