The Detroit Experiment

Artist: The Detroit Experiment
Label: Rope a Dope
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075679313829
EAN: 0075679313829
ASIN: B000089CP8

Release Date: 2003-03-18

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Tracks:

Think Twice
Space Odyssey
Midnight At The 20 Grand
Too High
Revelation (Instrumental)
Interlude
Church
There Is A G-D
Baby Needs New Shoes
Space Break
The Way We Make Music
Unknown
Bonus Track 1
Bonus Track 2

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Customer Reviews:

Jazz fans will get bored.......2007-01-09

If you don't like repetitive DJ material (or Medeski for that matter), you probably won't appreciate this effort. The musicianship is superb, but serious jazz fans might appreciate the Philadelphia Experiment more (Uri Caine, ?uest Love). I would like to hear the original cuts from this album before it was handed over to Carl Craig.

I missed it.......2004-01-26

I saw this CD in the store and I kept looking at it. I had previously purchased the Philadelphia Experiment CD and I loved it. I do not know what made me put this CD back. Now after hearing for the first time I think Detroit is definitely on the map with this one. Regina Carter is just smooth. This is just a smooth jazzy groovy album. I love it. If you like jazz, be bop, hip hop then this is it. You just got to have this one.

I like this one - a lot.......2003-09-04

I like surprises. I like things that zig and zag in unexpected but pleasant ways. I'm not a purist. I think that mixing contrasting elements lends interest and excitement.

I'm not a big jazz fan, but I'm finding that if you give jazz a good groove, I like it.

All this is background for my opinion that this is an outstanding collection. Each piece stands on it's own, contrasts nicely with the other entries without any (to me) jarring discordancies, and internally, nicely contrasts the sophistication of jazz compositional elements with more contemporary rhythmic and production influences in varying degrees; some tracks the jazz influence predominates, on others the hip-hop or techno influences come to the fore.

I agree with another reviewer that the Amp Fiddler track sounds like "Stevie Wonder on a ... drug trip", but to be honest, it's the kind of zig or zag that I think makes this CD very entertaining and enjoyable.

Banger!!!.......2003-06-24

D-town has done it this time. I smooth mix of jazz and hip-hop. You need this one for your collection.

It was good, not great, just good.......2003-05-23

My only problem with this record is that it is just not close to being as good as the original "Experiment" in Philadelphia. On this record it is clear that those who should have had the most influence with the record did not. The all to present techo in the record in my mind brings the entire cd down. This album easily could have been as good or better than the original, given the talent present, however in my mind it falls sadly short.

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