| | Goapele Change It All CD Goapele Discography of CDs
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Neo-soul singer Goapele's sophomore release builds on the smooth, hip-hop influenced flavor of her debut, EVEN CLOSER, but bumps things up a notch with a stronger batch of songs and top-tier production. Most of the album traffics in the sultry, mid-to-downtempo atmosphere of contemporary R&B, with Goapele's elastic, appealing voice leading the way. What makes CHANGE IT ALL especially distinctive, though, is its commitment to social awareness and change. Songs such as the title track and "Find A Way" (a song about voting) mix in with more traditional romantic fare, making CHANGE IT ALL an intriguing, provocative listen.
Personnel: Goapele (vocals); Dwele (vocals); Clyde Carson (rap vocals); Jeff Bhasker, Mike Tiger, Om'Mas Keith (various instruments); Michael Aaberg (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar); Errol Cooney (guitar); Linda Perry (acoustic guitar, piano, Mellotron); Greg Morganstein (bass guitar).
Rolling Stone (p.67) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "CHANGE IT ALL is long on pop-wise plushness, with Goapele's rich croon bouncing between lovely melodic figures and cascading choruses..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.78) - "Her flower child idealism is still present...as are her amiable vocals that recall lite versions of Mary J. Blige and Sade." Change It All Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $0.34) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Soul/R&B, Urban Soundtrack, Contemporary R&B, Enhanced CD | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9096  | | CD Universe Part number | 6900407 | | Catalog number | 92910 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Dec 27, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Jeff Bhasker | | Personnel | Jeff Bhasker
Linda Perry - acoustic guitar, piano, Mellotron
Errol Cooney - guitar
Goapele - vocals
Mike Tiger
Om'Mas Keith - various instruments
Clyde Carson - rap vocals
Greg Morganstein - bass guitar
Michael Aaberg - guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
Also: Dwele |
Change It All Music Review Purchase Change It All CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Goapele Even Closer CD (2002)
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Eric Krasno (guitar); Neal Evans (Hammond B-3 organ); Alan Evans (drums).
Even Closer is a reworked version of Goapele's limited release debut, Closer, with five additional songs: "Ease Your Mind" (featuring Pep Love), "Got It," "The Daze" (featuring Zion I and Casual), "Back to You," and "Red, White & Blues" (an anti-war song featuring a blistering guitar solo by Errol Cooney). It showcases Goapele's sultry, cascading voice with relatively sparse vocal arrangements and the contributions of producers such as Amp Live, Jeff Bhasker, Eric Krasno, and Mike Tiger, who help create a smooth, tasty mixture of soul, hip-hop, jazz, and occasional touches of other styles. Goapele navigates this potpourri quite adeptly, although the album does tread a thin line between appealingly eclectic and insufficiently cohesive; fortunately, she has enough talent, including a sufficiently distinctive vocal personality, to pull it off. The words tend toward lyrical and enigmatic, but occasionally they are effectively straightforward and to the point (e.g., "'Cause you're so f**k'n romantic/I can't stand it" from "Romantic"); Goapele also manages to tackle social/political issues without getting too preachy. However, some may wish her social protest lyrics were less vague and ...
| | Chamillionaire Sound Of Revenge CD (2005) Parental Advisory
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With THE SOUND OF REVENGE, Chamillionaire's 2005 Universal debut, the Houston-based rapper makes the most of his major-label deal, which includes his own Chamillitary imprint. On SOR, Paul Wall's former collaborator amps up that duo's signature chopped-and-screwed mixtape sound with heavy-duty arrangements that expertly showcase ...
| | Floetry Flo'Ology CD (2005)
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On its third full-length outing, FLO'OLOGY, the R&B duo Floetry refines the warm, organic, hip-hop-tinged sound that was unveiled on FLOETIC and furthered on the (mostly) live FLOACISM. Natalie Stewart (the "Floacist") and Marsha Ambrosius ...
| | Ginuwine Back II Da Basics CD (2005)
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| | Mary J Blige Breakthrough CD (2005)
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The album's lead-off single, "Be Without You," a bittersweet slow jam, is representative of the album's themes, which focus on feelings of strength and weakness in love. But whether waxing romantic ("Can't Get Enough") or detailing the travails of the heart ("Baggage"), Blige lays down elastic R&B vocal lines that are second to none. Even a seemingly unlikely duet with Bono and U2 on "One" comes across beautifully, adding a new dimension to that familiar tune.
After her somewhat lukewarm 2003 release LOVE & LIFE, Mary J. Blige returns to her rightful place as the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul with 2005's THE BREAKTHROUGH. Blige enlisted a host of ...
| | Ice-T O.G. Original Gangster CD (1991) Original Gangster
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Often hailed as Ice-T's most ambitious and fully realized album, O.G. ORIGINAL GANGSTER is more sophisticated than the hustler-centered RHYME PAYS, yet less weighted by ideology than THE ICEBERG/FREEDOM OF SPEECH?JUST WATCH WHAT YOU SAY. The record is also more musically adventurous than the spare ICEBERG; help from numerous producers gives 1991's O.G. a dense, contemporary feel, with a sound that recalls the Bomb Squad's production for Public Enemy. From laid-back funk (the title track) to bone-crushing beats ("Midnight"), O.G. runs the gamut in mood and style.
Ice-T synthesizes his different incarnations into one persona here. Remaining true to his South Central, Los Angeles roots, Ice raps about the hardships of ghetto life, but is not beyond detailing his high-rolling, wealthy lifestyle. At his best, Ice-T melds these together in a self-reflexive way, as on "New Jack Hustler" (the ...
| | Chad Mitchell Trio Arrives CD (1960)
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The Chad Mitchell Trio would subsequently do better work than what's represented on this album, but Trio Arrives was the first full-length (well, 28 minutes) release by the group, cut immediately after the trio's Carnegie Hall appearance with Harry Belafonte. Milt Okun and Henry Krasnow produced this recording, supposedly cut at a New York club but showing no special room ambience and definitely no audience, and also displaying some studio contrivance. The singing is pretty ...
| | Massed Bands Spectacular CD (2008) (Import)
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| | World Of Italo Dance Beats CD (2005)
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| | GWP Nyc TCB CD (2005)
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| | O Lamm Monolith CD (2006)
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| | Roberto Goyeneche Cuenta Y Canta Su Historia CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Nicold Frias Fuiste Tu CD (2007)
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Additional personnel: Ronald Nunez, Joanka.
| | Rick Ford Smoke & Mirrors CD (2008)
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REVIEWS FOR SMOKE AND MIRRORSROCK 'N' REEL REVIEW. Jul/Aug 2008 'The irresistible melody-rich immediacy of Whispers and Screams’ and country tones of ‘You’ll Never leave Me’ contrast with the compelling acoustic pop-rock of ‘A Red Rose’ and thereflective acoustics of the harrowing ‘A Song for Muktar’ on an album brimming with unpolished gems.MAVERICK MAGAZINE.Sep 2008 '… authentic outlaw spirit… balances a robust roots framework with delicacy and wistfulness where it really counts.’ Helen Carney.Rick’s tradition is that of the singer/songwriter and storyteller; as well as being a musician he is a writer and is the author of three best-selling fantasy novels entitled ‘The Faradawn Trilogy’. His musical influences can be detected in his songs and his playing and his musical influences seem to mesh together with a timelessness beyond fashion like the blues, folk and country music that he loves so much. Rick’s songs are steeped in the wild beauty of the hills, valleys and moorlands around his remote home in the Peak District countryside; at once simple, raw and earthy and yet at the same time filled with an indefinable sense of yearning. ...
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