https://www.netsensei.be/tags/funk/ Recent content in Funk on Netsensei Hugo -- gohugo.io nl-NL matthias@netsensei.nl (Matthias Vandermaesen) matthias@netsensei.nl (Matthias Vandermaesen) Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:29:55 +0000 https://www.netsensei.be/2016/12/21/here/ Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:29:55 +0000 matthias@netsensei.nl (Matthias Vandermaesen) https://www.netsensei.be/2016/12/21/here/ <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Keys">Alicia Keys</a> heeft een nieuw album uitgebracht: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_(Alicia_Keys_album)">Title: Here</a>. Sinds vorig weekend staat deze plaat op repeat in mijn Spotify. Dit is wat criticus <a href="https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/we-the-people-expert-witness-with-robert-christgau">Robert Christgau</a> er over te vertellen heeft:</p> <blockquote> <p>One reason this is her best album since she was a kid is that it extends her nice upbringing into a sphere that’s simultaneously raw and political. But a bigger reason is that Swizz Beats defines the funk her adventures in gospel grit demand, evoking Memphis thump while remaining so hip-hop that the samples stay in Nas-Wu-Tribe territory. Lyrically, it sometimes stumbles—cosmetics mess with a girl’s identity, we get it. But the beats lend bite and gravity to homilies about mother earth and mother love that bear all the repeating they can stand.</p> </blockquote> <p>Veel heb ik daar niet aan toe te voegen. Ik vind het bovenal een machtige plaat. <a href="http://www.npr.org/event/music/495058623/songwriting-state-of-mind-the-stories-behind-alicia-keys-hits">NPR Music interviewde Keys voor hun Noteworthy series</a>. Meer dan het bekijken waard!</p>