Flight
On Mon, 18 Nov 1996 ghurd@mcgraw-hill.com wrote:
> Am I the only one who finds very little appeal in Tricky?
>
> I think he talks a good game (just check the 1,001 interviews he's
> done over the past couple of years... can anyone say Media Darling?)
> but I have yet to hear something that really delivers--especially
> Tricky tracks I hear on compilations.
>
> Just curious if there's anyone else out there who finds his music sort
> of... lacking?
>
> -- Gordon
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: Tricky
> Author: "chris johanesen" <christen@nerc.com> at CCNODE
> Date: 11/16/96 3:27 PM
>
>
> > weirder than both his debut album and Nearly God...I'll wait for his
> > Drunkenstein project instead(12" coming soon)...Tricky and a couple
> > of us-rappers.. could be prety cool.
>
> I have the Grassroots CD, which is the album i think your refering to.
> I think Drunkenstein is another rapper who does some back up vocals on
> some of the tracks. It's an ok EP(?) but it didnt blow me away. There
> are 5 tracks featuring various rappers and vocalist, none of which i'd
> ever heard before.
>
> The first is a pretty good hiphop track featureing the Hillfiguzes.
>
> The second track is "Tricky Kid", (which as i understand also appears
> in a different version on "Pre-Mellenium.") which is a weird Tricky
> rap in his usual slured/mumbled style, but i like his tracks like
> "Brand New, You're Retro" much better.
>
> Then there's a track with Laveda Davis singing that has a weird
> "non-drum" beat and i find it a little boring.
>
> Then there is a track with Stephanie Cooke that i think is the best
> song on the disk. It has a really cool guitar lick sampled from "I
> don't want to lose your love" by the Mad Lads and a strong hip hop
> beat. Her vocals are very good as well.
>
> The last track is a rap track with Roberto Malary Jr, which is pretty
> good but nothing to get too excited about.
>
> Over all it's worth the $5 i paid for it, but it's not what i had
> hoped for. Maybe the vinyl version has more tracks, i dunno.
>
> --
> chris johanesen
> mailto:christen@nerc.com
> http://www.nerc.com/~christen
>
>