Word: ripperton
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...various cultural adventures, he doesn't attempt to pass as a local; the details and pentatonic scale may come from Chinese folk music, but the playful melodies are rooted in pop. The fluttering female voices on "Heavenly Peach Banquet" resolve as the la-la-la-la-las from Minnie Ripperton's "Lovin' You." "Iron Rod" sounds like R2-D2 rapping on a dance floor. "The Living Sea" is a ballad of such delicacy that it feels like a love song in any language. The music does a fair job of telling Monkey's story, but that's far less interesting...
...unlike anything I had seen or heard in awhile. A pastel-infused riff inspired by The Color Purple, I fell in love with the song's sweet sass, thoughtful hip-hop jazz-poetry. In the year of 'Lil Kim, Erykah was a refreshing surprise, reminiscent of Minnie Ripperton's '70s heart-break funk and Billie Holiday...
...other hand, Rushen has a unique and vital quality of softness not often found in her jazz contemporaries. Her voice tingles, hums and vibrates on combination of Minnie Ripperton and notes from high to low, sounding like a Denice Williams. With the exception of occasionally explosive tracks, the tone is predominantly soft and smooth. She plays a masterful improvisation of the keyboard in an acoustic piano solo, "Hang it Up." In "Changes (In Your Life)," Rushen arranges the guitars and seasons the sound with a peppery synchronization of handclaps and fingersnaps...
...know than he--regarded him with a new air of respect. When he would scrape together enough pennies for a quick visit to his local tavern, he would walk in and hear people whispering quietly almost reverentially, about how the United States needed more people like Walter Ripperton to pull itself out of the recession...
...Dear Mr. Ripperton...