Word: debut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Back when Brand Nubian's debut, One for all, was first released, Grand Puba seemed the quartet's spokesperson, the lead, the one with the skills and the knowledge. The fact that one of his two solo joints on the album was their first single might've been what delivered this message or the fact that he was the most adamant about his five-percenter beliefs, which fit right into the era of Africa medallions and Feared Black Planets. Regardless, everybody of course seated Brand Nu's beats, was amused by Derrick X's pre-B Real's nasalness...
Wayne and Nelson Braxton knew what they were doing (well, almost) when they put together Steppin' Out, their debut jazz album. Known as The Braxton Brothers (of no relation to Toni Braxton), their album is a charming showpiece for 24-year-old twin brothers from the Bay Area. Combining six-string bass, keyboards and drums along with acoustic and electric guitars, the young artists create dreamy, smooth compositions that are perfect for those rainy October nights when you don't feel like going to the Square...
...another love-stricken psychological miasma. The brothers' remake of "I'll Make Love to You," is torture as well. The uncouth vocals added to the wondrous jazz music would make Babyface cringe. Yet overall, if you ignore the background vocals, the Braxton Brothers' Steppin' Out is a truly engaging debut album, which clearly shows that the brothers might become a household name in the coming years...
...there is a complaint to be made, it would be that only two songs from their first two albums are included, "I Will Follow" from their debut album Boy, and the hidden track, "October," from the album of that same name. Though their earlier songs lack the maturity and musical depth of their later work, the emotional undercurrent is still present. The omission of the classic October track "Gloria" is also puzzling...
Alanis Morissette's new CD, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, is her second shot at putting out a good second album. Her 1991 debut, the dance-pop album Alanis, which featured such lyrics as "You're just a party party party boy," brought her modest renown, mostly in her native Canada and mostly (one presumes) among people there who don't read lyric sheets. After her uninspired 1992 follow-up, Now Is the Time, which included a wistful song about standing in the rain outside a Rod Stewart concert, her career stalled. But Morissette's third album, Jagged Little Pill...