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Our Scientifc Power has Outrun our Spriritual power. We have guided
Missiles and Misguided men.
Martin Luther King
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On Wed, 23 Jul 1997 RONALD_JOHNSON@yr.com wrote:
> Hey...
>
> Was just listening to WRKS-FM in NYC... Lisa Stansfield was on
> there promoting her new album. They played her single "Never,
> never gonna give you up".(Which doesnt sound bad... Vocals are
> classic Lisa, but the music, tho it had the strings definitely
> sounds like they made an extra effort to make it US R&B radio
> friendly with a familiar-many-times-sampled hip hop backbeat not
> unlike the beat to the remix of SWV's "Right Here/Human Nature"
> and this rap sounding guy is repeatedly saying "yeah" in the
> background. Its not terrible, but I just hate seeing artists
> compromise for the sake of crossover/acceptance.
>
> The album *will* be out (finally) on Tuesday, 7/29 and she is
> supposed to be touring the US next year... Look out for her in
> LA next week.
>
> For those who dont know, she has a website that can be accessed
> thru WWW.UBL.COM, and entering her name as the artist of choice.
>
> RJ
>