RE: Re[2]: Tricky

Cole Creighton (creighton.cole@bglobal.com)
Mon, 18 Nov 1996 15:38:00 -0800

I really like Tricky for the honesty of his music. I can truly feel
something (be it good or bad) when its on..... His influences are similar to
many acid-jazz fans I know, including me--Two Tone/the Specials in the early
'80s and early hip-hop/Public Enemy in the late '80s (see Arena magazine last
month). BTW, Americans don't think Tricky is rap; do Europeans make that
mistake?

The only comment I have to listers who criticise artists this severely is:
have you done better creatively? If not, step off. If so, where can I check
it out. Let's keep our minds open and positive out there. Peace.

creighton
330 ritch st, san francisco
http://www.creative.net/~deville/
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From: Anthony Lamar Rucker on Mon, Nov 18, 1996 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Tricky
To: Cole Creighton; acid jazz

> Am I the only one who finds very little appeal in Tricky?

I hate Tricky. The only decent stuff I've heard from his is his work with
Massive Attack on _Blue Lines_. He's definitely overrated. Maybe it's
because Europeans are so desperate to have their own King of Rap that they
are sweating his stuff so hard, but he does not impress me at all. After
hearing the hype about Maxinquaye (sp) I listened to it and couldn't
believe it was that bad. He should be permanently dissed for that
f*cked-up Public Enemy cover ("Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"). There
are probably many people who dis European hip-hop (a/k/a "trip hop")
because the press is making Tricky their poster boy for the genre.

Anthony