| Product Summary | | Label: K7 Studio | | UPC: 00730003715327 | | Release Date: 9/2/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60608345 | | Item#: MCYQ5J | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Damned If I Do - (with Mysterium) ~ Ursula Rucker |  | | 2. Soon - (with Rob Yancey) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 3. What A Woman Must Do - (with Jazzanova) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 4. Untitled Flow - (with King Britt) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 5. Lonely Can Be Sweet - (with The Mysterium) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 6. Time - (with 4Hero) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 7. Q & A - (with The Society) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 8. Release - (with Little Louie Vega) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 9. This - (with Jazzanova) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 10. I/We - (with Tim Motzer/Rob Yancey) ~ Ursula Rucker | | | 11. Return Of Innocence Lost - (with The Roots) ~ Ursula Rucker | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Ursula Rucker (vocals); Timothy Motzer (guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, synhtesizer, bass); Eliot Levin (saxophone); Selan Lerner (keyboards); Robert Yancey II (synthesizer, programming); Carlos Henrique (bass); Luisito Quintero (percussion); Tanja Dixon, Lady Alma Horton, Sudan, Sol (background vocals); The Roots, Lil' Louie Vega, King Britt, 4 Hero, Jazzanova, The Mysterium. | | Producers include: John Wicks, Robert Yancey II, Jazzanova, King Britt, 4 Hero. | | Personnel: Ursula Rucker (vocals); Tanja Dixon, Alma Horton (vocals); Tim Motzer (guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, guitar synthesizer); Elliott Levin (saxophone); Selan Lerner (keyboards); Rob Yancey (synthesizer, drum programming); Luisito Quintero (percussion); Denise Nejame, Raul Mid¢n (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Louie Vega; ObaFunke; Phillip Charles; Axel Reinemer. | | Recording information: Retrofonix, Philly; The Studio, Philadelphia, PA. | | Photographer: Steven Berkowitz. | | Arrangers: Marc Mac; Louie Vega. | | Silver or Lead makes it more than apparent that Ursula Rucker still has a lot to say -- and she's getting her points across better than ever, with the type of control over delivery that can convey the deepest pain and the most boiled-over rage in a confident whisper. On "Untitled Flow," she takes aim at gangsta rappers: "Ain't gotta spit no gun click sh*t, 'cause life is hardcore 'nuff." On "What a Woman Must Do," she conveys the frustrations of the contradictions in the ways that women are treated and viewed: "Be called a muse, which is just a synonym for use/Put upon pedestals, dainty and protected/And because of that disrespected, Victorianized." Some of the productions that back Rucker (from the likes of 4hero, Masters at Work's Lil Louie Vega, the Roots, and King Britt) are so strong that they're deserving of being heard as instrumentals. Even when her voice is at its most relaxed, the listening is intense as hell -- it's not the kind of album you'd put on before going out, unless going out involves a rally or a march. So it'd be nice to be able to focus on the sounds a little more (most especially the delirious edits of the Jazzanova-produced "This"), making them all the more versatile in the process. ~ Andy Kellman |
Engineer: Nikos Teneketzis; Jeff Chestek; Oba Funke; Phillip Charles; Steven Barkan |
Musical Guests | | Jazzanova | | King Britt | | 4Hero | | The Roots | | Little Louie Vega |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/01/2006 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 7153 | | Label : !k7 Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00730003715327 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (11/03, p.120)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Domestic violence, slavery and graphic misogyny are discussed with calm and finesse, eased down with lilting jazz from a superb cast of collaborators..."Uncut (11/03, p.109)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...[The album] confirms her status as a vibrant and refreshingly forthright voice from the hip hop underground..." |
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