| 1. Dark Matter |
| 2. Don't Disturb the Peace |
| 3. Children Say |
| 4. Ladybug Come Outside |
| 5. Show the World |
| 6. Mr. Mayor |
| 7. Dogg Starr |
| 8. Leaving It All Behind |
| 9. Sexual Alchemy |
| 10. Centre of Nowhere |
| 11. Please Don't |
| 12. Last Train (featuring Martin Luther) |
| 13. Sweet & Polite |
| 14. Suicidethol |
| 15. You Never Get Over It |
| 16. Remember When? |
| 17. Oh Poor You |
| 18. Step Up Wise |
Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
In early 1993, the full glare of the spotlight shone on an unassuming young woman from Washington, D.C.: Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira, and her rhyming partners Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving. As Digable Planets, they constructed a unique melding of streetwise hip-hop with ultra-cool jazz loops and solos. Their debut album, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), was an instant success and included the Top 20 single "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat). This track scored the trio a Grammy and is considered one of the most influential 12 inches in Hip Hop history. In just two short years Digable Planets had built a world wide fan base that craved their sophisticated sound. As swiftly as the trio had burst onto the scene they disappeared from it, as rap music veered in a gangsta direction. Although it has been over a decade since Ladybug Mecca has been out of the musical eye, music has never left her life.
Product Description
Ladybug Mecca returns with a body of work that she considers a combination of her life experiences. She is back and stronger than ever with her highly anticipated solo release "Trip the Light Fantastic".
Funk sensations to mirror ball bliss to the best love song I have heard in years: What Have We Started?, which is rivaled by the hopeful Today the Sun's On Us.
Sophie even makes stalking fun: "Run to where you want...I am going to find you...There ain't no distance far enough..There ain't no engine fast enough. I am going to Catch You."
I will be waking up with these songs in my head for weeks.
She first grabbed my attention with Murder on the Dance Floor and soon after, Mixed Up World. When Catch You hit the play lists, it was exactly what I had hoped for and Supersonic has gone even beyond! I can't stop listening to this song!
Some have said that "Supersonic" is the 'worst' song on the album. I like it for providing a different feeling from the rest of the album. The song has energy. Most of the album is made up of synth beats that complement but blend with Sophie's already hypnotic, if not meditative, vocals. "Catch You", "Love is Here", "Only One", "China Heart", and "Today, the Sun's on Us" provide guitars, stanzas, choruses, bridges, and emotional changes in the vocals. They stand out, to me, as stronger songs than the likes of "If I Can't Dance", and "The Distance Between Us" which start with a generic synth sound and after 3 or 4 odd minutes of innocuous vocals you find yourself with no idea of what just passed.
I am a fan and am pleased as punch to have this album. However, I think that Sophie should break out of her shell a little more and take a few more risks with her vocal stylings. Not because I dislike "Lips", "Hip", and "Trip", but we have that sound already. Overall, It's beautiful, a good listen. I could drop a couple of songs but, hey, I liked the ones others didn't, so- Something for everyone I suppose.
"Love is Here" is worth buying the album- This really ought to be a single. "What Have We Started" is gorgeous. It has violins, cymbals, a sort of 'later Abba' rock-pop melody and the best Vocals on the album.
I was kinda right.
It was all that and more. I remember Ladybuy describing her album as "music", rather than tying it down to a single genre, and the album is evidence to its truth. From her classic hiphop/spoken word vibe from DP, to her ventures into alt-rock vibes, pop-ish sounds, jazzy and new-age sounds, the album's all over the place, yet they all share a similar ambiance that Ladybug's vocals create.
No other featured vocalists (aside from the skits), but it's nothing to trip about, ladybug keeps it poppin. Def recommend.
The solo debut of the female Digable Planets member is very eclectic. It goes from Hip Hop to R&B to Pop to Rock to... some stuff I'd hesitate to categorize. This may explain the lack of radio play, but that usually means an artist's music is not trite or cliché.
The 18 tracks consist of an intro (track 1), a skit (track 14), and 16 songs. Lyrics are not included in the booklet. The CD is not in a jewel case - it is in a two-panel unlatched flip-open cardboard jacket with a plastic CD holder.
I wrote this review while listening to the album beginning to end. Lyrics in parentheses are ones I guessed at. Though not an easy task, I would rank the tracks in order from most superb to least superb but still good as follows: 15, 4, 9, 13, 12, 5, 11, 14, 18, 16, 3, 17, 8, 7, 2, 1, 10, 6
1. Dark Matter. A very nice instrumental intro. Wind chimes. Makes you think because of the title. If you listen with headphones, you can hear some conversation in the background. Not sure what it's about.
2. Don't Disturb the Peace. This one's an alt-rock style track. Very short and to the point. "...she didn't know the consequence of being an unconditional punching bag breathing"... "Oh, what a mental game--so irrational--Have you ever had a conversation with a head case?" This was the first song that caught my attention, not only because it's the first song on the album, but because of that hook. I think this is going to turn out to be a very revealing album. "What is up with you when you just talk that shi+ and don't live up to that? Sucka-free, now sucka, get back." Damn those abusive relationships.
3. Children Say. "I used to hang out in my room, just sit around watching TV. I'd watch the stories on the news. I'd swear it all was deceiving `mysterious weather patterns sweep the nation'... I close my eyes, a child... *dag, am I going to live to see my 15th birthday???* I ask my mommy why... the situation has come as far to this." Interesting trip back in time. Children know when things ain't right. Young Ladybug was no exception.
