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On his fourth Boulevards album, Jamil Rashad keeps backsliding Jeffrey Daniel-style across the R&B timeline and pivots to do the cosmic slop. Where the Raleigh native's first couple LPs most frequently recalled sparkling post-disco R&B of the early '80s -- Daniel's Shalamar were one of many reference points -- Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud builds on the '60s and '70s funk and soul moves of his third full-length. The 2020-issued Brother! EP turns out to have been a prelude more than a stopgap. Those four songs were written and produced by Rashad with Blake Rhein (of Durand Jones & the Indications), and Rhein here is deeply involved, as is fellow multi-instrumentalist/producer Colin Croom (of Twin Peaks), while smaller roles are filled by other vintage-sound specialists who are either members or associates of acts such as Black Pumas and Yola. Rashad is too lucid to be a truly spaced cowboy like Sly Stone, and isn't as animated as Bootsy Collins, but the work of those two artists -- and Parliament-Funkadelic -- clearly inform what Rashad has on offer. This is altogether the grimiest and moodiest Boulevards album with Rashad and company somehow maintaining a high level of appeal. Also different from previous Boulevards albums, Rashad sings with restraint the whole time, giving each line an air of secrecy and/or seduction -- almost as if he's self-conscious about breaking an unreasonable noise ordinance. The approach is fitting, with Rashad riding just above the warmly reverberant grooves and background voices to heady effect.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Boulevards, MainArtist - Colin Croom, Composer - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Colin Croom Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove (BMI) / Colin Croom Music (ASCAP)
Boulevards, MainArtist - Blake Rhein, Composer - Songs in Numerical Order (BMI), MusicPublisher - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove / Songs In Numerical Order (BMI)
Boulevards, MainArtist - Colin Croom, Composer - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Colin Croom Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove (BMI) / Colin Croom Music (ASCAP)
Boulevards, MainArtist - Colin Croom, Composer - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Colin Croom Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove (BMI) / Colin Croom Music (ASCAP)
Boulevards, MainArtist - Blake Rhein, Composer - Songs in Numerical Order (BMI), MusicPublisher - Crofton Coleman, Composer - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher - Crofton Coleman Publishing Designee, MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove / Songs In Numerical Order (BMI) / Crofton Coleman Publishing Designee
Boulevards, MainArtist - Colin Croom, Composer - Blake Rhein, Composer - Songs in Numerical Order (BMI), MusicPublisher - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Colin Croom Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove / Songs In Numerical Order (BMI) / Colin Croom Music (ASCAP)
Nikki Lane, FeaturedArtist - Boulevards, MainArtist - Blake Rhein, Composer - Songs in Numerical Order (BMI), MusicPublisher - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove / Songs In Numerical Order (BMI)
Boulevards, MainArtist - Blake Rhein, Composer - Songs in Numerical Order (BMI), MusicPublisher - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove / Songs In Numerical Order (BMI)
Boulevards, MainArtist - Blake Rhein, Composer - Songs in Numerical Order (BMI), MusicPublisher - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove / Songs In Numerical Order (BMI)
Adrian Quesada, Composer - Boulevards, MainArtist - Jamil Rashad, Composer - El Deluxe Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove (BMI) / El Deluxe Music (ASCAP)
Adrian Quesada, Composer - Boulevards, MainArtist - Jamil Rashad, Composer - El Deluxe Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove (BMI) / El Deluxe Music (ASCAP)
Boulevards, MainArtist - Blake Rhein, Composer - Songs in Numerical Order (BMI), MusicPublisher - Jamil Rashad, Composer - Don't Funk With Groove (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Don't Funk With Groove / Songs In Numerical Order (BMI)
Album review
On his fourth Boulevards album, Jamil Rashad keeps backsliding Jeffrey Daniel-style across the R&B timeline and pivots to do the cosmic slop. Where the Raleigh native's first couple LPs most frequently recalled sparkling post-disco R&B of the early '80s -- Daniel's Shalamar were one of many reference points -- Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud builds on the '60s and '70s funk and soul moves of his third full-length. The 2020-issued Brother! EP turns out to have been a prelude more than a stopgap. Those four songs were written and produced by Rashad with Blake Rhein (of Durand Jones & the Indications), and Rhein here is deeply involved, as is fellow multi-instrumentalist/producer Colin Croom (of Twin Peaks), while smaller roles are filled by other vintage-sound specialists who are either members or associates of acts such as Black Pumas and Yola. Rashad is too lucid to be a truly spaced cowboy like Sly Stone, and isn't as animated as Bootsy Collins, but the work of those two artists -- and Parliament-Funkadelic -- clearly inform what Rashad has on offer. This is altogether the grimiest and moodiest Boulevards album with Rashad and company somehow maintaining a high level of appeal. Also different from previous Boulevards albums, Rashad sings with restraint the whole time, giving each line an air of secrecy and/or seduction -- almost as if he's self-conscious about breaking an unreasonable noise ordinance. The approach is fitting, with Rashad riding just above the warmly reverberant grooves and background voices to heady effect.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:09
- Main artists: Boulevards
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Normaltown Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Funk
2022 Normaltown Records 2022 Normaltown Records
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