Re: Tricky final verdict


BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:15:28 -0500 (EST)



You sure you arent talking about there remake of moment i feared by slick
rick?
i just dont think lyrics of fury is really that fast

On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Erik Gaderlund wrote:

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> <excerpt>Subject: Re: Tricky final verdict
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> At 3:55 PM -0800 12/23/98, wow nflutter wrote:
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> <excerpt>>On Balnce I would say that he is an imntermittently
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> >talented artist. He has high points on every cd "christian Sands
> "and
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> >"Broken Homes" and" Pumpkin" but he has a High "whaaaaaaaa?????"
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> >factor as well. He is best purchased at 6.00 per cd which is how
> i
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> >did it?
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> I totally agree with you on your accessment of the Trickster.
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> Some song (when not totally stoned out of his friggin mind) are
> poiniant
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> and beautiful. Others, created in the frantic fog-pot-hash haze
> outright
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> make you want to put your earplugs in.
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> I for one think Tricky's "frantic fog-pot-hash haze" material is his
> best stuff. I love the way his music's gotten darker & more fucked-up
> as it's gone along, while still staying funky as hell.
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> And I think _Maxinquaye_'s aged fairly poorly, w/everyone & their
> goddamned dog hopping that bandwagon.
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> As for his live show, well, can't say I really dug that. He had this
> stiff, almost <italic>metal</italic> rhythm section w/him that
> completely failed to get my groove on.
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> I only have Maxinquaye, and I had the rapping album, but, seeing as its
> not in my collection I probably sold it, which I felt has aged pretty
> well, but, having been listening to Massive Attack I always think of
> Tricky as the other MC for them. I did see his concert after his
> second album, and, his band was quite good, working through is drug
> addled rants, but, the highlight was when they did the "Lyrics of Fury"
> Eric B. & Rakim cover, really-really fast. I found an MP3 of it, do
> they do it on one of the current albums.
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> erik g
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