4. Ladybug Come Outside. A funky, bouncy track that re-introduces the hip hop Ladybug to those who have been waiting for so long. I love it! "Raise your right fist, in Goddess we trust. Mama Earth where we dwell (is adverse to us).....[She's flows on this one] It's the beginning of the end, the beginning of the end, of the paradigm shift, so...run `n' tell a friend. " "Walk the walk with those like-minded. Talk the talk... to the ones that are blinded." "Ladybug, Ladybug, spit one rhyme. Miss Ladybug Mecca, do you still have time?" "Ladybug, Ladybug, my oh my, I'm glad you left the game, `cause you back on time."
5. Show the World. Another airy, mellow track with a Latin feel that showcases the beauty of Ladybug's singing voice. "You're 9-to-5'ing, your bills are piling, but there's no dollar still"... "The streets is violent, your daughter's wyling, you've done all you can do"... "Smile with your eyes...speak with your heart...and show the world some soul...show the world...it ain't easy...show the world...this is you." "A bad decision...the wrong religion...we all are on our path..." "Sometimes we may fall, it's all good, we will make it ..." "Smile with your eyes..."
6. Mr. Mayor. A rock'n'rollish track that hasn't quite grown on me yet, but has a lot of interesting experimentation, including a little scratching here and there and some guitar riffs. "Parade around like you've got something to do; if you're livin' for the people, why do I see right through?" "You are (a fraud), you are (not large), you are (not in charge)." I hope I got those lyrics right-kind of difficult to decipher.
7. Dogg Starr. Wow. A track called Sirius B/Dog Star. She's rapping on this track and "All the way live, everyday life, live from Earth-yo, I hit you from the Dog Star... broadcast where we see-Sirius B." "Now you see the complexity it takes to compete--simple minds and simple rhymes play the back seat. Regu-lar shi+ lo-ses, don't get abused, kid." A lot of interesting sound/music effects going on here as well.
8. Leaving It All Behind. A little vignette of a conversation/debate between Mecca and a homegirl during which Mecca floats away into dreams of leaving the projects for the beach. Segues into another very light, airy, flute-enhanced, Latin-flavoured ditty that, to my mind, recalls 1970's feel-good songs that became TV show soundtracks. "Sheeeeeee walks alone, but she says she'll never cry... Sheeeeeeee says that the game's an illusion, living in twisted confusion.....and she's leaving them all behiiiiind." "Sheeeeee loves to play with ladybugs in trees...sheeeeeees gone bon voyage on a journey, giving into all the yearning, and relieving her slave-made mind..." Ends with her heading off to catch her bus and bidding farewell to her homegirl.
9. Sexual Alchemy. Keep up with the pace, now. Do I hear a Fela Kuti horns intro??? Oh my GOSH, this is TOO funky!!! Oh, this is off the hook. "To the break of May, or to Auset, catch me in a fre-quen-cy--unh. In your wildest dreams, ever knew this thing? Sexual Al-che-my--unh." "Let us come two-gether like mag-netic. Imagine there's no pain, `magine there's no shame, no longer each other to blame. Dabble in a little bit... if you don't like it, split." Now see, this here is artistry. What a complete and total reinvention of the squeaky, rusty wheel. There's much more, but you've gotta buy the cow to get the milk, darlings.
10. Centre of Nowhere. There's some more Latin flavour here, and a lot of harmonizing. Another throwback to the `70s. I can tell there's some EWF influence here. More flutes. I just love it. "Living at the center of nowhere, puncturing your wings, knowing change will come." "All you've got to do is tell yourself to leave the burden behind you." Definitely sounds like Esthero on this one.
11. Please Don't. More Latin flavour! I LOVE the drum intro! Some spoken word, too 4 ya! Mellow. "So... please don't, unless you like the rejection of my tone..." "He thinks he's really that slick cat. He thinks he's intelligent, all that. [Wow, reminds me of Jill Scott!] Well, Supafly, check out the headlines. Chicks like me, we see you from miles & miles." "It's cool and all, that now you can talk that junk--got the noni, then you ran like a punk. But we know the truth though, you really in a smokeless funk--took a tad, now you think you a hunk. You're just imaginin', fathomin' havin' it like that. When you abuse your sexuality, it makes you feminine, Jack. Who wants a man like that? And that's a fact. So please keep it movin', `cause there ain't no turnin' back." H!Hwellll.
12. Last Train. Oh, a really nice jazzy one. Martin Luther: "Last train for Mary will be leaving (choo-choooo), better get your ticket. Headed for freedom, it's time to shiiiiiine." This is a fun one. I feel like doing the Lindy Hop. Listen to that piano! Ladybug: "It was 7:45 in the a.m.--I am... taking time off for Mec, and you know how... I keep it going, `cause things are what I make it, and who I am is mine for sure." Martin Luther: "You got me huffin' and puffin', I'm chuggin' like a choo-choo train (Choo! Choo!)... the state of the world might make you want to go insane... so keep on pushin' `til you reach a better day." Ladybug: "Embrace the spirits around you. Be one with the sun, devour your power." "The intentions of your soul is pure. Your mind is deeper than the ocean floor." "It's like shimmy shimmy cocoa puff, shimmy shimmy sham. I'm gonna buy myself some gold, and buy myself some land." *snapping to the melody*
13. Sweet & Polite. Oh, I like this one. "I'm always on my job, straight creepin' through the fog..." I LOVE this song! "...up top, cop it--bet. You know it's...LadyBug Mecc..... Fall-in...to my velocity, and do a couple ohms and open up to something clear." "She's so sweet and polite, petite and (on the blithe). A rebel on the outskirts, cute, clever, make it hurt. She's so sweet and polite, petite and (on the blithe). Tricky like I'm doin' dirt, cute, clever, make it hurt." Sprinkle a lil' Portuguese lingo about here and there. "Cops hide behind the gun, kid shot the same night, oh shi+, that's what's up, be prepared to head it up."
