Everyone Deserves Music

Everyone Deserves Music Artist: Michael Franti & Spearhead
Label: Reincarnate Music
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 801190113521
EAN: 0801190113521
ASIN: B0000AQS0I


Release Date: 2003-08-19

Everyone Deserves Music


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Tracks:

  1. What I Be
  2. We Don't Stop
  3. Everyone Deserves Music
  4. Never Too Late
  5. Bomb The World
  6. Pray For Grace
  7. Love Why Did You Go Away?
  8. Yes I Will
  9. Feelin' Free
  10. Love Invincible
  11. Bomb The World (Armageddon Version)
  12. Crazy, Crazy, Crazy

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As usual, Michael Franti and Spearhead resist any kind of pigeonholing. Though it could be loosely classified as a hip-hop album, <I>Everyone Deserves Music</I> is, more accurately, a well-crafted and eclectic collection of political protest songs and power ballads. Franti and crew confidently build upon a vast array of musical styles, ranging from the electro-Caribbean funk that bubbles through "Pray for Grace" to the smooth, classic-rock styling of "Love Why Did You Go Away." "We Don't Stop," featuring Gift Of Gab's adept rhymes, recalls the Clash's instrumental party track, "The Magnificent Dance." R&B singer Ledisi adds soul to the Sly & Robbie-produced "Bomb the World (Armageddon Version)." The disc also contains a 23-minute mini-documentary, which highlights the band's creative process. Spearhead is a band unafraid to bring positivity to light and listeners should appreciate the message. To quote Franti himself, "Power to the peaceful." <I>--Rebecca Levine</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of my favourite albums of this decade.......2007-02-16

This is a definite 5 star album ! Wonderful songs, terrific vibrant playing, socially-aware lyrics, and underlying all of this music is a strong source of positive energy, which would seem to originate from the person of Michael Franti himself. There are uplifiting soul-inspired songs , such as the breezy Feeling Free, the rousing and chorus-driven title tune Everyone Deserves Music , and my favourite song on the album the inspirational, fantastic Yes I Will. Songs don't come better than this one! Slow tune Love Why Did You Go Away has a gradual building tempo, while more immediate tunes like the pretty Pray For Grace, the opening track What I Be and the funk wordplay of We Don't Stop also work very well. Definitely check out the landmark song Bomb The World, which is a cry for peace in a time when there seem to be new wars starting up in lots of places. It's a great song that everyone ought to pay attention to. It also appears in a second, rather different dub-influenced version as the penultimate track. Love Invincible and quiet final track Crazy Crazy Crazy round out this invaluable recording that manages to use many different musical elements to comprise a wonderful whole.

I'm sure it's been said before by others, but everyone deserves THIS music !

One of my favourite albums of this decade so far.

5 out of 5 stars Purely Sublime.......2006-08-01

I just can't get enough of this album. I first heard of Michael Franti & Spearhead when hanging out at a friends house who only had three cds, one of which was "Stay Human." In no time I found the lyrics from that album running through my head all day, so I decided to make my next cd purchase a Spearhead album. Since I got this cd it has become the most played album of my collection. Never have I hear a musician draw from so many genres of music so effortlessly. The album has such an array of different sounds, and each song is diverse in of itself. When you add that to some of the finest contemporary protest poetry, you're left with an irresistable cd that is perfect for any situation... chillin' out by yourself at home, or cranking up the positive vibrations at a party. If you like any forms of hip-hop, soul, r&b, reggae, folk music, or really any good music in general, this is a must have for your collection

5 out of 5 stars One of the best CDs ever.......2006-03-22

This CD is fantastic!! It's not very often when I can say that I truly like every song on the CD. The music is wonderful and the sentiment is even better. I can't wait to hear more from this fantastic artist!!

5 out of 5 stars Spearhead Rocks.......2006-03-01

I have been to every concert and these guys rock my world. This CD is the bomb!! You gotta have this CD especially if you like to kick back and enjoy a little cebba once in a while. Peace

5 out of 5 stars Franti legitimizes the art of hip-hop.......2005-12-23

I'm not a hip-hop, R&B or rap fan by any stretch of the imagination. Then again, to cram Franti and Spearhead into any one of these categories does a huge disservice to the incredible blend of intelligent and human lyrics, fantastic grooves and masterful engineering.

I first heard "Yes I Will" on the local radio station and I fell in love immediately. It was far outside the norm of what I listen to, but it was so full of feeling and raw power that I went out and bought the CD right away. I was a bit surprised to hear it. I had no idea what Franti and Spearhead was all about.

Everyone Deserves Music is definitely a one of a kind in my collection not only because of the genre, but because of the incredible force. This is by far one of the best releases of the past decade. This is a "desert island disc" plain and simple. If you don't own this, do your ears and your brain a favor and go get it.

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