some of the stuff you said was true. i love the album and as a producer it has changed the way i view music. basically i have the courage to make sparse shit. my main problem with voodoo? -not enough sales.(That album could've sold 5X platinum. Jill Scott went platinum and she did not have the buzz nor the sex symbol.) -not enough melody(I've heard quest refute this but I'll say it again. some songs were saved by the multi-layered vocals.) -not enough of the good stuff(spanish joint could've been made much funkier and longer) -not enough variation(like Brainchild said earlier afrobeat is mad repetitive but there is mad dynamics in it. every bar sounds so different and there is interplay within the rhythm. Tony allen does not keep it completely steady either...listen real close.
but lets not take away from a groundbreaking album though. I don't agree that mama's gun was formed from the Voodoo blueprint. mama's gone is not sparse at all...which leads me to a new post in the lesson. SIGNATURE STARTS YONDER ************************** NE LOVE/ LOVE (THE HICE IS URS) ************************** The emoticon as 'O' symbol is a registered trademark of dafriquan. No biting without written permission. *************************