14. Suicidethol. Time for a little commercial break.
Ladybug: "Walking through the park used to be such a drag. My runny nose would always let me know that Spring was on the way. But since I've started taking Suicidathol, I have no secretions at all." Gentleman: "Suicidathol killufast tablets help control natural body fluids by drying them up permanently, over a short period of time-in most cases. It can help you feel confident that your nose won't run ever again. Common side effects include kidney failure, liver damage.......muscle pain, fast heartbeat, sore throat and urinating every two minutes." This is a hilarious parody! I've only given bits & pieces of it.
15. You Never Get Over It. My very favorite song on the whole entire album. Starts slow, then is upbeat but melancholy. "What do you think of first thing when you wake up? What do you think of when the one you love is suf-fer-ing the most? What do you do when some-one tells you they're going away for a long, long time and the echoes from the pit of your heart keeps go-ing and they don't stop, no, no, they just don't stop." "Standing on the top of the roof just look-ing up. A sprinkle of cotton and turquoise blow as re-ality stings when the (*?*) rings. What do you do when someone tells you they're going away, and you must be brave, and there's gonna be some time and a little re-action, but it's the way and it's not going to change and.." "...loneliness and visions of you got me react-in a language a girl can't even imagine... loneliness and visions of you got me re-act-in a language a girl can't articulate when it... comes to love I have for you, for you. Comes to love I have for you, for you, for you." "What good does it do when your definitions can't de-fine the emotion through your religion?" This song is incredibly deep and touching once you find out Sista Mecca lost both parents within a short time of one another following the recording of the Blowout Comb album.
16. Remember When? You guessed it. Some more Latin flava. Trance makes an appearance. Drumming, Spanish guitar, background chant-like vocalizing. "Remember when I touched your soul? I know that I was outta control. Are you Dogon? Where are you from? You're not from here. Wanna make you mine, protect you. This is divine, I respect you." Some more Portuguese crooning. Something really out of this world tends to occur whenever Spanish guitar & percussion are overlayed. Outstanding.
17. Oh Poor You. This one has a "rock" feel to it. "My life has been nothing but a blessing to date. Even through the unknown confessions of hate." "And for the so-called profit...dude, you need to stop it." "My trust lies in the Truth between the lines. And everyday's a test of the soul, I know. It took a while to sift through the weeds in the garden. Deeply rooted demons (in deceit) for my stardom. Yeah, she's back and with the synergy. Retrograde couldn't even stop my energy. Or the gravity pull a woman has on a man when the moon is full and in demand, yeah." "Oh poor you. So sad and so con-fused. You want mercy. Just thirst the attention, and you thrill in your neglection." Oops. Somebody wasn't worthy, mature or understanding enough to wear the King's crown.
18. Step Up Wise. Oh! Snap to this! Here comes the Rebirth of Slick bass groove. No mistaking this one. "No, it's no joke, no game, it's live. You want the Truth, *slick*, step up wise." "...Unh like it is, yeah, cold, green light. Queens, don't stress, don't fuss, don't fight." "Again, it's the *slick*, I kissed it and blessed it. Never have to ask, is there born another classic? Go'n switch your car, it don't matter, that's chatter. But we joke: How I zone? (Yeah... you know how it goes.)"
i caint lie... i was expeckin the rebirth of the rebirth of slick or sumphn.
i dint quite get it... instead... i got pleasantly surprised...
lilsista seriously comes thru soundin more like res or esthero than her ol' old way, and that's not a bad thang.
(unless'n you jus some ol' hard-rock/stubborn as hell and dont wanna give in to the progressiveness of an artist... that aint you is it?)
but,
i caint lie #2... ladybug remains one of our top two female hip hop artists (lauryn hill's the other) and I WAS A HOPIN AND A WISHIN for her to kick it like she useta... if she dont carry the weight, then who?
'trip the light' is more enjoyable to me than aya or m.i.a.'s cd... (my opinion)
so get this
and slip into a whole nother kinda cool...
Supersonic is fun & light. China Heart, Love is Here, The Distance Between Us and Today the Sun's On Us all demonstrate her ability to combine evocative lyrics and great pop melodies. Of course the singles, Catch Me and Me and My Imagination, are wonderfully catchy and instantly singable.
Enjoy!
This is a sharp LP full of great dance songs and great ideas. It is the sum of all that was good about her first two records, but with a consistancy heretofor largely unseen in the pop music world- nearly every single track is perfectly nuanced and connects with the tracks around it. Of particular quality are the second single "Me And My Imagination" (an Ibiza-influenced disco song with lovely swirling violins), "China Heart" (a vibrating bass-backed dance song about fragile emotions), and the quite remarkable "The Distance Between Us," which pulls not just at the heartstrings with its lush atmosphere and poignant lyrical content, but also at the nostalgia that comes with hearing synths used to such ballad-extraordinary heights.
