On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Mark B. Conklin wrote:
> At 12:56 PM 4/11/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
> >The new [Buckshot LeFonque] is excellent.
> >Maybe it is one of the best records which shows you that all the mentioned
> >styles above have their roots in jazz, or at least can be performed
> >including a lot of jazz. Highly recommended.
>
> Wow. This surprises me a bit. I thought the first Buckshot LeFonque album
> was fair (at best). I did like some of the songs on it (i.e., Blackwidow
> Blues), but most of them sounded like bad hip hop/jazz fusion that was way
> overproduced. I feel guilty ripping on the album, but most of the music was
> just terrible. I didn't find much original about it and definitely not much
> acid jazz IMO.
>
> As for the new one, I listened to it and the James Brown tribute was super
> groovy. The rest of it sounded like it should have been recorded for GRP and
> played on the lite jazz stations. I was skipping songs after about a minute
> or so (and I never do that the first time I listen to something). Once
> again, I felt that very little was original, very little aj, and
> unfortunately very little that was good music.
>
> The thing is, I want to like both of these releases, but at this point I
> can't. They're bad. I'm going to give the new full length another good
> listen this weekend just to be fair.
>
> Guess it goes to show how varied personal tastes can be...
>
> MC
>