Re: Breakbeat Era?
Tunde Olubajo (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:24:06 -0400
>Issue 793 - pg. 40:
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>TRICKY - Angels With Dirty Faces
>
> 'I'll fuck you in the ass,' he whispered on his debut album, 'just
>for a laugh.' For Tricky, no pleasure comes without menace, and no
>sweet groove comes without layers of chaos, paranoia and rage. Since
>putting England's interpretation of hip-hop on the global map with
>1995's Maxinquaye and 1996's Pre-Millennial [sic] Tension, Tricky has
>moved to a spacious loft in New York, where he continues his 'obsession
>with R&B.' But judging by Angels With Dirty Faces, the move hasn't
>softened him any.
>
> 'Money Greedy' 'I wanted this track to be like rock, but hard.
>That's why I got Scott Ian from ANthrax - I'm the sort of person who
>will call you up and say, "Listen, let's go to the studio, man." I said
>to this kid the other day, "I got a beat for you." Played it for him,
>he loved it, right? Then he says, "How much?" Kills it for me. I'm
>really excited and he says, "How much?" I don't shortchange people. I
>don't think about money. I forget. I think about getting home and
>playing a track and saying, "Listen to *that*,"'
>
> 'Broken Homes' 'This track didn't come out how I wanted it to,
>which is a good thing. I've been obsessed with R&B, but it's a
>love-hate relationship. People think I'm a hater of nice music, of pop
>music, but every now and again a tune comes along, like that Sparkle
>tune with R. Kelly - that fuckin' kills me.
> 'PJ Harvey does the vocals on this, but it was going to be Aaliyah -
>it just didn't work out. I was in New Orleans writing the music when
>Biggie got killed. I was just so depressed. Whoever killed him knew he
>had kids, 'cause he had such a big profile. It's not even a point of
>murder, it's a point of taking someone's parents away. Now these kids
>are not going to know Dad.'
>
> 'Carriage for Two' 'I started playing this on the keyboard, and at
>first I thought it might not work because it was too fast, and I wanted
>it to be pretty because it was about my daughter. Everybody thinks
>Scott Ian can only do that heavy stuff, but he can play mellow shit as
>well. I started putting the music together and he just started playing
>his guitar; he's wicked. He felt it straightaway.'
>
> '6 Minutes' 'My bitterness kind of comes out on this one. I'm
>bitter toward the music industry and all the bullshit and all the lies
>and all these bands - whether they're hip-hop or rock - really ain't got
>no soul and ain't got nothing to do with being any good. There is no
>real passion or soul there. I wanted a high-energy hip-hop song. Like
>"The Benjamins," even.' ---KEVIN POWELL