Nu Soul Sessions

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

Nu Soul Sessions,Various Artists,Sessions (Soh),Contemporary R&B,Neo-Soul,Pop,R&B,R&B/Soul,Soul/R & B Collections,Urban,V/a Compilations

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Average customer rating: Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous! Something really NU....

Nu Soul Sessions Various Artists Manufacturer: Sessions (Soh) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Soul Satisfaction: A Collection of Nu-Soul Gems Hidden Hits, Vol. 1 Soul Lounge, Vol. 1: The Vibe Compilation Neo-Soul United, Vol. 2 Soul Lounge, Vol. 2 ASIN: B0009S2GN2 Release Date: 2005-06-20

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

Album Details

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

Customer Reviews:

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!

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.

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Sunrise Moonrise - The Groove Sessions Kimani Wilson Manufacturer: Sunrisemoon Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009K6SCU Release Date: 2005-06-16

Tracks:

1. The Luv
2. Une Nuit a Ramatuelle
3. Feel High
4. All U
5. Another Day (dub vocal version)
6. Fallen Into It
7. The Arrival
8. From the Root
9. Maybe Soul
10. Dimension Transition
11. Rise Again
12. Sunrise Moonrise (extended version)

Product Description

Born in Memphis, TN, USA, Kimani lived his early years in various parts of the southern U.S. before settling in Miami, FL. While learning to play musical instruments (piano, bass, saxophone), he also indulged in another passion: buying vinly records. After attending Howard University in Washington, DC., he put down roots in DC and, along the way, befriended and mingled with a number of the Washington, DC/Baltimore, MD area's talented house and downtempo artists/DJs. 12 inch record releases soon followed. Well received Kimani records include 12 inch EPs on Strictly Rhythm, i! Recordings, Groove On, K2 Recordings, Kumba Records, and Soul Boy Records. A full length CD, Afro Kozmik Soul, was released in 1999 on Step Ahead Records and saw the licensing of one of it's songs (Kozmik Listening 101) for The Spirit of the Street -The Very Best of Inner City Cool Part II compilation CD on London's JazzFM label. Additional work includes his downtempo/r&b production of "Whenever" on Jody Watley's Midnight Lounge album (joining the company of King Britt, Masters at Work, Ron Trent, and Dave Warrin.) His work with Jody Watley also includes a house dub version of Whenever that was released in 12 inch format on the Peace Bisquit label.

Christian Music:

1. On My Way [Original recording remastered] [Import]
2. On the Loose [Import]
3. Poppa Willie: The Hi Years, 1962-1974 [Original recording remastered] [Import]
4. Profyle [Explicit Lyrics]
5. Rebel Souls Rebel Roots [Import]
6. Relaxin' with Tyrone
7. Silky
8. Sister Sledge - The Essentials [Original recording remastered]
9. Sleepless Night [Import]
10. Songs in A Minor [Import]

Christian Music

christian music

Christian Music

Goldcard

Chopin: Polonaises Nos. 1-4, 6, & 8-10

Blue on Blues [Original recording remastered]

The Best of Donny Osmond

Dancefloor Killers 2004 [Import]

Creating Love

Black Attack

Edges of Twilight

Dog of Two Head [Import]

Mozart TV

Bootleg Detroit [Live]

Country Vs. City

Baile del Pirulino: Musica Para Escamosos

Golden Legends: Ray Charles Live

All the Great Hits