The Rev would like to know...



...Especially those of you with "advance copies".


I copped 2 on the way to work.


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theAudience said:

Not yet. Are you gonna write a review here?

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In transit as we speak




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Adisa said:

I'll get it by Friday. Is it any good? I didn't care for the last 2 projects.

I'll be getting my copy in from the mail tomorrow or Thursday. But for now, I'll check this joint out on my Napster player. I never got into his last two projects either because there just wasn't any first class material, but his new one is just brimming with greatness. I'm going to also listen to his Anthology CD later also. Mr. Green is back, yall!
[Edited 5/27/08 14:32pm]

Adisa said:

There was a good one done already:
http://prince.org/msg/8/269095



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daPrettyman said:

IMO, it's the closest he's come to the old Willie Mitchell vibe.
I've been enjoying it.


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Saturday

I.m gonna cop this soon.

All Things Considered, May 28, 2008 - And now, a conversation about love.

Soul singer Al Green has spent his entire career trying to spread the love. Green became famous singing love songs in the 1970s, with hits like "Let's Stay Together" and "Tired of Being Alone." In the '80s, he shifted to gospel and released several religious albums.

Now, Green has shifted back to secular music, as displayed on his latest record, Lay It Down. But instead of working with his old-school Memphis rhythm section, he's teamed up with younger artists. The drummer ?uestlove of hip-hop outfit The Roots co-produced the album, which features guest appearances from contemporary singers John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Anthony Hamilton.

The music, however, is still vintage Al Green. He spoke with Michele Norris about recording the new album.

Laying It Down

Green says that he and his collaborators hardly planned anything before going into the studio - a songwriting process which ended up being a lot of fun.

"You can tell that on the record - just laughing and having fun," he says. "We didn't have anything wrote down when we went in there. We just had an idea and that's all we had, and we just started writing these songs. It's like everybody just jumped in and started making the music - that's what was important."

Part of that spontaneity is captured in Green's unplanned vocal inflections: the cries, hums and yelps that are part of his trademark delivery.

"It's basically to evoke emotion - and love, love, love," he says. "That's what Lay It Down is about."

On Love (and Happiness)

According to Green, Lay It Down is an album unabashedly full of love songs. "Baby, there's love in it, out it, on the side of it, on top of it, on the bottom of it," he says. "There's love everywhere."

Green says it's important to keep the tradition of love songs in today's music — specifically in hip-hop and modern R&B. He's found it lacking in television programs such as, say, MTV's Spring Break.

"Well, I mean, I also have to say that a lot of times on the spring vacation - I watched that on TV, with the kids out by the beach, kind of like a beach-party setting, the kids all in two-piece bikinis - and it was about the rap and the shirt off, the physical drive of it. Which we know is not the most important drive - the physical drive is fine, but still there's a greater drive than that. There's a more soulful, a more emotional inner drive that makes things possible, yeah."

Soul singer Al Green remains Rev. Al Green of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis, Tenn. But at 62, he says he's comfortable again with his secular music - and that his congregation is, too.

"The people at my church said they hadn't heard anything else - it's the most beautiful thing they've ever heard," Green says. "They like the idea of obeying God. And God said you should love. Now, love may start out primitive, but if you give it a chance and give it time, it'll grow into everlasting love."

© Copyright 2008 NPR

Audio not available until 7:00PM ET tonight, but here is the link in case you are interested in listening to it later: http://www.npr.org/templa...d=90890527

cubic61052 said:

Nice piece.


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silverchild said:

Really? I loved "I Can't Stop". It's the finest example of an album that attempts to go back in time and sounds truly authentic. At least to my ears. It does not strike me as classic Green but actually the kind of stuff that was right before his time. Really got to check out this new one (maybe instead of the Cyndi album....and damn...there is that new "Masters of the Universe" 2002 set....damn).

Makes sense that they recorded this much the same as D'Angelo Voodoo... jamming/freestyling, then capturing/refining the best moments.