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Neneh Cherry's actions throughout the early to mid-'80s indicated boundless creative energy and an instinct to mix it up. She wasn't yet out of her teens by the time she had performed and/or recorded with stepfather Don Cherry and younger mavericks Rip Rig + Panic, the Slits, and Vivien Goldman, and had spun early rap records on pirate radio. A little later, in 1987, she seized the mike on a version of Morgan/McVey's "Looking Good Diving." The next year, the track was revamped into Cherry's first solo power move, aided by Bomb the Bass' vibrating and colorful mix of sampled, scratched, played, and programmed sounds dropped with astonishing precision. At once a personal manifesto and celebration and critique of city-street peacocking -- a hip-hop quotable is in every rhyme and interjection -- "Buffalo Stance" entered the U.K. chart in December 1988 and went supernova on a worldwide scale early the following year. The full scope of Cherry's vision was shown almost smack in the middle of 1989 with Raw Like Sushi. With songwriting partner and fellow arranger/producer Cameron "Booga Bear" McVey at her side, Cherry in sly, knowing fashion conducts a combined gender studies and sociology course doubling as a cosmopolitan pop triumph. Switching with masterful ease between assured singing and rapping -- no features necessary -- Cherry covers matters ranging from the consequences of lust to the devaluation of children. More often, she examines from multiple perspectives the ways in which men and women exploit one another, softening each blow with either a degree of benevolence or whatcha-gonna-do-about-it humor. Among the other accomplices are Will Malone, Nellee Hooper, and Jonny Dollar, as well as Mushroom and 3D of Massive Attack, a crew who altogether fill the hip-hop-minded LP with elements of go-go, Latin freestyle, and new jack swing, and foreshadow what was later termed trip-hop. Not easily classifiable as a whole, Raw Like Sushi is one of the most soulful and "hip-hop" albums considered neither R&B nor rap.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Mark Saunders, Producer, Programmer - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - TIM SIMENON, Producer, Programmer - Jamie Morgan, ComposerLyricist - Booga Bear, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Ramacon, ComposerLyricist - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - David Pine, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Dynamic Duo, Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
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Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Del Naja, ComposerLyricist - TIM SIMENON, Producer
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John Sharpe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Vowles, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Plytas, Producer, Programmer - Phil Chill, Programmer - Martin J. Rex, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Q, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Erde, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey L Scantelbury, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - The Dynamic Duo, Producer, Mixer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Mark Saunders, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Plytas, Programmer - Phil Chill, Engineer, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - The Dynamic Duo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Gibbs, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Andrew Vowles, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Q, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Mushroom, Producer - Jock, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Dynamic Duo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
John Sharpe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Saunders, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Calvi, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Wil Malone, Producer, Programmer - Sandy McLelland, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Jerod, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Dynamic Duo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
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Mark Saunders, Producer - Eagle-Eye Cherry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TIM SIMENON, Producer, Programmer - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Bubble Bunch, Producer - David Pine, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Dynamic Duo, Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
John Sharpe, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Saunders, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Wil Malone, Programmer - Sandy McLelland, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Martin J. Rex, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Q, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Dynamic Duo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
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Vincent Bell, Producer - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Wil Malone, Programmer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Dukes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Chill, Programmer - Alvin Moody, Producer, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chandra Armstead, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Dynamic Duo, Mixer, Co-Arranger, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Andrew Vowles, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Bryan "Chuck" New, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Dynamic Duo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Gibbs, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Mark Saunders, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Leroy Smart, ComposerLyricist - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sandy McLelland, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Gilbert Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Gilly g, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Dynamic Duo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Phil Gibbs, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Neneh Cherry, Vocals, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Wil Malone, Programmer, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Booga Bear, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Dynamic Duo, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Mark Saunders, Producer, Programmer - Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - TIM SIMENON, Producer, Programmer - Jamie Morgan, ComposerLyricist - Phil Ramacon, ComposerLyricist - Phil Chill, Programmer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - David Pine, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Dynamic Duo, Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Neneh Cherry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cameron McVey, ComposerLyricist - Robert Del Naja, ComposerLyricist - Bryan "Chuck" New, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Booga Bear, Producer - The Bubble Bunch, Producer - The Dynamic Duo, Mixer, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1989 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Neneh Cherry's actions throughout the early to mid-'80s indicated boundless creative energy and an instinct to mix it up. She wasn't yet out of her teens by the time she had performed and/or recorded with stepfather Don Cherry and younger mavericks Rip Rig + Panic, the Slits, and Vivien Goldman, and had spun early rap records on pirate radio. A little later, in 1987, she seized the mike on a version of Morgan/McVey's "Looking Good Diving." The next year, the track was revamped into Cherry's first solo power move, aided by Bomb the Bass' vibrating and colorful mix of sampled, scratched, played, and programmed sounds dropped with astonishing precision. At once a personal manifesto and celebration and critique of city-street peacocking -- a hip-hop quotable is in every rhyme and interjection -- "Buffalo Stance" entered the U.K. chart in December 1988 and went supernova on a worldwide scale early the following year. The full scope of Cherry's vision was shown almost smack in the middle of 1989 with Raw Like Sushi. With songwriting partner and fellow arranger/producer Cameron "Booga Bear" McVey at her side, Cherry in sly, knowing fashion conducts a combined gender studies and sociology course doubling as a cosmopolitan pop triumph. Switching with masterful ease between assured singing and rapping -- no features necessary -- Cherry covers matters ranging from the consequences of lust to the devaluation of children. More often, she examines from multiple perspectives the ways in which men and women exploit one another, softening each blow with either a degree of benevolence or whatcha-gonna-do-about-it humor. Among the other accomplices are Will Malone, Nellee Hooper, and Jonny Dollar, as well as Mushroom and 3D of Massive Attack, a crew who altogether fill the hip-hop-minded LP with elements of go-go, Latin freestyle, and new jack swing, and foreshadow what was later termed trip-hop. Not easily classifiable as a whole, Raw Like Sushi is one of the most soulful and "hip-hop" albums considered neither R&B nor rap.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:17
- Main artists: Neneh Cherry
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Circa
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1989 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Limited
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