On the whole this is one of the best albums of the past few years, and it, as well as its great singles are well worth the price of buying the import.
She's back here with Trip the Light Fantastic, and she doesn't disappoint on this one. It's by far her most modern-sounding album, with only a few retro-sounding songs mixed in here and there. First single "Catch You" is catchy and guitar driven, and leads off the album nicely. Second single "Me & My Imagination" sounds like it came directly off of Read My Lips, as does "If I Can't Dance" does with Shoot From the Hip. "Today the Sun's on Us," "The Distance Between Us," "Love is Here," and "What Have We Started" are basically all the same song thematically (about how much she loves her man), but they're all accompanied by memorable hooks and mid tempo dance grooves that keep them distiguishable and fresh. "New York City Lights" and "China Heart" are refreshingly heavy dance gems compared to the lighter fare Sophie is usually producing, and they're two of the best songs on the album. Which bring us to the best song and the worst two, which fizzle toward the end of the album and come off sounding like B-sides. 60s go-go isn't her thing, as evidenced by "Only One" and "New Flame" proves she's no Pat Benetar. Last but not least, "If You Go" is a piece of pure pop perfection, and for my money is one of Sophie's top 3 songs ever.
1. Catch you
2. Me and my imagination
3. Today the sun's on us
4. New York city lights
5. If I can't dance
6. The distance between us
7. If you go
8. Only one
9. Love is here
10. New flame
11. China heart
12. What have we started
13. Can't have it all
14. Supersonic
"Trip the light fantastic" is UK songstress Sophie Ellis-Bextor's third release, and the sound is guitar dance/pop.
Sophie first came to general attention on the Groovejet hit "Spiller (If it aint love)", a catchy dance number with a groovy bassline, and her detached, but crisp enunciation floating above it all, as well as her solo smash, the similar "Murder on the dancefloor".
Fans of those songs won't be disappointed. The violin filled "Me and my imagination", the disco sounding "If I can't dance", and the eurodisco sound of "Supersonic" and "New York city lights" are aimed firmly at the clubs, and they don't miss.
Lead off single "Catch you" is a catchy slice of guitar/dance/pop, as is the sunny sounding "Only one".
"If you go" is a melodic midtempo number with dreamy harmonies, while the dreamy ballad "The distance between us" is simply lovely. "Today the sun's on us" is a great chugging midtempo rock/pop number, rather Natalie Imbruglia-like.
"New flame" is an incredibly catchy latin tinged dance number, while the similar synth driven "China heart" (with lovely harmonies) has Giorgio Moroder overtones.
A very good pop record, which is a rare feat these days.
In early 1993, the full glare of the spotlight shone on an unassuming young woman from Washington, D.C.: Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira, and her rhyming partners Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving. As Digable Planets, they constructed a unique melding of streetwise hip-hop with ultra-cool jazz loops and solos. Their debut album, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), was an instant success and included the Top 20 single "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat). This track scored the trio a Grammy and is considered one of the most influential 12 inches in Hip Hop history. In just two short years Digable Planets had built a world wide fan base that craved their sophisticated sound. As swiftly as the trio had burst onto the scene they disappeared from it, as rap music veered in a gangsta direction. Although it has been over a decade since Ladybug Mecca has been out of the musical eye, music has never left her life.
Product Description
Ladybug Mecca returns with a body of work that she considers a combination of her life experiences. She is back and stronger than ever with her highly anticipated solo release "Trip the Light Fantastic".
Trip the Light Fantastic,Ladybug Mecca,Nu Paradigm,Pop,R&B,Soul/R & B
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ASIN: B000PC1PQQ Release Date: 2007-05-22 |
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International 12 track pressing of this 2007 album from the former vocalist for '90s hopefuls The Audience. Sophie's long-awaited third solo album arrives after a life-changing break during which she married Richard Jones, bassist with The Feeling and gave birth to her son, Sonny. Trip The Light Fantastic' sees her on sparkling form Having worked with some of Pop's finest names on the album (Cathy Dennis, Fred Schnieder from The B52s, Dan Gillespie Sells from The Feeling and Xenomania), Trip The Light Fantastic includes the classic-in-the-making single, 'Catch You'. Universal. 2007.
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ASIN: B000OZ29RI Release Date: 2007-05-28 |
Tracks:
- Catch You
- Me and My Imagination
- Today the Sun's on Us
- New York City Lights
- If I Can't Dance
- Distance Between Us
- If You Go
- Only One
- Love Is Here
- New Flame
- China Heart
- What Have We Started?
