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Me'shell NdegéOcello's debut album twists and turns through so many genres -- R&B, pop, jazz, hip-hop -- that it's hard to put a finger on just where she wants to take its 13 songs. That she also spins conventional racial and sexual identity here makes Plantation Lullabies an occasionally overwhelming -- as well as a vibrantly sophisticated -- listen. NdegéOcello defies labels throughout, tagging her slinking and crawling songs with a rubbery flow that's just as rooted in '70s funky soul as it is in '90s hip-hop culture. The best songs here -- "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)," "Dred Loc," and "Outside Your Door" -- work their way into their grooves with a seamless, and almost uniform, bounce. It can be a bit derivative (for all of NdegéOcello's genre crossing, she always seems to go back to the same musical blueprint), but most of the time it's just about as boundary-busting and as affecting as '90s R&B gets.
© Michael Gallucci /TiVo
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David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Bob Power, Mixer - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments, MainArtist - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
Bob Power, Producer, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Drums, Programmer, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments, MainArtist - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer - Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski, Guitar
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Drums - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments, MainArtist - ANDRE BETTS, Producer, Drums, Programmer - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer - George Karas, Mixer - Ndegeocello, Composer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Bob Power, Mixer - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Luis Conte, Congas - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Vocals, Writer, All Additional Instruments, MainArtist - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
Bob Power, Mixer - Mic Murphy, AdditionalEngineer - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Vocals, Writer, All Additional Instruments, MainArtist - ANDRE BETTS, Producer, Drums, Programmer - James "Sleepy Keys" Preston, Piano - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Bob Power, Mixer - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments, MainArtist - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Bob Power, Mixer - Bill Summers, Percussion - Joshua Redman, Tenor Saxophone - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Luis Conte, Congas - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Vocals, Writer, All Additional Instruments, MainArtist - Geri Allen, Piano - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Bob Power, Mixer - Joshua Redman, Tenor Saxophone - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Vocals, Writer, All Additional Instruments, MainArtist - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer - Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski, Acoustic Guitar
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Bobby Lyle, Solo Piano - Luis Conte, Congas - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Vocals, Writer, All Additional Instruments, MainArtist - Goh Hotoda, Mixer - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Luis Conte, Congas - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Vocals, Writer, All Additional Instruments, MainArtist - Goh Hotoda, Mixer - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Bob Power, Mixer - Bill Summers, Contributor - Joshua Redman, Tenor Saxophone - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Luis Conte, Congas - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Vocals, Writer, All Additional Instruments - Wah Wah Watson, Guitar - Meshell Ndegeocello, MainArtist - Me'Shell N'Degeocello, Composer - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
David Gamson, Producer, Drums - Bob Power, Mixer - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Luis Conte, Congas - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Vocals, Writer, All Additional Instruments, MainArtist - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer - Byron Jackson, Background Vocals
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
Bob Power, Producer, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - Tom Coyne, Masterer - Me'shell Ndegeocello, Producer, Drums, Programmer, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments, MainArtist - Bill Toles, ExecutiveProducer - DJ Premier of Gangstarr for Works Of Mart, Inc., DJ
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
Albumbeschreibung
Me'shell NdegéOcello's debut album twists and turns through so many genres -- R&B, pop, jazz, hip-hop -- that it's hard to put a finger on just where she wants to take its 13 songs. That she also spins conventional racial and sexual identity here makes Plantation Lullabies an occasionally overwhelming -- as well as a vibrantly sophisticated -- listen. NdegéOcello defies labels throughout, tagging her slinking and crawling songs with a rubbery flow that's just as rooted in '70s funky soul as it is in '90s hip-hop culture. The best songs here -- "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)," "Dred Loc," and "Outside Your Door" -- work their way into their grooves with a seamless, and almost uniform, bounce. It can be a bit derivative (for all of NdegéOcello's genre crossing, she always seems to go back to the same musical blueprint), but most of the time it's just about as boundary-busting and as affecting as '90s R&B gets.
© Michael Gallucci /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:16
- Main artists: Meshell Ndegeocello
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Maverick
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B
© 1993 Maverick Recording Company ℗ 1993 Maverick Recording Company
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