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[ C H R I S ] (cabuay@philonline.com)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 14:45:24 +0800
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> Controversial Tricky Cut Surfaces On
> Limited Edition Vinyl
>
>Trip-hoppist Tricky's controversial tune "Can't Freestyle," a hardly
>subtle attack at former Polygram Records President Eric Kronfeld, has
>finally found its way to shelves courtesy of a limited pressing funded
>by the UK DJ himself. With no words on the white cover and a plain white
>vinyl LP inside, "Can't Freestyle" was quietly released this week in a
>limited pressing of 5,000 units. The b-side is another previously
>unavailable Tricky cut, "Cash Flow." The song, bootlegged at one point
>as "Divine Comedy," attacks Polygram (parent company to Tricky's own
>Island label) and its racial policies, an attack brought on by comments
>Kronfeld made while testifying in a lawsuit filed by ultra-smooth
>crooner Dru Hill that questioned the company's policy of signing artists
>with criminal records. While on the stand, Kronfeld said, "If every
>African- American male in the United States was disqualified from
>pursuing a livelihood because of a prior criminal record, there would be
>no or virtually no African American employees in our society." Kronfeld
>was rightfully fired for his bonehead remarks, but not before Tricky got
>really pissed and wrote "Can't Freestyle." Island spokespeople say
>Tricky never let them know he intended to release the song, but hey,
>it's not their money.
>
>Tricky will next week launch a small promotional club tour of Florida
>and the Carolinas in anticipation of the June 2nd release of his new
>record, Angels With Dirty Faces. A full national tour is expected in
>July. Rumor has it that British rrrrriot lady PJ Harvey, who duets with
>Tricky on the record's first single, "Broken Homes," may hop the
>Atlantic for a few late-night TV (Letterman perhaps?) renditions of that
>song with the DJ himself. -Greg Heller
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