- Can't Have It All [*]
- Supersonic [*]
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UK 14-track pressing of this 2007 album from the former vocalist for '90s hopefuls The Audience includes two bonus tracks, 'Can't Have It All' & 'Supersonic'. Sophie's long-awaited third solo album arrives after a life-changing break during which she married Richard Jones, bassist with The Feeling and gave birth to her son, Sonny. Trip The Light Fantastic' sees her on sparkling form Having worked with some of Pop's finest names on the album (Cathy Dennis, Fred Schnieder from The B52s, Dan Gillespie Sells from The Feeling and Xenomania), Trip The Light Fantastic includes the classic-in-the-making single, 'Catch You'. Universal.Album Details
2007 Release of the Third Studio Album from the Popular British Singer Songwriter Comes after a Several Years Sabbatical, Starting a Family with Husband Richard Jones of the Feeling. For this Outing, Ms. Bextor Collaborated with Fred Schneider (Lead Singer of the B-52's), Richard Barone (Who was a Member of the New Wave Band the Bongos), Former D-mob Frontwoman and Songwriter Extraordinaire Cathy Dennis, Former Alisha's Attic Member Shelly Poole and Kerin Smith, who Used to Be in Ellis-bextor's First Band Theaudience. The Overriding Theme of this Album is Relaxation with Fun, Fun, Fun, Spiced with Dance Party Beats all Around! this Edition Includes Two Exclusive Songs!Customer Reviews:
I love this album.......2007-07-26
Funk sensations to mirror ball bliss to the best love song I have heard in years: What Have We Started?, which is rivaled by the hopeful Today the Sun's On Us.
Sophie even makes stalking fun: "Run to where you want...I am going to find you...There ain't no distance far enough..There ain't no engine fast enough. I am going to Catch You."
I will be waking up with these songs in my head for weeks.
Supersonic.......2007-07-24
She first grabbed my attention with Murder on the Dance Floor and soon after, Mixed Up World. When Catch You hit the play lists, it was exactly what I had hoped for and Supersonic has gone even beyond! I can't stop listening to this song!
More of the same.......2007-07-10
Some have said that "Supersonic" is the 'worst' song on the album. I like it for providing a different feeling from the rest of the album. The song has energy. Most of the album is made up of synth beats that complement but blend with Sophie's already hypnotic, if not meditative, vocals. "Catch You", "Love is Here", "Only One", "China Heart", and "Today, the Sun's on Us" provide guitars, stanzas, choruses, bridges, and emotional changes in the vocals. They stand out, to me, as stronger songs than the likes of "If I Can't Dance", and "The Distance Between Us" which start with a generic synth sound and after 3 or 4 odd minutes of innocuous vocals you find yourself with no idea of what just passed.
I am a fan and am pleased as punch to have this album. However, I think that Sophie should break out of her shell a little more and take a few more risks with her vocal stylings. Not because I dislike "Lips", "Hip", and "Trip", but we have that sound already. Overall, It's beautiful, a good listen. I could drop a couple of songs but, hey, I liked the ones others didn't, so- Something for everyone I suppose.
"Love is Here" is worth buying the album- This really ought to be a single. "What Have We Started" is gorgeous. It has violins, cymbals, a sort of 'later Abba' rock-pop melody and the best Vocals on the album.
Sheer brilliance; it simply doesn't get any better than this.........2007-06-15
Best of the Three.......2007-06-14
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ASIN: B0009IRKZG Release Date: 2005-06-28 |
Tracks:
- Dark Matter
- Don't Disturb the Peace
- Children Say
- Ladybug Come Outside
- Show the World
- Mr. Mayor
- Dogg Starr
- Leaving It All Behind
- Sexual Alchemy
- Centre of Nowhere
- Please Don't
- Last Train (featuring Martin Luther)
- Sweet & Polite
- Suicidethol
- You Never Get Over It
- Remember When?
- Oh Poor You
- Step Up Wise
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Ladybug Mecca returns with a body of work that she considers a combination of her life experiences. She is back and stronger than ever with her highly anticipated solo release "Trip the Light Fantastic".Customer Reviews:
Plesant surprise.......2007-07-02
I was kinda right.
It was all that and more. I remember Ladybuy describing her album as "music", rather than tying it down to a single genre, and the album is evidence to its truth. From her classic hiphop/spoken word vibe from DP, to her ventures into alt-rock vibes, pop-ish sounds, jazzy and new-age sounds, the album's all over the place, yet they all share a similar ambiance that Ladybug's vocals create.
No other featured vocalists (aside from the skits), but it's nothing to trip about, ladybug keeps it poppin. Def recommend.
Proof most good music is outside the mainstream.......2006-07-05
The solo debut of the female Digable Planets member is very eclectic. It goes from Hip Hop to R&B to Pop to Rock to... some stuff I'd hesitate to categorize. This may explain the lack of radio play, but that usually means an artist's music is not trite or cliché.
The 18 tracks consist of an intro (track 1), a skit (track 14), and 16 songs. Lyrics are not included in the booklet. The CD is not in a jewel case - it is in a two-panel unlatched flip-open cardboard jacket with a plastic CD holder.
Takin it to the next.......2006-02-26
She's Back On Time/Broadcast Where We See/Run & Tell A Friend.......2006-02-10
I wrote this review while listening to the album beginning to end. Lyrics in parentheses are ones I guessed at. Though not an easy task, I would rank the tracks in order from most superb to least superb but still good as follows: 15, 4, 9, 13, 12, 5, 11, 14, 18, 16, 3, 17, 8, 7, 2, 1, 10, 6
1. Dark Matter. A very nice instrumental intro. Wind chimes. Makes you think because of the title. If you listen with headphones, you can hear some conversation in the background. Not sure what it's about.
