This entire album is fun… almost too much fun. (It’s kind of an pop-electro-funk hybrid.) The sound is SUPER polished for a local act, and… I wouldn’t be surprised to see them get picked up by a major label sometime soon. The only thing I disliked is that the album ends with a ballad… such an upbeat, danceable (and again, fun) experience ending on a down note leaves a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth.
Archive for the Funk Category
7/27/09 – Modern Science
Posted in Dance, Electronic, Funk, Indie, Pop, Rock with tags modern science, music, review, self-titled on 07/27/2009 by Dewey2/1/09 – The Odd Couple
Posted in Funk, R & B, Soul with tags gnarls barkley, music, the odd couple on 02/01/2009 by Dewey
For everything that made “St. Elsewhere” the “it” album it was – “The Odd Couple” has none of that. As hard as they tried (or maybe didn’t try?), Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse have made an album that sounds like it contains all the B-Sides that didn’t make the cut for the first time around. The single, “Run,” is my favorite – the rest is all easily forgotten. Sad, as this could’ve been an epic follow-up.
1/12/09 – New Amerykah Part 1: 4th World Order
Posted in Funk, Hip-Hop, Soul with tags erykah badu, music, new amerykah part 1: 4th world order on 01/12/2009 by Dewey
I’m kind of ashamed to admit, this is really my first real foray into the music of Erykah Badu. “New Amerykah” is seemingly equal parts warning and call to action (I especially liked the nod to ‘Network’), wrapped in a soul/funk coating. With a generous vein of hip-hop throughout. It compliments some of my latest reading material extremely well.
