I Was Young & I Needed the Money!

Artist: Clifford Gilberto
Label: Ninja Tune
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 625978103722
EAN: 0625978103722
ASIN: B00000DHRI

Release Date: 1998-11-10

I Was Young & I Needed the Money!

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Tracks:

Restless
Deliver The Weird
I Wish I Was A Motown Star
Ms. Looney's Last Embrace
A Different Forres
Soulbath
Kuia World
Skippy's First Samba Lesson
Earth Vs Me
Gaint Jumps
Concrete Cats
Brasilia Freestyle
I Was Young And I Needed The Money!
Ridiculo

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Customer Reviews:

Sounds a lot more like Squarepusher to me........2002-12-07

Some of these songs sound like they sampled Squarepusher, were done by Tom J. himself, or just ripped him off. Anyway, they're very well done, similar to and nearly as good as say, Hard Normal Daddy or Big Loada. I suppose many of the songs sound similar to Amon Tobin as well, but I guess I just don't notice it as much. Probably because I prefer Squarepusher. (Although I certainly admire Mr. Tobin a lot as well.) Some of these tracks are really great and make me wanna get down and hyperfunky, but then sometimes they get kinda stale for me. Recommended.

Unbelievable Music.......2002-08-18

Cliff is a true jazz composer regardless of heavy use of sequencers. I have never heard more amazing drum n' bass in my lifetime. I am a big fan of Amon Tobin and Squarepusher, but I find Gilberto is in a unique spot on the jazzy drum n' bass continuum that sets him apart from these two. Lots of fast upright bass and drum sequences mixed with brilliant keyboard sounds and even a sample of a guy saying "attention k-mart shoppers". The melodies and harmonies emplored in his music rivals the likes of Herbie, the Beatles, Nirvana, Mozart and beyond. Get this album and you will not be dissappointed(granted you like jazzy drum n' bass)

Amon Tobin's First Cousin Delivers The Weird.......2002-03-12

When I first heard this, I thought the same thing that a lot of people thought: "What's Amon Tobin doing with yet another pseudonym?" However, closer inspection reveals similar influences but rather different results. Whereas Amon Tobin's pieces, particularly his later works, seem to have an underlying structure and several repeated themes, Gilberto's seem chaotic and more improvisational, at times meshing to points of brilliance, and occasionally disintegrating to dullness or apparent randomness. I'm generally not a fan of the cartoon samples either. The one at the end of the title cut to me messes up a really neat ending.
My favorite pieces:
I Was Young And I Needed The Money - The title cut is a good intro to Gilberto's style. The heavy drum'n'bossa influence is strongly apparent here, and the choral theme that appears a few times is my favorite part. This song, or portions thereof, was also featured in an interesting indie short I saw on Atom Films called Black XXXMas (no, it's not porn).
Giant Jumps - This song starts off with the usual weird stuff, and then coalesces into an electronic take on a hot jazz session. There are definitely echoes of jazz classic "Giant Steps" in here.
Earth Vs Me - The intro to this song is just slamming junglesque noise, the intricacies of which you could explore for a good while. I found myself replaying the first minute of this song and listening to the transitions. Lovers of Squarepusher's "Come Now My Selecta" would dig the opening, but the flavor does change a bit and it mellows out to a pretty solid track with the typical Gilberto influences.
Soulbath - This song would be at home on any smooth jazz station, and goes full on into the jazz portion of his interests. The guitar and the steady beat make for a nod-your-head, drink-in-your-hand summer afternoon kind of track.
There are some other great tracks on here as well, but these are the standouts that I replay the most.
I give it 4 stars for originality and quality, I'm reserving the 5th star because I had negative feelings about a couple of tracks and other details.

...this needs ritalin..........2002-01-25

...i have listened to this several times and still dont know what to make of it...my reactions veer from "whutha'ell!?!" to "whutha'fu#k?!?"....enjoyable, omost pleasant one moment; jus plain noisy the next.
the best way for me to describe this is if you let a romper room full of hyperactive kids have access to some jazz records, a sampler, a recording studio and chocolate!!!
electronic-freejazz-on-acid...
even tho i gave it four stars i might give it only one tomorrow...and then five stars the day after that!
this is the armeggedon filtered thru the ghost of dizzy gillespie and medeski, martin & wood...
both calming and chaotic! (and now my head hurts!)....

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