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um, yeah. simply, it's great. although i really like the live feel of the
first album, there's a lot lusher instrumentation on "we the people".
this album is more vocal driven, but the groove remains. there's also a
more pronounced latin influence; overall it's just stellar.
on a completely different note, the new mouth almighty (or mouth mighty,
i can't remember which) division of mercury just released the soundtrack
to _the united states of poetry_ series on public television; music by
tomandandy, with various poets, from amiri baraka, paul beatty, ginsburg,
etc. powerful stuff, with some amazing music backing. is this some sort
of new movement, a revival of the beat aesthetic? brooklyn funk
essentials, u.f.o., the roots, buckshot lefonque, they've all been doing
this sort of groovy spoken word stuff...c.