i-podに入っていますが、このアルバムだけはシャッフルにしません。
とゆーかしたくありません。...濃すぎです。
カフェや服屋でかかっている雰囲気作りのための”ＢＧＭ”化された
現代的R&BやHipHopとは、クレフの作品は比べ物にならないぐらい
秀逸に完成させられています。
もはや彼のみのジャンルを作り出しているとさえ言えるアルバムです。
先行シングルのSweetest GirlではAkon、Lil' Wayneといった現R&B・HipHop界での
最前線アーティストをフィーチャーしながらも、
史に残るような独特のメロディーラインで勝手に稀少レベルを上げまくり、
前半数曲は彼の”表現力”や”嗜好”が顕著に表れている部分であると思います。
ラッパーという肩書きを持つ黒人男性アーティストの音楽リスナーであれば、
今までの耳にまったく記憶のない音楽を、アルバム全体から感じられるのではないでしょうか。
ただでさえ商業化が進み、かつての勢いやポテンシャルを失いつつある今の
ブラックミュージック業界で、
彼は本来、もっともっと大切にされるべき存在なのでは？と時々思います。
カーニヴァルII~ある移民の回顧録
SMJ(SME)(M)
SMJ(SME)(M)
2,310円
在庫あり。
Fans of Wyclef Jean's genre-defying 1998 smash hit "The Carnival" take heart: Wyclef has finally released a true sequel. Which is not to say that the hottest rapper to ever emerge from the New Jerusalem has not been putting out excellent music in the intervening 10 years; it is just that the flavour of those releases differed from the original "Carnival" album.
So what is the "Carnival" flavour of which I speak? Well, it results from mixing every musical style you can think of together, sprinkling in generous handfuls of the hottest artists around as musical guests, then shoving that batter into Wyclef's oven in the Boogie Basement. What emerges from the Maestro's kitchen is nothing less than 14 tasty dishes from around the world, none tasting like any other.
Wyclef has an amazing ability to pick out the kernel of a musical style and combine it with a hip-hop sensibility without insulting the listener, and it is very much in evidence on this album.
If you are new to Wyclef, grab this album and the original "Carnival", and listen to them back to back. If you are not a Wyclef fan after that experience, I will gladly buy the discs off you. This is how strongly I guarantee that any hip-hop fan will love this album.
So what is the "Carnival" flavour of which I speak? Well, it results from mixing every musical style you can think of together, sprinkling in generous handfuls of the hottest artists around as musical guests, then shoving that batter into Wyclef's oven in the Boogie Basement. What emerges from the Maestro's kitchen is nothing less than 14 tasty dishes from around the world, none tasting like any other.
Wyclef has an amazing ability to pick out the kernel of a musical style and combine it with a hip-hop sensibility without insulting the listener, and it is very much in evidence on this album.
If you are new to Wyclef, grab this album and the original "Carnival", and listen to them back to back. If you are not a Wyclef fan after that experience, I will gladly buy the discs off you. This is how strongly I guarantee that any hip-hop fan will love this album.
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