Which album should I get first?

I've seen Cookie reduced in a few places but she's had 4/5 albums and I don't know where to start. Anyone got a recommendation?

orgnote a org chatter named "Balance" he knows the best ones to get.

Awww thanks for the super quick reply

My suggestion is that you go out right now and grab "Peace Beyond Passion". That album is incredible from beginning to end. I highly suggest all her albums but that is a great starting point

pandemoniun6 said:

all of her albums are incredible but i would start with the 1st album plantation lullabies... enjoy

diamondpearl1 said:

YES. Meshell is such a fantastic artist it's hard to say where to begin...

But like with all great journeys, one should start from the beginning to really appreciate the path traveled.

Plantation Lullabyes is the right way to go.

All of them.

Bitter

It is one of the most incredible CD's you will EVER listen to...


peace

pandemoniun6 said:

I first got into Meshell through "Bitter" then I purchased Plantation Lullabies and later I bought Peace Beyond Passion. Any of those 3 are great starting points. Get Cookie later, IMO.

Bitter is very mellow compared to the angst of Plantation Lullabies and KICKASS grooves of Peace Beyond Passion.

W&L produced Bitter - I know that much about that wrecka.

Personally, it never got BETTER than Peace Beyond Passion ... except MAYBE "God Fear and Money"

muszewell said:

Co-sign. It's arguably the best LP of at least the last 5 years.

Thanks again to all who took the time to reply. Will definitely go out and grab plantation lullabies and peace beyond passion plus whatever else I can find.

pandemoniun6 said:

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http://www.freemyheart.com

He turned me on to her stuff.

My favs still are the 1st two...Plantation Lullabies and Peace Beyond Passion.

"bitter" is my all-time favorite record (by any artist)... you just don't find artistic expression like that very often.

enjoy the journey. i wish i could go through listening to her stuff for the first time again.

speaking of, if you're not doing anything in nyc this friday, orgnote me. (or just check www.freemyheart.com)

I love Me'Shell's work and seeing her perform live is indeed a wonderful experience (she tore down The House of Blues in Chicago when she did God.Fear.Money)... but why is it that I did not feel "Bitter" at all? I found it to be slow and depressing. I gave the cd away. I even got it back and thought I'd give it another chance by listening to it again. Still, I got absolutely nothing from it and gave it back again!

Now, Plantation Lullabies, Peace Beyond Passion and Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape... good gawd... oh lawd!!

I can't get enuff of Cookie's 9th track entitled "Earth". That song does something to me!

RedZRyder said:

I didn't like Bitter that much when I first got it, but it's really grown on me. I listen to it all the time, and it's the most played when I do yoga.

Oh, and I love "Earth" as well. It reminds me of "Dolphin" on certain parts.

As much as I love Me'Shell and her music, I don't feel she has ever come better than Plantation Lullabies.

minneapolisgenius said:

And I think that sums it up quite nicely. Bitter ain't in line with the other CDs. Well -- some of Cookie is laid back grooves, but Peace and Plantation were full of energy and power... Bitter and parts of Cookie are much more laid back, "Soulternative" stuff.

otan said:

No they didn't...Craig Street did...

-SWANGthinksyoushouldstartwithPeaceBeyondPassion

codshort said:

Same here, both fantastic albums!

Hmmm I never really got into Meshell's stuff. Sometimes I want to like her stuff but something keeps me from 'em.

My older sista hounds me alot 4 not listening to her!