2. Don't Disturb the Peace. This one's an alt-rock style track. Very short and to the point. "...she didn't know the consequence of being an unconditional punching bag breathing"... "Oh, what a mental game--so irrational--Have you ever had a conversation with a head case?" This was the first song that caught my attention, not only because it's the first song on the album, but because of that hook. I think this is going to turn out to be a very revealing album. "What is up with you when you just talk that shi+ and don't live up to that? Sucka-free, now sucka, get back." Damn those abusive relationships.
3. Children Say. "I used to hang out in my room, just sit around watching TV. I'd watch the stories on the news. I'd swear it all was deceiving `mysterious weather patterns sweep the nation'... I close my eyes, a child... *dag, am I going to live to see my 15th birthday???* I ask my mommy why... the situation has come as far to this." Interesting trip back in time. Children know when things ain't right. Young Ladybug was no exception.
4. Ladybug Come Outside. A funky, bouncy track that re-introduces the hip hop Ladybug to those who have been waiting for so long. I love it! "Raise your right fist, in Goddess we trust. Mama Earth where we dwell (is adverse to us).....[She's flows on this one] It's the beginning of the end, the beginning of the end, of the paradigm shift, so...run `n' tell a friend. " "Walk the walk with those like-minded. Talk the talk... to the ones that are blinded." "Ladybug, Ladybug, spit one rhyme. Miss Ladybug Mecca, do you still have time?" "Ladybug, Ladybug, my oh my, I'm glad you left the game, `cause you back on time."
5. Show the World. Another airy, mellow track with a Latin feel that showcases the beauty of Ladybug's singing voice. "You're 9-to-5'ing, your bills are piling, but there's no dollar still"... "The streets is violent, your daughter's wyling, you've done all you can do"... "Smile with your eyes...speak with your heart...and show the world some soul...show the world...it ain't easy...show the world...this is you." "A bad decision...the wrong religion...we all are on our path..." "Sometimes we may fall, it's all good, we will make it ..." "Smile with your eyes..."
6. Mr. Mayor. A rock'n'rollish track that hasn't quite grown on me yet, but has a lot of interesting experimentation, including a little scratching here and there and some guitar riffs. "Parade around like you've got something to do; if you're livin' for the people, why do I see right through?" "You are (a fraud), you are (not large), you are (not in charge)." I hope I got those lyrics right-kind of difficult to decipher.
7. Dogg Starr. Wow. A track called Sirius B/Dog Star. She's rapping on this track and "All the way live, everyday life, live from Earth-yo, I hit you from the Dog Star... broadcast where we see-Sirius B." "Now you see the complexity it takes to compete--simple minds and simple rhymes play the back seat. Regu-lar shi+ lo-ses, don't get abused, kid." A lot of interesting sound/music effects going on here as well.
8. Leaving It All Behind. A little vignette of a conversation/debate between Mecca and a homegirl during which Mecca floats away into dreams of leaving the projects for the beach. Segues into another very light, airy, flute-enhanced, Latin-flavoured ditty that, to my mind, recalls 1970's feel-good songs that became TV show soundtracks. "Sheeeeeee walks alone, but she says she'll never cry... Sheeeeeeee says that the game's an illusion, living in twisted confusion.....and she's leaving them all behiiiiind." "Sheeeeee loves to play with ladybugs in trees...sheeeeeees gone bon voyage on a journey, giving into all the yearning, and relieving her slave-made mind..." Ends with her heading off to catch her bus and bidding farewell to her homegirl.
9. Sexual Alchemy. Keep up with the pace, now. Do I hear a Fela Kuti horns intro??? Oh my GOSH, this is TOO funky!!! Oh, this is off the hook. "To the break of May, or to Auset, catch me in a fre-quen-cy--unh. In your wildest dreams, ever knew this thing? Sexual Al-che-my--unh." "Let us come two-gether like mag-netic. Imagine there's no pain, `magine there's no shame, no longer each other to blame. Dabble in a little bit... if you don't like it, split." Now see, this here is artistry. What a complete and total reinvention of the squeaky, rusty wheel. There's much more, but you've gotta buy the cow to get the milk, darlings.
10. Centre of Nowhere. There's some more Latin flavour here, and a lot of harmonizing. Another throwback to the `70s. I can tell there's some EWF influence here. More flutes. I just love it. "Living at the center of nowhere, puncturing your wings, knowing change will come." "All you've got to do is tell yourself to leave the burden behind you." Definitely sounds like Esthero on this one.
11. Please Don't. More Latin flavour! I LOVE the drum intro! Some spoken word, too 4 ya! Mellow. "So... please don't, unless you like the rejection of my tone..." "He thinks he's really that slick cat. He thinks he's intelligent, all that. [Wow, reminds me of Jill Scott!] Well, Supafly, check out the headlines. Chicks like me, we see you from miles & miles." "It's cool and all, that now you can talk that junk--got the noni, then you ran like a punk. But we know the truth though, you really in a smokeless funk--took a tad, now you think you a hunk. You're just imaginin', fathomin' havin' it like that. When you abuse your sexuality, it makes you feminine, Jack. Who wants a man like that? And that's a fact. So please keep it movin', `cause there ain't no turnin' back." H!Hwellll.
