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>Can anyone point to a situation where someone covered another
>artist's entire album ? I've never seen that done before,
>thats my issue.
it's not as uncommon as you think. usually it's done in concert. sometimes it's done as a studio record (which seems more desperate and coattail riding than at a live show, but it can be good). finally, beck did a whole series of video covers of complete albums along with well-known guests as part of his record club.
>If she had covered one or two songs, no
>problem. But the entire album? Less than 2 months after it was
>released? Something else going here.. SMH
it strikes me as weird, too (i'm with SHA, not clicking, not interested), but mostly because it's the entire album. hendrix covered a beatles song at a show 3 days after it was released (in front of the beatles, no less): http://www.beatlesbible.com/1967/06/04/mccartney-harrison-watch-jimi-hendrix-london/ point being, it's done, just probably not often the entire album (if ever).
>We used to having black innovators
>copied and sent back to us
>We used to having people try to rob us,
>it ain't no new thing
>
>—Gil Scott-Heron, "Ain't No New Thing"
All the fresh styles always start off as a good little hood thang
Look at blues, rock, jazz, rap
Not even talking about music, everything else too
By the time it reach Hollywood, it's over
But it's cool, we just keep it going, make new shit
Take our game, take our name
Give us a little fame, and then they kick us to the curb
That's a cold thang
("Hollywood Divorce")
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