2009-10-31
【簇擁】Brittany Bosco - Spectrum 2.0
01 Rogiérs - Come When You Call
(from Life & Music: All of It.)
02 Nuwamba - Savior
(from Above the Water)
03 Geno Young - Honeydew
(from Ghetto Symphony)
04 Coultrain - Lillac Tree
(from The Adventures Of Seymour Liberty)
05 Heston - Distant Lover
(from StoryTeller)
06 Kevin Chandler Band - The Art Of Dreaming
(from Psoul Psychadelica)
07 PJ Morton - Jiborish (Blah, Blah, Blah)
(from Emotions)
08 Jesse Boykins III - Tabloids
(from Dopamine: My Life On My Back)
09 Bilal Salaam - NooHustle
(from Blah Time Between Asleep & Awake)
10 Olivierdaysoul - Anytime
(from Kilowatt)
11 14KT ft. AB - Less Than Enough
(from The Golden Hour (Soundtrack))
12 The Luv Bugz - Guadalupe
(from The Luv Bugz)
13 Brittany Bosco - Glitch
(from Spectrum)
14 Janelle Monáe - Star
(from The Audition)
15 Mike Slott ft. Muhsina - Deux Three
(from Flunky / Deux Three 7")
16 Rhian Benson - Sing to the Child
(from Gold Coast)
17 YahZarah - Love Is You
(from Hear Me (or Blackstar))
18 Sonny-Boy - Josephine Brown
(from Psycho-Delic-Ghetto-Vibe)
19 Bonus - Coultrain - Playin' Catch Up
(from The Adventures Of Seymour Liberty)
以上是2008年在ptt的RnB_Soul板聚時所放的歌單，後半部分是女聲以及一些預測的未來趨勢。第13首是由Brittany Bosco所演唱的〈Glitch〉，這首歌收錄於《Spectrum》專輯。
如果有注意這位優遊於多種黑人音樂領域的女歌手，近期她將一些未正式發表的歌曲，集結成《Spectrum 2.0》（加減了一些歌曲的重新再發行），（事實上2008年她出版了自己的1st baby《City of Nowhere》）。
這張免費的專輯所顧及的面向滿多的，如我剛才所述，「積極嘗試」與「保守傳承」兩者兼具。
各位可以從這裡下載，裡頭還有Brittany的完整介紹：
http://brittanybosco.bandcamp.com/
or
http://www.brittanybosco.com/
雖然好多歌曲是之前陸續聽過的，但文藝氣息頗重的Brittany仍舊將她認為陳述性質較高的兩首歌曲合拍成一支MV，也就是〈Blues for Blue〉和〈Black and White〉：
Almost without warning unheard and unseen, Brittany Bosco has created a growing revolution amongst her peers and her contemporaries in Atlanta’s growing, cultural music scene. The Savannah native took the reigns of the pulse coursing through the veins of underground music with her release of the The Spectrum EP in 2008, and has continued to ride this pulse, making it’svibrations and sound audible to those in the mainstream industry. The recent release of her debut video, “Blues for Blue/Black & White” , as well as a string of performances on both coasts, displays Bosco’s ability to captivate audiences and break boundaries of age, genre, sex, and race. California to Chicago, New York to North Carolina, Bosco’s ability to bend genres and captivate the hearts and imagination of her multitude of supporters is evident. Within a years time, Bosco has received major media recognition, and her fan base has grown exponentially. She has no plan to stop anytime soon.
There are few things more exciting, moving, thrilling, and mind-altering than witnessing the vocal talents and showmanship displayed at a Brittany Bosco performance. The professionally trained songstress, and self-proclaimed “actress” combines these unique gifts and truly exhibits traits of the greatest entertainers of our time. Bosco’s well-rounded taste in music,which includes contemporary alternative artists as well as legends of sound from the 1930’s, 40’s, and 50’s, combined with her love for true showmanship has made her an unstoppable force, oozing with raw talent and charming personality.
Now, with the release of her next compilation, "The Spectrum Re-Release", followed by BLACK in the fall of 2009 Bosco and The Big Up! creative collective continue to develop the Bosco brand through innovations in bothmusic and design. Brittany Bosco is genre-bending, thought - provoking, inspiring, quirky, passionate, and honest. A diamond in the rough, a truly authentic artist creating her own waves within a sea of mediocrity. Take a look. Take a listen. Bosco.
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2009-10-22
【酩酊】JustABand
http://www.myspace.com/justabandonline
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/justaband
這支來自華盛頓特區的團體
擁有絕佳默契以及和觀眾互動的能力
團長是Stevie Smith
過去是同鄉Bilal Salaam和Raheem DeVaughn的製作群之一
在他的帶領下
JustABand在當地的演出是精采可期的
2009-10-12
【甜靛】Indigo Brown
當Floetry的焦點逐漸移轉到主唱Masha Ambrosis身上的同時，這對同樣來自英國的雙人團體Indigo Brown（主唱是Soul、二分之一是Nayla），藉由前輩鋪就之路，把立基於男性音樂世界「一點點獨立、一點點柔情、一點點受拘束」的女性生命體現，自年輕的聲音裡綻放出來，如Floetry的二分之一Natalie Stewart對她們的讚美：
What you girls are doing is amazing and
I want you know I'm 100% behind you.
