Me'Shell Ndeg??Ocello
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What's the "Strut Consensus?"Instrumental, if not key, in the formation of the neo-soul movement possibly more than anyone and yet conveniently stepped outside of those lines for here entire career.Saw a good amount of commercial success and accolades come her way without having to veer from what her muse was telling her to do (put out records that didn't seem to really have commercially viable joints.)Hell of a f*cking bass player...So where do you stand? BATMON I'm looking at you.I'm mostly asking because I just rediscovered this album, which I caned the F*ck out of in 1999 and it got me through some real strange / good times.
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"Peace Beyond Passion" has a couple of killers on it; "Faggot" and "Bittersweet".
The rest of the catalog got a bit introspective for me, in the sense of giving me bass licks to cop. "Bitter" was just too downbeat for me. "Dance of the Infidels" was solid though.
I agree that there's no real way to market this kind of stuff, but that doesn't detract from her talent.
Her cover of Jimi Hendrix Exp - May This Be Love is outta this world.
Me'shell appreciation thread I started exactly a year ago.
I see that you, Jimster and Batmon chimed in then too.
I guess that's the fanclub.
And I still think "Comfort Woman" brings the sexy.
Couldn't get into "Bitter". Too morose and same-y. Revisit?
Happened upon Dance of The Infidels CD at the library a while back and
Thanks.
"Tackling a range of R&B radio hits from the 1980s and 1990s, Meshell Ndegeocello treats the practice of covering another’s songs as an act of intimacy and empathy."
- spidey