Feeling a little jazzy?
While everyone's buzzin' and excited about Xtina's new jazzy sound, I thought it would be a good opportunity to promote some other albums that have explored this sound. These are just the few I have in my collection and have personally enjoyed, I'm sure there are many others.
Lina's 2001 release, Stranger on Earth is a very jazzy, but modern debut. This lady has a fabulous voice, and according to Wikipedia can sing in 7 different languages, ha. But don't worry, there's only English here. :-p Here's one of the more upbeat/jazzy numbers from this album, and one of my faves, "Watch Your Mouth (Baby Blue)". Best opening line in a song ever: "It don't turn me on when you say my ass is fat". :-p Ha, gotta love Lina. She also worked with DJ Premier on this album, and mixes up that jazz/blues/hip-hop sound very well. Her second album, the Inner Beauty Movement, found Lina embracing more of the stereotypical neosoul sound, but it still has it's jazzy moments such as on the track "My Fix" (download it there).
Pick up this CD today!
Visit Lina's official site.
Esthero is someone that I will pimp until the end of time. I'm so glad I discovered her music last year. Yeah, she kinda looks like Pink... and she kinda sounds like Pink, just a little... and she's just as kick-ass and awesome as Pink, but that's not the point! Her 2005 release, Wikked Lil' Grrls was flat-out incredible. Some of her older fans from her gloomy trip-hop debut in 1997 raked her through the coals for making such a poppy album, but it's damn good. If you liked Xtina's jazzy pop sound... you'll LOVE Esthero's. My favorite bangin' joint on this album is "If Tha Mood" of course. If you didn't get that one back then, too bad, go buy this album! But here's another equally wikked track, "Wikked Lil' Grrls". Enjoy and support Esthero! Buy this album! She really needs to do a song with Pink, that would be the hottest ish you've never heard...
Visit Esthero's official website.
Billy Miles' debut album was released in 2004, but I just discovered it last year. Unfortunately, this little gem went by unnoticed by most. Anyway, I love this album. Billy has a delightful, unique voice. Just the right amount of sass and soul. Her songs are more like trip-hop than anything else, but she blends sounds also, so her songs all have pop, jazz, and soul influences. Really a joy to hear. I hope she releases new music and finds success! Hopefully Xtina's success will open some doors for unique sounds. Click to hear my two favorite tracks from the album, "A Friend Like You" and the more upbeat, ass-shakin' number "Feelin' Me".
Click here to visit Billy's official site. I see her main site has been removed. :-( Ugh. See what happens when good artists go by unnoticed and utterly talentless crappy girl-porn like CASSIE gets pushed to #1?
Other modern jazzy albums to check out that I don't have in my collection yet (but will soon) include:
Lina's 2001 release, Stranger on Earth is a very jazzy, but modern debut. This lady has a fabulous voice, and according to Wikipedia can sing in 7 different languages, ha. But don't worry, there's only English here. :-p Here's one of the more upbeat/jazzy numbers from this album, and one of my faves, "Watch Your Mouth (Baby Blue)". Best opening line in a song ever: "It don't turn me on when you say my ass is fat". :-p Ha, gotta love Lina. She also worked with DJ Premier on this album, and mixes up that jazz/blues/hip-hop sound very well. Her second album, the Inner Beauty Movement, found Lina embracing more of the stereotypical neosoul sound, but it still has it's jazzy moments such as on the track "My Fix" (download it there).Pick up this CD today!
Visit Lina's official site.
Esthero is someone that I will pimp until the end of time. I'm so glad I discovered her music last year. Yeah, she kinda looks like Pink... and she kinda sounds like Pink, just a little... and she's just as kick-ass and awesome as Pink, but that's not the point! Her 2005 release, Wikked Lil' Grrls was flat-out incredible. Some of her older fans from her gloomy trip-hop debut in 1997 raked her through the coals for making such a poppy album, but it's damn good. If you liked Xtina's jazzy pop sound... you'll LOVE Esthero's. My favorite bangin' joint on this album is "If Tha Mood" of course. If you didn't get that one back then, too bad, go buy this album! But here's another equally wikked track, "Wikked Lil' Grrls". Enjoy and support Esthero! Buy this album! She really needs to do a song with Pink, that would be the hottest ish you've never heard...Visit Esthero's official website.
Billy Miles' debut album was released in 2004, but I just discovered it last year. Unfortunately, this little gem went by unnoticed by most. Anyway, I love this album. Billy has a delightful, unique voice. Just the right amount of sass and soul. Her songs are more like trip-hop than anything else, but she blends sounds also, so her songs all have pop, jazz, and soul influences. Really a joy to hear. I hope she releases new music and finds success! Hopefully Xtina's success will open some doors for unique sounds. Click to hear my two favorite tracks from the album, "A Friend Like You" and the more upbeat, ass-shakin' number "Feelin' Me".Click here to visit Billy's official site. I see her main site has been removed. :-( Ugh. See what happens when good artists go by unnoticed and utterly talentless crappy girl-porn like CASSIE gets pushed to #1?
Other modern jazzy albums to check out that I don't have in my collection yet (but will soon) include:
- Vivian Green's 2002 debut, A Love Story
- Queen Latifah's 2004 release, the Dana Owens Album
- The soundtrack to 2002's blockbuster, Chicago. I love this film. In fact, I do have this song for you all: Catherine Zeta-Jones does "All That Jazz". Marvelous! She needs to release an album, lol.
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