same sentiments here...i almost bought it blind cause of Lapdance, but then
i listened to the rest, and it's some kind of Lenny Kravitz vibe...no
offense to Lenny but i was expecting a much rawer upfront sound like
lapdance has..
Olaf
----- Original Message -----
From: Erik Gaderlund <erikg@macconnect.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: neptunes (Re: [acid-jazz] 21st century urban music
observation.)
> At 17:28 -0700 08/21/02, t-bird wrote:
> >--- _dakati _ <dakati@postmaster.co.uk> wrote:
> >> speaking of the neptunes... I missed their
> >> appearance on worldwide a few weeks back, but to my
> >> suprise the bbc has temporarily archived a revealing
> >> conversation w/ gilles peterson chatting it up w/
> >> the duo N*E*R*D.... they've got quite an intersting
> >> philosophy on the worldwide scene and having learned
> >> a bit more about the two, it should be quite
> >> intersting watching what happens....
> >>
> >http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/media/g2/urban/gilles_meets_nerd.ram
> >
> >i haven't checked the link, yet (no realplayer on the
> >network at my job--what other players will deal
> >w/that?). while i think it's cool the the 'tunes are
> >running things w/their weird-ass approach to things
> >(kinda like radiohead circa "kid a"), i'm still
> >annoyed that they re-recorded their album (maybe they
> >deal with why in the interview) and now it's some rock
> >thing i can't stand.
> >
> >-t
>
>
> Excatly!! I like their production on the hot singles they do (the was
> a review of them in an Audiophile mag I read
> (www.theabsolutesound.com- you'll have to pay to read it), and I then
> picked up the N*E*R*D album and really disliked it. As T said it's
> much too rock to be interesting. Rather lame beats and vocals.
>
> erik g
>
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