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...recorded a sultry, spacious duet with Hill, Nothing Even Matters, that will appear on her solo CD. He's now holed up in Electric Lady Studios (where Jimi Hendrix recorded) working on his own album. "I avoid the radio," says D'Angelo. "I want to take hip-hop and funk and make it new again. I want to take it back to basics. I'm tired of all the synthetic stuff...
...search for a fresh sound, D'Angelo has recruited an eclectic crew of musicians to work on the new CD, including jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove. "The mid-to-late '60s was the golden age of soul and funk," says D'Angelo. "It wasn't like now, where you have one producer working for a slew of artists, who all sound the same. Artists are no longer self-contained and are more prone to conform. In the '60s, people were defying what people expected. That's what's missing...
...like cloying affectation masquerading as insight, then you will enjoy the much hyped Bridget Jones's Diary. The alter ego of London journalist Helen Fielding, Bridget is a bundle of frail funk, preoccupied by short skirts, long nails and yo-yo dieting. She has mother issues, toxic-married-men issues, smoking issues and VCR-programming issues. She affects irony, so you know she is deadly serious about her postfeminist problems--find a gym, find a guy, find a low-cal chocolate. If only she would find a life. And a brain...
...Linda Wilson is a fabulous fundraiser, but notso good with undergraduate relations," Corinne Y.Funk '97 told The Crimson in March. Funk served asco-president of the Radcliffe Union of Students in1996...
Overall, fortunately, Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk gives the audience the high energy and fantastic performances that its Broadway father-figure had promised. Much more than a tribute to loud music and featuring stunning choreography and a myriad of talented performers, the musical tells a tragic story, but also fosters hope through music, dance, and a whole lot of noise and funk...