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Musicians, arrangers, and producers Dan Ubick and Todd Simon, who go by the unlikely name Connie Price & the Keystones, make warm, artfully layered hip-hop with an organic sound that draws equally on vintage 1970s funk and the postmodern collage aesthetic. TELL ME SOMETHING is both heady and rootsy: guest rappers like Big Daddy Kane, Percee P, and Ohmega Watts lay down intelligent, on-point rhymes while Ubick and Simon provide horns, guitars, and other live instrumentation, as well as more general atmospheric sound-painting. The result is groovy, surprising, and eminently listenable.
Recording information: Lion's Den Studios, Topanga, CA (2007); Nu-Fi Studios, Van Nuys, CA (2007); Sun King Studios, Atwater Village, CA (2007).
Authors: Lalo Schifrin; Big Daddy Kane.
Photographers: Robin Laananen; Dan Ubick.
Personnel: Connie Price & the Keystones (vocals, drums, percussion); Fanny Franklin (vocals); Dan Ubick (electric guitar); Steve Kaye Quartet (violin, viola, cello); Tracy Wannomae (flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Todd M. Simon (flute, trumpet); Kevin Lightening (flute); Dwayne Kelly (melodica, Clavinet, organ, Wurlitzer organ); David Ralicke (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trombone); Joel Bowers (tenor saxophone); Barry Bowers (baritone saxophone); Jordan Katz (trumpet); Hoagie Haven (flugelhorn); Sgt. Harvey Pepper (French horn); Jeremy Ruzumna (mini-Moog synthesizer); Richard Lee (electric bass); Sean Oshea, Pete McNeal (drums); Davey Warf Rat Chegwidden, Ricardo Rodriguez (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Steve Kaye.
Tell Me Something Music | List Price | $17.97 (You save $3.22) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Rap, Soul/R&B, Funk | | Label | Ubiquity | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  130082  | | CD Universe Part number | 7615922 | | Catalog number | 11217 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Mar 04, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Dan Ubick; Dan Ubick | | Engineer | Dan Ubick; Dan Ubick | | Personnel | David Ralicke - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trombone
Todd M. Simon - flute, trumpet
Jordan Katz - trumpet
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Tracy Wannomae - flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Fanny Franklin - vocals
Joel Bowers - tenor saxophone
Dan Ubick - electric guitar
"Hoagie" Haven - flugelhorn
Barry Bowers - baritone saxophone
Connie Price & The Keystones - vocals, drums, percussion
Dwayne Kelly - melodica, Clavinet, organ, Wurlitzer organ
Kevin Lightening - flute
Steve Kaye Quartet - violin, viola, cello
Also: Aloe Blacc, Ohmega Watts, Percee P, Wildchild, Soup, Mykah 9, Blood Of Abraham |
Connie Price & Keystones Tell Me Something Songs | 1. | International Hustler - (featuring Percee P) |
| 2. | Put Your Weight on It - (featuring Soup) |
| 3. | High Life - (featuring Mykah 9) |
| 4. | Tell Me Something - (featuring Aloe Blacc) |
| 5. | Hoagies Revenge |
| 6. | Pirates of the Mediterranean - (featuring Blood of Abraham) |
| 7. | Master at Work - (featuring Ohmega Watts) |
| 8. | Thundersounds - (featuring Percee P) |
| 9. | Catatonia (Get 'Em) - (featuring Percee P/Wildchild) |
| | Tell Me Something Songs DISC 2: TELL ME SOMETHING: INSTRUMENTALS: |
| 1. | International Hustler - (instrumental) |
| 2. | Put Your Weight on It - (instrumental) |
| 3. | High Life - (instrumental) |
| 4. | Tell Me Something - (instrumental) |
| 5. | Hoagies Revenge - (instrumental) |
| 6. | Pirates of the Mediterranean - (instrumental) |
| 7. | Master at Work - (instrumental) |
| 8. | Thundersounds - (instrumental) |
| 9. | Catatonia (Get 'Em) - (instrumental) |
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