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Lord promises that God No Shadow, the upcoming album released through The WORK Group, surpasses the artistic merit of her two EPs on Seattle's Kill Rock Stars label; the pieces are more adult than the "high school bedroom songs' she's sung for so many years. Got No Shadow also features full band backup on most songs, which could either be a detriment or a complement to her usually acoustic style...
...backup to explore her creativity in the studio. It feels good to know that others believe in her--and if the crowd's reponse to her short set at the Middle East 10th Anniversary Party is any indication of marketability, Lord may soon be faced with the same small-label royalty status that Parker Posey has achieved in indie film...
What differentiates Mary Lou Lord from most artists is the joy she receives in return; she's still so connected to her art that the people and performances make her day as well. It should be interesting to see whether the influences of big label production do anything to squelch the natural enthusiasm and on-the-street simplicity
...since Geffen Records in the early 1980s has a record label so dominated the industry. This year five of Interscope's albums have hit the Top 10, including the bland pop-rock act the Wallflowers, smooth R.-and-B. quartet Blackstreet, and shock rocker Marilyn Manson. "They keep things lean and focused," says Geoff Mayfield, charts editor of Billboard magazine. "They don't have a ton of acts, but they have a very high batting average with the ones they...
Interscope still has a management problem with Death Row Records, given that the label's president, Knight, isn't making many meetings from his jail cell in San Luis Obispo. Suge is doing nine years on parole violations for stomping a man in a Las Vegas hotel shortly before Shakur was gunned down. A few weeks later, the Los Angeles Times reported that the fbi was investigating allegations of organized crime at Death Row. Then, in April, Shakur's mother Afeni sued Death Row over money allegedly owed her son. She won several million dollars and control of Tupac...