《Revive Music Presents Supreme Sonacy Vol. 1》是一張絕對平衡的傑作,奠基在Berklee College of Music的基石上,仰望舊時代卻不忘身處變動的洪流之中。爵士樂手簇擁嘻哈與節奏藍調,隱約透漏黑人音樂大一統的精神與意志:流竄在裡面的,不是失學的草根音樂所能提出的養分,而是經過仔細整理、結構謹慎的非文字教科書。
可惜《Revive Music Presents Supreme Sonacy Vol. 1》的能見度與參與者期待的落差極大,世道仍依然故我,爵士和嘻哈的連結永遠擺脫不了宣傳與宣稱之用,一如韓愈所言,「蜂屯蟻雜,不可爬梳」。
BIGYUKI feat. Chris Turner & Grégoire Maret - revolution US
On this road, many doubts, it's true. My friend, how great it is to be alive. So why would you stay alone? Why would you stay alone? Driving slowly, almost scared to move. How this fear could leave you paralyzed. Why would you stay alone? Why would you stay alone? Why would you stay alone? Cause we can rule this world. We can rule this world. We can rule the world. We can take... We can take over. Let's take... Let's take over. We can... We can take over. Let's take over this whole thing.
BIGYUKI本名Masayuki Hirano,1981年出生於日本三重縣津市,由於與另一個同齡且後來也到Berklee College of Music學音樂的Yuki Kanesaka撞名Yuki,因此Masayuki Hirano便以BIGYUKI自稱,Yuki Kanesaka則是Monolog。
BIGYUKI的名字可以從2010年Bilal的《Airtight's Revenge》追溯起,活躍在紐約的他,是近一、兩年頗值得關注的黑人音樂樂手(兩個Yuki都一樣),特別是參與了Robert Glasper和A Tribe Called Quest的音樂進化運動,可說是天才一枚。
也許,有人對A Tribe Called Quest睽違近二十年的《We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service》有些失望,但看了看音樂成員,BIGYUKI是主力之一,他的尖銳觸角與Q-Tip的音樂意志結合在一起,結果就是磨出那番燦爛滋味。
若你能再多聽進去一點,BIGYUKI的東西(或者說是《We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service》)就好像Robert Glasper的《ArtScience》,是試探性質的產品。回去挖挖《ArtScience》樂手Casey Benjamin aka stutzmcgee原始狀態的兩張HEAVy雙人組專輯,也就是他還沒與Robert Glasper合體之前,對於這張《ArtScience》會有不同的想法。