Not the best album, IMO, (at least not better than his lil' bro, Raphael Saadiq's ) but nevertheless it had some pretty good tracks on there. The man is really talented on the axes.

He's pretty involved doing alot of session work from what I heard lately, go 2 www.allmusic.com to know about his latest work with others if you're intersted.

I dug that album btw
[This message was edited Thu Mar 18 8:36:04 2004 by Harlepolis]

we're gonna have'ta start a milk carton topic for these guys

Straight up, mocha!

I thought it was a pretty decent album, Harley. I especially liked his rendention of Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon." He also comes pretty close to Tony Maiden's guitar style. I think he must've studied every damn Rufus album there was.

okaypimpn said:

Nah, he leans mo' into that Okaland electric guitar sound if that makes any sense(it has a unique sounds that you could define out of others).

Tony's sound is on the other hand too mid-western if you know what I mean(He too learned alot of tricks and sounds from Johny Guitar Watson ).


Altho he has some cool moments like you stated, there's no enthusiasim in his music which is his album is under the bed.

Harlepolis said:

I feel ya, but there are a lot of riffs Dwayne does with that guitar that mimicks Tony's.

Check the guitar intro to TTT's "(Lay Your Head On My) Pillow." Not to mention the guitar lick he re-did for a Jody Watley song (can't remember the name right now) off the Dr. Doolittle soundtrack. It's the same damn lick from "Pack'd My Bags!!!"

He had a 4 track promo of new material floating about last year. I never got to hear any of those tracks. I just hope they are a vast improvement upon those Eyes Never Lie tracks. I was thoroughly disappointed in that. After hearing his productions for Blu, Simple E and 'Strawberry 143' from the Living Single soundtrack, I was certain that he might give Raphael a run for his money. I guess my expectations were just too high.

HE ALSO STARTED A RECORD LABEL THAT DESTINY'S CHILD WAS ON!

eldog98 said:

You took it back, eldog! Yeah, they were signed to his production company, Grassroots Entertainment back when it was the original four and Beyonce was not the standout member!

he got a tight poetry joint in Oakland. I hadn't ran into that brotha since "88" but I know he's doing what he wants....nice cat.

http://www.grassrootsente....com/1.htm

one more thing: I thought Wyclef was the first guy to sign Destiny's child

Dwayne signs Destiny's Child in their infancy to his production company Grass Roots and lands them with Columbia Records. He has Produced several songs for the Diamond Artist.-http://www.grassrootsente....com/1.htm

Suprice, suprice,,,,see Miss Alicia Keys? LOL High as fuck I gotta say(matta o' fact all of are, and dressed up like goddamn pimps too ). I just remembered that she was originaly from Columbia records.

And why the hell do white women always look goofy whenever they take a photo with a brotha(just curious)

These are the n!@@az right here!!! "

Raphael, Elijah and Dwayne-Oakland's Finest!!!

He's somewhere smokin' weed, I'm sure...