Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape

Artist: Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Label: Maverick
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 093624798927
EAN: 0093624798927
ASIN: B00005UEAU

Release Date: 2002-06-04

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Tracks:

Dead Ni**a Blvd. (Part 1)
Hot Night
Interlude: Bla Bla Bla Dyba Dyba Dyba
Priorities 1-6
Pocketbook*
Berryfarms
Trust
Akel Dama (Field of Blood)
Earth
Better By The Pound
Criterion
GOD.FEAR.MONEY
Jabril
Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness)
Dead Ni**a Blvd. (Pt. 2)
"Pocketbook" (Missy Elliot and Rockwilder remix featuring Redman and Tweet)

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Customer Reviews:

Not like Anything Else.......2006-04-19

"Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape" an album released in 2002 was possibly the artist's most commercially accessible album. It fused rap and soul with subjects from Politics to relationships. It was also NdegeoCello's most explicit album. Her last album "Bitter" cannot be compared in any way to this offering as it is a completely different style of music. I respect that about NdegeoCello, she's able to change her style at her own ease and successfully make an amazing album.

1. "Dead Nigga Blvd. (Pt. 1)"- Great opener to the album which has a good message. Her voice is hard and she raps in this song. Very good.
2. "Hot Night"- A catchy political song. It is sung well by NdegeoCello and the raps are also good. The background music is very well done.
3. "Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba Dyba"- I don't like interludes so this one annoys me.
4. "Priorities 1-6"- Nice song. Great opening with a nice message.
5. "Pocketbook"- I find this song to be a weaker one on the album but it is still great. I just don't understand why it was the main single because there are better tracks on the album. Still it is good (though the instrumentation isn't great!).
6. "Berry Farms"- Great song about a same sex relationship that didn't work out because the other girl was denying that she knew NdegeoCello. Great, everything is great about this track.
7. "Trust"- The most sexual song I've heard from NdegeoCello. It has good instrumentation (especially the piano) and NdegeoCello's vocals are like silk. Beautiful track.
8. "Akel Dama (Field Of Blood)"- Acts as more of a poem than a song. I love it because it is very well written and makes perfect sense. This is writing at its best. "To truly be reborn you would have to gouge out your eyes cut out your tongue and cry like a baby thats been snatched away."
9. "Earth"- Brilliant song. The instruments are a good touch and add to the song. NdegeoCello sounds beautiful.
10. "Better By The Pound"- Great. A little less serious than the last few tracks and is placed in a good part of the album. It sounds quite spacey, like it belongs on her next album "Comfort Woman" but works well here.
11. "Criterion"- Good instrumentation but I don't like the start where you can hear her puffing a cigar because it encourages stereotyping and is kinda done a lot by everyone else. The song that developes though is very beautiful.
12. "GOD.FEAR.MONEY"- Great song with a funky feel to it. The lyrics are so good and make you think.
13. "Jabril"- My favourite track on the album as it feels personal and is beautiful. NdegeoCello's voice is pure and easy to listen to! The lyrics are amazing and the instrumentation is great. This song alone is worth the purchase of the CD (though the rest of the CD is also excellent!). This could be my favourite NdegeoCello song overall which is saying a lot as I love all her work.
14. "Dead Nigga Blvd. (Pt. 2)- Not as great as the first part but still very well done.
15. "Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness)"- I'll be honest and say I've never actually listened to this interlude because I usually don't see them as worthy!
16. "Pocketbook (Rockwilder and Missy Elliott Remix)"- Not as good as the original for the simple fact that Redman ruins the song.

Overall I think this is a brilliant album. I have only to complain about the "Pocketbook" remix and the interlude near the start (I can't really complain about the last one as I never listened to it). Other than that it is nearly a perfect album. I can't say its NdegeoCello's strongest effort as all of hers are so strong and none of them sound the same. I would strongly advise anyone to buy this album and any of NdegeoCello's. I would advise you all to start with "Peace Beyond Passion" though as this album takes a while to get into!

MARK- 9/10

Cookie: the anthropological mix tape.......2005-07-28

Meshell Ndegeocello is a once in a lifetime artist. Brilliant piece of work!

Cutting...edge...hip-hop for adults........2005-04-24

I first heard "Barry Farms" first on KCRW in L.A...then ran out and bought the CD. I am now arranging a cover for my band. Will have to have to give it to our male singer for most venues. I wonder if our female singer would do this one?
Bravura lyrics on the theme of Lesbian relationships, (toasted the ears of this middle-aged white male doctor).
Sensual but sophisticated, in no way obscene. Amazing.
esp. "Barry Farms" and "Pocketbook".
Very stylish jazz twists and turns in otherwise raw, throbbing hip-hop rhythms. First rate jazz instrumentalists.
Michelle's voice is the Anita Baker of street-rap. Hip-hop for adults.
Very, very original material and style.
(The righteous political/ghetto rhetoric on some cuts is sincere but has been done before. She should stick to her wry, I-don't-care ironic style when getting into done-before topics.)
At least 6-8 first rate cuts on this long album. Definitely not for kids, in every sense of the word. Worth every penny. Still amazes me a year later.

It's no "Passion"...but it's better than "Bitter".......2005-02-18

A bass player friend of mine turned me onto Meshell back when "Plantation Lullabies" was released in the early 90's.
I enjoyed it immensely. Then I bought "Peace Beyond Passion"
when it came out a few years later and that album placed her in the musical genius category in my mind.

I imagine it must be hard to compete with yourself whenever you release a stunning piece of work like that...particularly when you are allowing the events in your life to dictate the mood, tempo, and (unfortunetely) quality of your releases.

Meshell seems very angry here. There's nothing wrong with being angry, but when you put anger on a CD you have to know whether or not the audience wants to hear your anger. I didn't.
I just want to hear her kick out some nice groovin jams as she did on her first two CD's. The bitterness she exibited in her last release was even harder to listen to...what was it called? Oh yeah..."Bitter"!

There are a few of examples of nice groovin' jams here.,but much of it is overwhelmed with her anger. Being more of a jazz fan I listen to instrumentation first, arrangements second, then maybe lyrics last. Sometimes I don't even care what the artist is singing about as long as I dig the instrumentation and the songs have a nice groove and the album has a seminal flow.

The songs on this CD are too overwhelmed with politics, spoken word interludes, sound bites, etc. to allow you to focus on the music. I really hate when artists do that. Meshell, leave these tactics to Janet Jackson and gangsta rappers...your music is strong enough on it own without resorting to gimmicks.

If you are really into knowing what Me'shell is "feeling", then you will probably enjoy this CD more than I did. Meanwhile I'll just pop "...Passion" back in my car CD changer, crank it up, and enjoy her at her musical best.

Pure Funk.......2004-09-24

Cookie is the FUNKIEST...just the right mix of consciousness and pure musicianship. I bow to her bass. It's like that. "Earth" is the TRUTH...Gregoir's harmonica is almost as stunning as the lyrics on that joint. I'm a fan for life. I'm that fan that will buy her music even if she's singin the Popeye's menu. I'm there.

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