RE: Omar - Best by Far

From: yuffymusic (yuffymusic@mailandnews.com)
Date: Wed Feb 07 2001 - 16:00:25 CET

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    Just got a copy (CD) from Borders here in Singapore. 14 tracks, including
    Be Thankful (duet with Angie Stone) and Come On (duet with Kele Le Roc)

    At 02:15 PM 2/3/2001 -0600, you wrote:
    >Well I was all set to say DustyGroove got it wrong, but it turns out I'm
    >wrong. Checking the CD I see Erykah Badu is in fact on it. I checked with a
    >friend of mine (Charles at Dr Wax--a Omar expert) and found out that Angie
    >Stone was SUPPOSED to end cover for Ms Badu, but in the end wasn't needed (I
    >don't know if she ever recorded anything...). So Erykah Badu is on the
    >album. My bad.
    >
    >
    >Dirk van den Heuvel
    >President/GM, Groove Distribution
    >"Your Guide To The Underground"
    >http://www.groovedis.com
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Adam Cohen [mailto:a d a m EMAIL souljazz@souljazz.com]
    >Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 1:37 PM
    >To: Acid Jazz Mailing List
    >Subject: Re: Omar - Best by Far
    >
    >
    >on 2/2/01 11:07 PM, Dirk van den Heuvel at dirkv@groovedis.com wrote:
    >
    > > it is definitely his "best by far". sweet, soulful and funky as hell. too
    >bad
    > > erykah badu's duet didn't make it (due to contractual bullshit)...
    > > $22's not a bad price either.. (our non-VIP price is $22.50).
    >
    >The local HMV still hasn't received any copies of this (they're so behind on
    >everything), but I read this at Dustygroove: "Includes a version of "Be
    >Thankful For What You Got", done as a duet with Erykah Badu". Are there two
    >different CD versions? Or has Dustygroove got it wrong?
    >
    >Adam



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