12. Last Train. Oh, a really nice jazzy one. Martin Luther: "Last train for Mary will be leaving (choo-choooo), better get your ticket. Headed for freedom, it's time to shiiiiiine." This is a fun one. I feel like doing the Lindy Hop. Listen to that piano! Ladybug: "It was 7:45 in the a.m.--I am... taking time off for Mec, and you know how... I keep it going, `cause things are what I make it, and who I am is mine for sure." Martin Luther: "You got me huffin' and puffin', I'm chuggin' like a choo-choo train (Choo! Choo!)... the state of the world might make you want to go insane... so keep on pushin' `til you reach a better day." Ladybug: "Embrace the spirits around you. Be one with the sun, devour your power." "The intentions of your soul is pure. Your mind is deeper than the ocean floor." "It's like shimmy shimmy cocoa puff, shimmy shimmy sham. I'm gonna buy myself some gold, and buy myself some land." *snapping to the melody*
13. Sweet & Polite. Oh, I like this one. "I'm always on my job, straight creepin' through the fog..." I LOVE this song! "...up top, cop it--bet. You know it's...LadyBug Mecc..... Fall-in...to my velocity, and do a couple ohms and open up to something clear." "She's so sweet and polite, petite and (on the blithe). A rebel on the outskirts, cute, clever, make it hurt. She's so sweet and polite, petite and (on the blithe). Tricky like I'm doin' dirt, cute, clever, make it hurt." Sprinkle a lil' Portuguese lingo about here and there. "Cops hide behind the gun, kid shot the same night, oh shi+, that's what's up, be prepared to head it up."
14. Suicidethol. Time for a little commercial break.
Ladybug: "Walking through the park used to be such a drag. My runny nose would always let me know that Spring was on the way. But since I've started taking Suicidathol, I have no secretions at all." Gentleman: "Suicidathol killufast tablets help control natural body fluids by drying them up permanently, over a short period of time-in most cases. It can help you feel confident that your nose won't run ever again. Common side effects include kidney failure, liver damage.......muscle pain, fast heartbeat, sore throat and urinating every two minutes." This is a hilarious parody! I've only given bits & pieces of it.
15. You Never Get Over It. My very favorite song on the whole entire album. Starts slow, then is upbeat but melancholy. "What do you think of first thing when you wake up? What do you think of when the one you love is suf-fer-ing the most? What do you do when some-one tells you they're going away for a long, long time and the echoes from the pit of your heart keeps go-ing and they don't stop, no, no, they just don't stop." "Standing on the top of the roof just look-ing up. A sprinkle of cotton and turquoise blow as re-ality stings when the (*?*) rings. What do you do when someone tells you they're going away, and you must be brave, and there's gonna be some time and a little re-action, but it's the way and it's not going to change and.." "...loneliness and visions of you got me react-in a language a girl can't even imagine... loneliness and visions of you got me re-act-in a language a girl can't articulate when it... comes to love I have for you, for you. Comes to love I have for you, for you, for you." "What good does it do when your definitions can't de-fine the emotion through your religion?" This song is incredibly deep and touching once you find out Sista Mecca lost both parents within a short time of one another following the recording of the Blowout Comb album.
16. Remember When? You guessed it. Some more Latin flava. Trance makes an appearance. Drumming, Spanish guitar, background chant-like vocalizing. "Remember when I touched your soul? I know that I was outta control. Are you Dogon? Where are you from? You're not from here. Wanna make you mine, protect you. This is divine, I respect you." Some more Portuguese crooning. Something really out of this world tends to occur whenever Spanish guitar & percussion are overlayed. Outstanding.
17. Oh Poor You. This one has a "rock" feel to it. "My life has been nothing but a blessing to date. Even through the unknown confessions of hate." "And for the so-called profit...dude, you need to stop it." "My trust lies in the Truth between the lines. And everyday's a test of the soul, I know. It took a while to sift through the weeds in the garden. Deeply rooted demons (in deceit) for my stardom. Yeah, she's back and with the synergy. Retrograde couldn't even stop my energy. Or the gravity pull a woman has on a man when the moon is full and in demand, yeah." "Oh poor you. So sad and so con-fused. You want mercy. Just thirst the attention, and you thrill in your neglection." Oops. Somebody wasn't worthy, mature or understanding enough to wear the King's crown.
18. Step Up Wise. Oh! Snap to this! Here comes the Rebirth of Slick bass groove. No mistaking this one. "No, it's no joke, no game, it's live. You want the Truth, *slick*, step up wise." "...Unh like it is, yeah, cold, green light. Queens, don't stress, don't fuss, don't fight." "Again, it's the *slick*, I kissed it and blessed it. Never have to ask, is there born another classic? Go'n switch your car, it don't matter, that's chatter. But we joke: How I zone? (Yeah... you know how it goes.)"
nickle slick rebirth..........2005-07-17
i caint lie... i was expeckin the rebirth of the rebirth of slick or sumphn.
i dint quite get it... instead... i got pleasantly surprised...
lilsista seriously comes thru soundin more like res or esthero than her ol' old way, and that's not a bad thang.
(unless'n you jus some ol' hard-rock/stubborn as hell and dont wanna give in to the progressiveness of an artist... that aint you is it?)
but,
i caint lie #2... ladybug remains one of our top two female hip hop artists (lauryn hill's the other) and I WAS A HOPIN AND A WISHIN for her to kick it like she useta... if she dont carry the weight, then who?
'trip the light' is more enjoyable to me than aya or m.i.a.'s cd... (my opinion)
so get this
and slip into a whole nother kinda cool...
