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Track Listings
| 1. Blast |
| 2. Funk Joint |
| 3. Free |
| 4. Strum |
| 5. Milky Way |
| 6. Pluck (Interlude |
| 7. When I Fall In Love |
| 8. Higher Ground |
| 9. What Is Hip? |
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Miller continues the trend set by his previous studio album, 'Silver Rain': slick, polished grooves, with much slap-bass, star guest vocal appearances (Corrine Bailey Rae, who sings on one of the better moments on the record, the light and breezy title track), and nothing very adventurous or memorable. The opener finds him playing sitar in addition to his multitude of other roles, but only in order to play a cheesy Oriental-flavoured that sounds like the sort of unsuccesful pop that gets thrown under the 'world music' banner. David Sanborn makes an appearance too, but only to deliver a forgetable solo that he could have probably delivered in his sleep. 'When I Fall in Love' opens with some luxurious bass clarinet, only to descend into an awful dated groove section. There's none of the darkness and richness that characterised Miller's arragnements and compositions for Miles Davis, or his early 90s album 'The Sun Don't Lie' (for me, his best work as a leader) - in it's place, some rather empty and superficial stuff. The harmonica can't help reminding you of Jaco Pastorius' 'Word of Mouth', but this lacks that album's scope, vision, and sense of adventure. Don't waste your money, unless you're a hardcore Miller fan.
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This is in my opinion the best record Marcus has released since "The Sun Don't Lie".
A very funky record with sublime Bass playing. More mainstream than previous albums without being a boring Pop record. A good buy if you like Jazz Funk.
A very funky record with sublime Bass playing. More mainstream than previous albums without being a boring Pop record. A good buy if you like Jazz Funk.
Format:Audio CD
As with all Marcus Miller's albums, although not his greatest, you just have crank up the volume and let the HiFi do the rest. If this album doesn't grab you then you need to renew your system. Marcus and Coronne Bailey Rae's cover of "Free" gives it a completely different feel. "Milky way" features the ever so great Keb Mo and just listen to the cover of "When I fall in love" featuring Gregoire Maret on harmonica, who appears on several tracks, with you eyes shut and volume turned up as high as your neighbours will allow you too. As for "Jean Pierre" written by Miles Davis will have him up there smiling down on Marcus saying "You've made it so soulful/jazzy/funky".
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