Messing around with fancy words was how I got off track last time. So lets get down to business.
The first song of the night is one that pretty evenly explores the focus of this blog - leftside funk, soul and jazz - through the lens of the hip-hop generation:
Meshell Ndegeocello - Die Young
I've always been a big fan of Meshell. She is down for the music and a true mixer of styles. But she has delved noticeably deeper in recent years. Thank goodness.
This track, Die Young, is as cavernous and profound as its title suggests. Over a slow, heavy back beat, gorgeous strings and some awesome synths, MeShell lets the track breathe. Yet the refrain, “I always pick the wrong way, it feels right, the way to go” is haunting enough to ring in your ears for days.
The new LP sounds great. Thank the lord she is still putting out records. An unappreciated (in America, at least) great.
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