Why? Bob James, Guru and Common fuse together jazz and hiphop poetry to makeJazzmatazz 4 and put us in a State of Clarity, follow the path of Acid Jazz
Bob James, Guru and Common fuse together jazz and hiphop poetry to make
Jazzmatazz 4 and put us in a State of Clarity, follow the path of Acid Jazz
You gotta give it up to Bob though for staying current and being so involved in the hip-hop community, plus he's just a super cool guy anyway... Peace DJ Zest
After the first Jazzamatazz They could never get the sound right. It wasnt quite jazz and wasnt quite hip hop. Its such a tough thing to combine in the way they are trying to do it. Wobbly horn solos with guru rapping over it. not to mention guru doesnt sound so hot w/o primo
After the first Jazzamatazz They could never get the sound right. It wasnt quite jazz and wasnt quite hip hop. Its such a tough thing to combine in the way they are trying to do it. Wobbly horn solos with guru rapping over it. not to mention guru doesnt sound so hot w/o primo
None of that Jazzmatazz stuff really has anything to do with jazz--i.e., no real atttempt to incorporate jazz was ever made, so you can't blame its artistic failure on that.
None of that Jazzmatazz stuff really has anything to do with jazz--i.e., no real atttempt to incorporate jazz was ever made, so you can't blame its artistic failure on that.
Id say that bringing in musicians that traditionally play jazz music is an Attempt to incorporate. Im just saying that it never worked well musically.
None of that Jazzmatazz stuff really has anything to do with jazz--i.e., no real atttempt to incorporate jazz was ever made, so you can't blame its artistic failure on that.
Id say that bringing in musicians that traditionally play jazz music is an Attempt to incorporate. Im just saying that it never worked well musically.
They were not, for the most part, being brought in either to play jazz or on the basis of jazz playing that they'd done in the past.
You gotta give it up to Bob though for staying current
recording this song isn't even the same stratosphere as "staying current."
[rant]seriously. for him to have stayed current (w/ hiphop) he should've been hollering at run dmc back in the day, instead of decrying hiphop's originality all these years...[/rant]
I'm not trying to beef with you, by the way--I'm just saying it's not like Guru brought in Max Roach or somebody like that.
He brought in dudes like Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Ramsey Lewis who had ceased playing jazz long ago and attained their greatest fame playing other music. Not saying it's bad, but I always found it dishonest to front like it actually was an attempt to integrate jazz and rap.
the real answer here would be to get a time machine, put Guru in it. Make sure he has enough snacks to last the whole ride. Make sure he has something inspiring to listen to like: maybe let him invite a friend. and send him back to the Dark ages where he could put some lute player up on some fonky next level 1983 George Benson joints and kick smooth lyrics over it for some royalty and call it a night.
Bob James, Guru and Common fuse together jazz and hiphop poetry to makeJazzmatazz 4 and put us in a State of Clarity, follow the path of Acid Jazz
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featuring guest appearances by Najee and Wynton Marsalis.
guess it could be worse.
How?
live instruments are the ultimate in "played out"
You gotta give it up to Bob though for staying current and being so involved in the hip-hop community, plus he's just a super cool guy anyway...
Peace
DJ Zest
recording this song isn't even the same stratosphere as "staying current."
But this is gross.
like trying to excell at mediocrity
how to make smooth jazz worst add a fledgeling rapper
what "sound" are they aiming for
None of that Jazzmatazz stuff really has anything to do with jazz--i.e., no real atttempt to incorporate jazz was ever made, so you can't blame its artistic failure on that.
NOZ, STOP HATING--YOU GOT TO GIVE IT TO HIM!
Id say that bringing in musicians that traditionally play jazz music is an Attempt to incorporate. Im just saying that it never worked well musically.
They were not, for the most part, being brought in either to play jazz or on the basis of jazz playing that they'd done in the past.
[rant]seriously. for him to have stayed current (w/ hiphop) he should've been hollering at run dmc back in the day, instead of decrying hiphop's originality all these years...[/rant]
I'm not trying to beef with you, by the way--I'm just saying it's not like Guru brought in Max Roach or somebody like that.
He brought in dudes like Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Ramsey Lewis who had ceased playing jazz long ago and attained their greatest fame playing other music. Not saying it's bad, but I always found it dishonest to front like it actually was an attempt to integrate jazz and rap.
maybe let him invite a friend. and send him back to the Dark ages where he could put some lute player up on some fonky next level 1983 George Benson joints and kick smooth lyrics over it for some royalty and call it a night.
HAHAHAHA!!!!
this song is absolutely worthless, nothing about it is redeeming.