silverchild said:

Not trying to open a new can of worms or anything, but there's one woman whose luck isn't like Janelle's, but she has been putting out great music throughout the 2000's (including her newest project, The Ballad of Purple St. James, which is fantastic but went unnoticed by many) and I love her just as much as Janelle:

YAHZARAH

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Thats actually one of my FAVE albums from 2010. That song and Syreeta/Stevie's "Come Back As A Flower" are my fave cuts from the album

I wish she included this in the new album though...

silverchild said:

Not trying to open a new can of worms or anything, but there's one woman whose luck isn't like Janelle's, but she has been putting out great music throughout the 2000's (including her newest project, The Ballad of Purple St. James, which is fantastic but went unnoticed by many) and I love her just as much as Janelle:

YAHZARAH

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Listening to the clip now. Thanks for posting. I will be checking her out.

Harlepolis said:

silverchild said:

Not trying to open a new can of worms or anything, but there's one woman whose luck isn't like Janelle's, but she has been putting out great music throughout the 2000's (including her newest project, The Ballad of Purple St. James, which is fantastic but went unnoticed by many) and I love her just as much as Janelle:

YAHZARAH

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Thats actually one of my FAVE albums from 2010. That song and Syreeta/Stevie's "Come Back As A Flower" are my fave cuts from the album

I wish she included this in the new album though...

Just listened to "Have a Heart" and felt meh about it. Didn't quite do it for me.

This clip you just posted, tho would make me buy her album. Is more of her music like this??

Janelle episode of Cee-Lo Green's show on Fuse. "Lay it Down"

http://www.soulculture.co...how-video/

johnart said:

silverchild said:

Not trying to open a new can of worms or anything, but there's one woman whose luck isn't like Janelle's, but she has been putting out great music throughout the 2000's (including her newest project, The Ballad of Purple St. James, which is fantastic but went unnoticed by many) and I love her just as much as Janelle:

YAHZARAH

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Listening to the clip now. Thanks for posting. I will be checking her out.

Wow.....nice ....thanks for posting like it!

P2daP said:

Janelle episode of Cee-Lo Green's show on Fuse. "Lay it Down"

http://www.soulculture.co...how-video/

Janelle is building a massive international following .... There's really not much "creative" stuff coming from the US so we jump on "Janelle" ...

Overrated...I wonder if that's a generational thing. I wonder if that was a term used prior to the 80's in regards to musicians. It seems that its just a by product of the way that music is publicized. You never hear classical musicians called that. If I listen to an album and hear greatness and you hear just ok does that mean the music is overrated. JM music is experimental but easily accesible to most. It's a great album...I hope she stays true to whatever her muse is.

In terms of classics....Tight Rope would be a modern day classic...Locked Inside is also a standout. I just like the fact that I can listen to it with my kids and not have to worry about what's comin out next.

Dreamer2 said:

johnart said:

Listening to the clip now. Thanks for posting. I will be checking her out.

Wow.....nice ....thanks for posting like it!

What is up with changing the pitch and speed of the Isley brothers track at the beginning?

Graycap23 said:

Dreamer2 said:

Wow.....nice ....thanks for posting like it!

What is up with changing the pitch and speed of the Isley brothers track at the beginning?

It fits the new chords now.

Cinnie said:

Graycap23 said:

What is up with changing the pitch and speed of the Isley brothers track at the beginning?

It fits the new chords now.

I know why........just seems like they were trying 2 disguise the fact that they are using a sample.

silverchild said:

Not trying to open a new can of worms or anything, but there's one woman whose luck isn't like Janelle's, but she has been putting out great music throughout the 2000's (including her newest project, The Ballad of Purple St. James, which is fantastic but went unnoticed by many) and I love her just as much as Janelle:

YAHZARAH

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Sorry I know this is a Janelle thread, but couldn't resist this funky tune from YahZarah's new album, The Ballad of Purple St. James. Pick it up along with Janelle's stuff if you haven't!

I don't get her and I fail to see that she is THAT talented. Different, yes, but not different in an Erykah Badu or Amy Winehouse way.

scriptgirl said:

I don't get her and I fail to see that she is THAT talented. Different, yes, but not different in an Erykah Badu or Amy Winehouse way.

No, she isn't Erykah Badu. Janelle actually sings on pitch.

And you did not just compare her to Amy Winehouse.

Baduizm changed the game right out of the gate. The Archandroid shows that she has talent but her material does not have mass appeal to it. She's missing that "it" track. A lot of her work is avant-gaarde. Its not bad but not necessarily something that speaks to the masses, either.

BlaqueKnight said:

Baduizm changed the game right out of the gate. The Archandroid shows that she has talent but her material does not have mass appeal to it. She's missing that "it" track. A lot of her work is avant-gaarde. Its not bad but not necessarily something that speaks to the masses, either.

Nor does it compell one to listen to it repeatedly. I bought the album and quickly removed half of the album off of my heavy rotation ipod playlist. Now i'm down to about four songs. If she had released a ten song album, I would probably have much more interest and respect for her as an artist right now.

Graycap23 said:

Cinnie said:

It fits the new chords now.

I know why........just seems like they were trying 2 disguise the fact that they are using a sample.

Most people would have had a session guitarist play the new line as an "interpolation".

Cinnie said:

Graycap23 said:

I know why........just seems like they were trying 2 disguise the fact that they are using a sample.

Most people would have had a session guitarist play the new line as an "interpolation".

True but they just added flex time/varispeed 2 the original sample. L A Z Y.

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Graycap23 said:

Cinnie said:

Most people would have had a session guitarist play the new line as an "interpolation".

True but they just added flex time/varispeed 2 the original sample. L A Z Y.

I have to agree. I have heard samples flipped well before but that didn't even sound good/right.