Re: I hope this rnbdnb fad dies

Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:32:26 -0800


>From: "KEVIN D. ENGLAND" <kengland@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
>
>That is a pretty broad indictment for a label that covers so much in the
>way of truly deep grooves....though I'd be first in line at a Slap da fuck
>outta Jodeci Fest, I couldn't imagine referencing Marxist social theory to
>describe a bunch of crap tunes on crap radio stations. IMHO, 90% of
>everything is balls out crap...that would include 9 out of every 10
>tracks done by UFO, Prince, Kruder und, Coldcut, Groove Collective,
> Massive Attack and so on..... just gotta hope the crap tunes keep
>getting tossed in the can before our favorite producers realize they
>can't afford the rent on their new Hollywood homes......otherwise they
>may end up like Stevie Wonder.........geez, what the heck happened
>to him?
>

But, some of the more recent songs that were popular were old tunes of his
for example "Gangster Paradise" is a 'remake' of the Stevie Wonder tune.

later,
erik g