Nu Soul Sessions

Nu Soul Sessions Artist: Various Artists
Label: Sessions (Soh)
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 698458622921
EAN: 0698458622921
ASIN: B0009S2GN2


Release Date: 2005-06-16

Nu Soul Sessions


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Tracks:

  1. Bump It - Erykah Badu
  2. You Play Me - Amp Fiddler
  3. Be Thankful - Omar, Angie Stone
  4. Wanna Get - Reggie Watts
  5. I Gotta Go - Lizz Fields
  6. Dance - Larry Gold, Gerald LeVert
  7. Available
  8. So Hot - Rahsaan Patterson
  9. We Live in Philly - DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jill Scott
  10. She's Gone - Shaun Escoffery
  11. Dignity - Simon Kinny-Lewis
  12. Testin Me - Peven Everett
  13. Arruga [Remix] - Soulive
  14. Pressure - Andrew Roachford

Tracks:

  1. Wanna Be Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong) - Floetry, Mos Def
  2. Take Me Home - Sarah Devine
  3. Cloud 9 - Donnie
  4. Copasetik & Cool - Hil St. Soul, Roots Manuva
  5. Skyy, Can You Feel Me - Raphael Saadiq
  6. Stay - Conya Doss
  7. It's a Love Thing - Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth
  8. Dawning of a New Day - Vanessa Freeman
  9. Days of Young - Star 69
  10. Surely - DJ Spinna, Ovasoul7
  11. Leave Your Worries
  12. Say How I Feel - Rhian Benson, Dwele, Slum Village
  13. Two Hearts [Richy Pitch Modern Soul Re-Rub] - Juliette Leon,
  14. Lose Your Friends - Cooly's Hot Box

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  2. Hidden Hits, Vol. 1
  3. Soul Lounge, Vol. 1: The Vibe Compilation
  4. Soul Lounge, Vol. 2
  5. Neo-Soul United, Vol. 2

Album Details

A Healthy Helping of Exclusive, Upfront and Unreleased Tracks, Compiled by London Jazz Cafe's Adrian Gibson.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous!.......2007-04-06

The CD features well known and unknown neo soul artists. It's refreshing hearing music that goes beyond the "regular" music heard on typical radio stations. I started listening to neo soul via internet a couple of years ago and have been hooked ever since! Try 'em all!

4 out of 5 stars Something really NU...........2006-11-15

So, what is this thing called nu, neo, organic soul? Musically, you might place it as a blend of blues and rock, poetry, elements of hip hop, sensuality and sexuality. If you're looking for firm reference points for when it was christened, you could place a marker at 1995. D'angelo's landmark `brown sugar' album, maybe Lauryn Hill post-Fugees, Maxwell, Erykah Badu's `Baduizm', Me'shell N'Degeocello, Jill Scott. A time when, whilst hip hop and commercial R&B sported the latest Adidas and continued to bloat up and hone its finely polished gold-toothed swagger, a fresh band of black American vocalists were bearing their souls and developing a live, reflective, introspective, afro-centric alternative.

In all the music featured on nu soul sessions, there is plenty of direct lineage to trace and a whole spectrum of black music heritage oozing from the grooves. Obvious parallels to draw with the effortless, stripped back arrangements of Donny Hathaway, Minnie Riperton, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Roberta Flack, Billie Holiday, Regina Belle, Anita Baker, Nina Simone - "real" soul, black pride, sensitivity, love and understanding, a new confidence. As a poem by Mecca Donna states, "the lifestyle of soul, not just dashikis and afros, it's the silence in between the prose, the commas, the inhale..." the days of `90s conscious hip hop too - early Gangstarr, A Tribe Called Quest, KMD, De La Soul, all showing that hip hop could be a subtle, under-stated medium for positive messages.

Ten years on, the new generation of neo-soul artists have taken the music away from the dangers of stale, formulaic structures by opening themselves to other influences, treading new ground. All-new mavericks like Reggie Watts, Lizz Fields, Amos Lee and Goapele are not afraid to throw in some `80s synth-pop, African rhythms or folk into their beats. Anything goes in the new nu soul era and there are a whole bunch of artists up for taking risks. It is no coincidence either that they are releasing their music on smaller labels as major companies slash rosters and tighten their focus on the higher echelons of commercial success. For music fans looking for something new, for the music to progress rather than stagnate, these are happy days. Once more, we have a hint of the good ol' times when music fans had to search hard to find some of the best music. But don't get your hands dusty just yet. Thanks to sessions and our eagle-eyed compiler, Adrian Gibson of London's Jazz Café, you can leave your deerstalker at home and catch some of the best of the nu soul nu breed right here in one handy 2CD package, including a healthy helping of exclusive, upfront, unreleased tracks. It doesn't get any nu-er than that.

Music:

  1. What If ~ Hudson Young
  2. Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy ~ Bootsy Collins
  3. Teenage Party ~ Various Artists
  4. Sleepless Night ~ Alan Gorrie
  5. The Dakar Records A's & B's: The Hit Singles ~ Tyrone Davis
  6. 2 Piece & A Biscuit
  7. Club Epic Vol. 3 - A Collection Of Classic Dance Mixes ~ Various Artists
  8. Ain't Nothing Like a Big Woman ~ Big Cynthia
  9. It's On ~ Nu Flavor
  10. Sweet Exorcist

Music

Music

Music CD

Boleros Y Mas ~ Rolando Ojeda

Fiesta Sonidera ~ Various Artists

Sing-a-Long ~ Female Hits '98

Bluesilian ~ T%C3%A2nia Maria

Act One ~ Continuum

The Kaempfert Touch ~ Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra

2006 Ano de Exitos: Bachata y Merengue ~ Various Artists

Te Amare Vida Mia ~ Sultanes De Nuevo Leon

Mundo ~ El Otro Yo

Los Canarios del Norte ~ Los Canarios del Norte