On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, Yuuta Sasaki wrote:
> At 10:24 AM 12/5/95 -0500, you wrote:
> >For what it's worth, I hated "Krush" but I loved "Turntablized." I liked
> >the darkness and dirty sound of Turntablized, but found "Krush" to be a
> >little too formulaic and a little too consciously acid jazz: A Rhythm +
> >Some Scratching + A Girl Singing + A Brass Instrument. Nothing wrong with
> >this, just nothing innovative.
> >
> >On Mon, 4 Dec 1995 WOOLCOTT@ca.cch.com wrote:
> >
> >> Want to add some DJ Krush to my listening potential. I've read the good
> Mo'Wax
> >> discograghy which says that "Turntablized" was a disappointment to many. But
> >> how does the debut album "Krush" compare with the new release "Meiso" [sp?].
> >> I'd like to know. Sure this has been discussed before, but a few minutes
> of yourlife could make hours of mine more enjoyable. How's that for acid-jazz?
> >>
> >> David
>
> I tend to agree with your assessment of the two records. When I got "Krush"
> a few months back, I couldn't stand the thing, it seemed so conventionally
> "acid jazz." Played it again recently and it doesn't seem as bad as I
> remember it to be, still not exceptional, but not bad either. Folks I know
> didn't seem to like "Turntablized" as much it though, (as they describe it)
> "a bunch of tracks where a beat starts up, one or two found-sounds start
> looping, then it ends and the next one starts" - a fair enough ostensive
> description but, man, blaring out of my stereo or especially in my 6cheapo
> car with its even more cheapo speaker6s. I got my speakers at some
> electronics surplus place, the effect is incredibly (often annoyingly) great
> treble sound, but virutally no bass. With all the percussive beats and
> sounds on "Turntablized," it is a quite the wicked collection to listen to
> driving around.
>
> Is it just me, or did anyone else find that the rap vocals on "Meiso"
> detracted from an otherwise great album. I dunno, that sort of "hard
> rhymes" provided by Guru and CL Smooth really ruined it for me. Now, if
> Krush had got Rza, The Genius or any of the Wu providing the vocals, hell,
> that'd something else. "Duality" is a great track but-maybe my disdain for
> the vocals is clouding my judgement-but "Turntablized" is, in my humble
> opinion, superior.
>
> NT - Speaking about things Wu, The Dirty Ol' Bastard rules! Has anyone else
> had the misfortune of channel-surfing and coming across that new(?) Mariah
> Carey video. Crap videao for a crap song but that bit at the beginning "New
> Jersey are ya in the house, West Coast are ya in the house, Japan are ya in
> the house, etc." and that middle bit where the Dirty One gets that moptop
> wig and drools on about the Voice-Which-Makes-Roseanne's Singing-Appealing.
> That man is a genius. Cheers.
>
>
> @@:-Q Yuuta Sasaki
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