Hello,
So I came across their website, and I have to say that
it's pretty cool. Being that I am about web
development and that kind of jazz I had to comment.
The URL is http://www.sbleisure.com/
Now while I hadn't heard of these people before coming
on this list. I have to say that just looking at the
website and listening to the few samples that are on
there, that I'm not impressed and no way are they
getting my hard earned cash. Why? Well, 2 reasons:
first the whole sultry female vocal with tricked out
synco-beats has already been done by such groups as
Lamb, E.B.T.G., Breakbeat Era. As I once told a
friend, "they ain't innovatin'" It seems like a
halfhearted attempt at best to try and catch a wave
that has already crested. But Eric, you say, music
should be judged as a work in and of itself, not
within a context of what is going on around it.
Bollocks! If a work is good enough to elevate itself,
then good for it. Otherwise, it's just more flotsam in
a world of commercialism.
And this is definetly an effort by the big record
producers to capitalize on an underground phenom. I'm
not certain what record label is backing them, but I'm
pretty sure that it's one of the big ones, otherwise
show me a small independent underground label that has
the capital to throw money at a website and produce
something like this. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but
ehh, these guys don't seem to have done anything new,
except maybe make sure that Billy Bob and Lulabel in
southern Kansas have access to Acid-Jazz from their
friendly Wal-Mart, kind of like Jamiroquai did for
neo-soul.
Cheers,
Eric
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