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ASIN: B000OYC7IA Release Date: 2007-05-22 |
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Sophie is back!!.......2007-06-01
Supersonic is fun & light. China Heart, Love is Here, The Distance Between Us and Today the Sun's On Us all demonstrate her ability to combine evocative lyrics and great pop melodies. Of course the singles, Catch Me and Me and My Imagination, are wonderfully catchy and instantly singable.
Enjoy!
Third time's the charm.......2007-05-26
This is a sharp LP full of great dance songs and great ideas. It is the sum of all that was good about her first two records, but with a consistancy heretofor largely unseen in the pop music world- nearly every single track is perfectly nuanced and connects with the tracks around it. Of particular quality are the second single "Me And My Imagination" (an Ibiza-influenced disco song with lovely swirling violins), "China Heart" (a vibrating bass-backed dance song about fragile emotions), and the quite remarkable "The Distance Between Us," which pulls not just at the heartstrings with its lush atmosphere and poignant lyrical content, but also at the nostalgia that comes with hearing synths used to such ballad-extraordinary heights.
On the whole this is one of the best albums of the past few years, and it, as well as its great singles are well worth the price of buying the import.
Back with a Vengence.......2007-05-25
She's back here with Trip the Light Fantastic, and she doesn't disappoint on this one. It's by far her most modern-sounding album, with only a few retro-sounding songs mixed in here and there. First single "Catch You" is catchy and guitar driven, and leads off the album nicely. Second single "Me & My Imagination" sounds like it came directly off of Read My Lips, as does "If I Can't Dance" does with Shoot From the Hip. "Today the Sun's on Us," "The Distance Between Us," "Love is Here," and "What Have We Started" are basically all the same song thematically (about how much she loves her man), but they're all accompanied by memorable hooks and mid tempo dance grooves that keep them distiguishable and fresh. "New York City Lights" and "China Heart" are refreshingly heavy dance gems compared to the lighter fare Sophie is usually producing, and they're two of the best songs on the album. Which bring us to the best song and the worst two, which fizzle toward the end of the album and come off sounding like B-sides. 60s go-go isn't her thing, as evidenced by "Only One" and "New Flame" proves she's no Pat Benetar. Last but not least, "If You Go" is a piece of pure pop perfection, and for my money is one of Sophie's top 3 songs ever.
Sparkly dance pop!!!.......2007-05-22
1. Catch you
2. Me and my imagination
3. Today the sun's on us
4. New York city lights
5. If I can't dance
6. The distance between us
7. If you go
8. Only one
9. Love is here
10. New flame
11. China heart
12. What have we started
13. Can't have it all
14. Supersonic
"Trip the light fantastic" is UK songstress Sophie Ellis-Bextor's third release, and the sound is guitar dance/pop.
Sophie first came to general attention on the Groovejet hit "Spiller (If it aint love)", a catchy dance number with a groovy bassline, and her detached, but crisp enunciation floating above it all, as well as her solo smash, the similar "Murder on the dancefloor".
Fans of those songs won't be disappointed. The violin filled "Me and my imagination", the disco sounding "If I can't dance", and the eurodisco sound of "Supersonic" and "New York city lights" are aimed firmly at the clubs, and they don't miss.
Lead off single "Catch you" is a catchy slice of guitar/dance/pop, as is the sunny sounding "Only one".
"If you go" is a melodic midtempo number with dreamy harmonies, while the dreamy ballad "The distance between us" is simply lovely. "Today the sun's on us" is a great chugging midtempo rock/pop number, rather Natalie Imbruglia-like.
"New flame" is an incredibly catchy latin tinged dance number, while the similar synth driven "China heart" (with lovely harmonies) has Giorgio Moroder overtones.
A very good pop record, which is a rare feat these days.
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ASIN: B000PC6F7K Release Date: 2007-06-04 |
Tracks:
- Catch You
- Me & My Imagination
- New York City Lights
- Today The Sun's On Us
- If I Can't Dance
- Distance Between Us
- If You Go
- Love Is Here
- Only One
- New Flame
- China Heart
- What Have We Started
Album Description
International 12 track pressing of this 2007 album from the former vocalist for '90s hopefuls The Audience. Sophie's long-awaited third solo album arrives after a life-changing break during which she married Richard Jones, bassist with The Feeling and gave birth to her son, Sonny. Trip The Light Fantastic' sees her on sparkling form Having worked with some of Pop's finest names on the album (Cathy Dennis, Fred Schnieder from The B52s, Dan Gillespie Sells from The Feeling and Xenomania), Trip The Light Fantastic includes the classic-in-the-making single, 'Catch You'. Universal. 2007.Album Details
2007 Release of the Third Studio Album from the Popular British Singer Songwriter Comes after a Several Years Sabbatical, Starting a Family with Husband Richard Jones of the Feeling. For this Outing, Ms. Bextor Collaborated with Fred Schneider (Lead Singer of the B-52's), Richard Barone (Who was a Member of the New Wave Band the Bongos), Former D-mob Frontwoman and Songwriter Extraordinaire Cathy Dennis, Former Alisha's Attic Member Shelly Poole and Kerin Smith, who Used to Be in Ellis-bextor's First Band Theaudience. The Overriding Theme of this Album is Relaxation with Fun, Fun, Fun, Spiced with Dance Party Beats all Around! Includes the Singles "Catch You", "me and My Imagination" and "The Sun's on Us".
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ASIN: B000034CZU Release Date: 2000-03-25 |
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