Indigo Brown目前沒有完整的音樂作品，以所能聽見的歌曲來說，如果不仔細分辨，確實與Floetry如出一轍，這裡舉出兩部分（四首）為代表：
〔一〕
開拔到美國費城的〈Hey Lover〉
神氣自若的〈Dear Diary〉
〈Hey Lover〉+〈Dear Diary〉=〈This Is London〉
〔二〕
新曲〈No More〉
我最喜歡的〈Still Fly〉（附歌詞）
2009-10-09
【重逢】Vikter Duplaix - Electric Love
許久未見的Vikter Duplaix
8/31帶著他的新單曲重出江湖了
限時免付費下載
http://vikterduplaix.com/
你也可以透過這裡
http://www.reverbnation.com/vikterduplaix
2009-10-05
【變通】Kameron Corvet
初聽Kameron Corvet的音樂，讓我想聯想起好多人：Maxwell的聲音，Martin Luther的樸直，並兼具Lenny Kravitz的爆發力。
如同他的自陳：音樂本來就是很簡單的事，把隱藏情感之間的訊息顯露出來。
搖滾與靈魂樂（Rock & Soul）是他的音樂主軸，聽似簡單的音樂內容，其實包含了他所謂的「人性情感底下的那個東西」──不能明說的，就交由音符來「擰」出來吧！
恢宏的〈Invisible〉
耐人尋味的〈Kiss and Makeup〉
如果你喜歡，他出版了兩張專輯：
2009-09-29
【動跡】Plug Research Podcast: Shafiq Husayn Edition
由DJ Garth Trinidad混音的Plug Research Podcast: Shafiq Husayn Edition，是替Sa-Ra三成員之一的Shafiq Husayn預計於九月出版的Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka專輯試水溫，一個檔案到底的曲目如下：
Sa-Ra – Fantastic Vampyre (OG version) – Non Album – prod by Sa-Ra
Sa-Ra exclusive – EXCLUSIVE – Non Album – prod by Sa-Ra
Shafiq Husayn w/ Fatima – Lil’ Girl – Shafiq En’ A-Free Kah – Plug Research
Shafiq Husayn – Nirvana - Shafiq En’ A-Free Kah – Plug Research
Jill Scott – Breathe – prod by Sa-Ra
John Legend – Maxine – Sony Music – prod by Sa-Ra
Sa-Ra exclusive – EXCLUSIVE – Non Album – prod by Sa-Ra
King Tee – Trifflin Nigga – The Triflin’ Album – Capitol Records
Jurassic 5 – Twelve – Quality Control – Interscope Records – prod by Sa-Ra
Sa-Ra – we are Ra – EXCLUSIVE – Non Album – prod by Sa-Ra
Shafiq Husayn w/ Bilal – Cheeba - Shafiq En’ A-Free Kah – Plug Research
Sa-Ra – Drug Traffika – Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love – Ubiquity Records
Sa-Ra exclusive – EXCLUSIVE – Non Album – prod by Sa-Ra
Erykah Badu – Me – Universal Motown/Control Freaq
Erykah Badu – Master Teacher – Universal Motown/Control Freaq
Sa-Ra – Bitch Baby- Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love – Ubiquity Records
Sa-Ra w/ Pharoahe Monch – Glorious – Non Album – prod by Sa-Ra
Sa-Ra – Master Teazer (Ken’s revenge edit) – Non Album – prod by Sa-Ra
詳見：
Shafiq Husayn - Shafiq En' A Free Ka Album Sampler
Shafiq En' A Free Ka / tracklist
01. Intro/Electra
02. Nirvana
03. The U.N. Plan
04. Cheeba ft. Bilal
05. Lil' Girl ft. Fatima
06. Lost & Found ft. Jimetta Rose & Bilal
07. Dust & Kisses ft. Noni Limar
08. No Moor
09. All Dead
10. Major Heavy ft. Sonny Coates & Count Bass D
11. Evil Man
12. Changes ft. Om'mas Keith & Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner
13. Love Still Hurts
14. Le' Star ft. Rozzi Daime, Noni Limar & Nia Andrews
15. Egypt ft. Jessie West & Kahil Sadiq
16. The Odd is C
17. Rebel Soldier
單曲Lil' Girl
Shafiq在2000年幫Jurassic 5製作的歌曲Contribution (Instrumental)，聽起來是有那麼一點不同喔！（但這首歌我只找得到無人聲的版本，有需要完整版的人可以寫信或留言給我）
2009-09-25
【MV】一些Wes Felton拍攝的 Neo-Soul MV系列
Bilal Salaam - In Between (Boozina Remix)
Sy Smith - Reach Down in Your Soul (feat. W. Ellington Felton)
Raheem DeVaughn - Where I Stand
Eric Roberson - Pen Just Cries Away
非Neo-Soul之Oddisee - Make A Song for That
2009-09-24
【秋入】Kooley High之Tab-One & Charles Smarts
也是音樂人文重鎮的北卡羅萊那州，Kooley High的（http://www.myspace.com/kooleyhigh）音樂同樣是變化萬千。
近期，團員Tab-One和Charles Smarts分別推出EP形式的免費下載作品（其他團員亦參與製作與演唱），而我個人喜好的是Tab-One的這個部分，他請來27歲的Napoleon Wright II製作了4首歌曲，而且把Nap於2008年發表的靈魂單曲〈So It Is〉加長了，成為耐聽的好作品：
2009-09-16
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