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Format: CD
Jun 1999
Record Label: Columbia (USA)
Recording Type: Studio
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Track Listing
1. Bad Girl
2. Good to Be Alive
3. F**K With Your Head
4. Bad Behaviour
5. Everyday Girl
6. You Get Around
7. Human Kind
8. Live It For Today
9. Go
10. Stories From Around the World
11. Changes
12. Ordinary Day
| Details | | Producer: | Aidan Love, DJ Rap, Dom T | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: DJ Rap (vocals, programming); M. Yogeswaran, Vicki Monteverde (vocals); Mark Ralph, Simon Stewart (guitar); Everton Nelson, Catherine Browning (violin); Sally Ward, Karen O'Brien (viola); Andrew Nice (cello); Bill Baylis (keyboards, programming); Andrew Hamill (acoustic bass); Derek Chai (bass); Mark Roberts (drums); Naughty G (programming).
Engineers: Aidan Love, Richard Bignell, Patrick McGovern.
Recorded at The Strongroom, London, England.
After success spinning on the English club scene, DJ Rap moved into the world of vocal "breakbeat pop" (as NME magazine describes it). Back in the '80s, artists like Danielle Dax laid the groundwork for this kind of music, but it wasn't until the rise of artists like the Chemical Brothers in the mid-'90s that techno-pop achieved a measure of popularity and success. This is the basis for Rap's style, which fuses traditional pop vocal delivery to wickedly heavy-duty bass, drum, and sample loops.
Straight out of the gate, the punishing beats of "Bad Girl," along with Rap's slightly-phased, alternately lilting and snarling vocals, clearly define the kind of ride the listener is in for. Standouts include the dense, slow-motion crunch of "Human Kind," the looped guitar burn on "Go," and the tweaked world-music vibe on "Stories from Around the World." The last track, "Ordinary Day," is a curious and eminently successful aberration that features very smooth vocals against a pleasant acoustic guitar line. For fans of lighter techno and dance music artists like Everything But the Girl, this record makes a great introduction to a "harder" style that is just as easy to groove to and just as catchy.
Industry Reviews
3 1/2 Stars (out of 5) - ...she [DJ Rap] demonstrates a knack for threading pop melodies through dance tunes keyed to drum-and-bass and other culty dance styles. She achieves raw yet very workable fusions...
Rolling Stone Magazine (05/27/1999)
...DJ Rap trades in her jungle breakbeats for a more pop sensibility, tacking sly vocals onto big beats and pairing saccharine dance grooves with fluttering keyboard washes...
CMJ (05/03/1999)
...LEARNING CURVE, [DJ RAP's] American debut, proves she can go break beat for break beat with most of her guy peers....Rap constructs multi-layered jungle tracks as dark and gritty as an after-hours club... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (06/04/1999)
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