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Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune) 06:26 | | 2. The Dude 05:38 | | 3. Just Once 04:33 | | 4. Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me 03:47 | | 5. Something Special 03:58 | | 6. Razzamatazz 04:16 | | 7. One Hundred Ways (feat. James Ingram) 04:19 | | 8. Velas 04:06 | | 9. Turn On The Action 04:19 | | | | | | R E L E A S E N O T E S >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | | ------------------------- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | | | | | | One day while the rapper and producer MF Doom was sequestered away | | from the world writing his 1999 solo debut, Operation: Doomsday, the | | sound of Quincy Jones' "One Hundred Ways" came on the radio. Doom | | became smitten with an instrumental section of the track that | | includes Greg Phillinganes' electric synth solo. He'd later chop up | | the sample and use it as the basis for his own kooky "Rhymes Like | | Dimes," adding another crate-digging reference to an album that | | sampled heartily from the similarly warming sounds of '80s R&B | | artists like the S.O.S. Band, Atlantic Starr, and the Deele. | | | | "One Hundred Ways" originally appeared on Jones' 1981 album The Dude. | | The voice you hear when Doom lets the sample spill over belongs to | | James Ingram, who was making his debut on the LP. And while the | | moment conjures up the entertaining image of Doom in a metal mask | | casually rapping along to the radio, it also raises the deeper | | suggestion that the music of bandleaders like Jones-along with James | | Brown, Roy Ayers, and Isaac Hayes-has proved to be so fertile for | | hip-hop producers because it's made with the spirit of collaboration | | in mind. Records like these sketch out funky templates and trust | | guest musicians to stamp the tune with their own identity, much in | | the manner of a producer repurposing a sample into something fresh | | but also evocative of its original source. | | | | The cast list involved across The Dude's nine songs underscores this | | point. Along with Ingram, there are contributions from Michael | | Jackson, Patti Austin, Herbie Hancock, and Stevie Wonder. English R&B | | keyboardist and craftsman Rod Temperton, who would go on to pen | | "Thriller" and George Benson's "Give Me the Night," notches four | | songwriting credits, while Chas Jankel, from funked-up punk outfit | | Ian Dury and the Blockheads, scores a co-writing credit by virtue of | | Jones covering "Ai No Corrida," which originally appeared a year | | earlier on Jankel's debut album. The Dude is a Quincy Jones solo | | project in name, but this post-disco pop-soul cornucopia of groove | | resonates as a testament to his ear for anticipating new sounds. | | | | The album struts into life with the aforementioned "Ai No Corrida," | | an ebullient, Latin-infused dance track with a rhythm section that | | pumps and shuffles along with four-to-the-floor swagger before the | | sugary chorus worms its way into your memory. Jones smoothes out | | Jankel's original vision while introducing perky and infectious | | handclaps to the song. Next comes the slap-bass pomp of the title | | track, a Blaxploitation vignette that stars a character whose main | | attribute is simply being cool. It's narrated by Ingram, includes | | backing vocals from Jackson, and at one point nods to the nascent | | hip-hop scene by breaking into a braggadocio rap that even by | | early-'80s standards sounds like it was recited by someone's grandpa: | | "I graduated from the college of the streets/I got a Ph.D in how to | | make ends meet." | | | | The vibe switches dramatically as Ingram steers the session into | | quiet storm territory with the sentimental "Just Once," before | | Stevie's synth wizardry and Austin's vocals amp up the moody funk of | | "Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me." Elsewhere, "Razzamatazz" is a pulsing | | dancefloor outing spiked with rousing horns, and "Velas" brings the | | album into a gentler, jazz-influenced zone complete with Toots | | Thielemans' harmonica lines. | | | | The Dude's eclectic mix of styles and sometimes bumpy song sequencing | | risk making it an uneven listen, albeit under Jones' savvy | | stewardship, everything is seamlessly blended together. The music has | | an almost electronic slickness, as if Jones is signposting a way to | | turn a traditional jazz and soul grounding in a more radio-friendly | | direction. | | | | A year after the release of The Dude, Quincy Jones and Michael | | Jackson would achieve pop perfection with Thriller. The shadow of | | that power move leaves The Dude as an open sketchbook of sorts, with | | Jones showcasing styles, introducing personnel, and prompting other | | musicians to take his template and run with it to commercial success. | | A wave of smooth R&B artists would readily take up the offer, and | | Herbie Hancock would build on Jones' nod to hip-hop through the | | electro shock of "Rockit" in 1983. The musicians that Jones' vision | | influenced would in turn inspire artists like MF Doom to repurpose | | Jones' grooves all over again, proving The Dude's prescient vision | | and enduring cool. | | | | | | Abraham Laboriel - bass | | Louis Johnson - bass, handclaps | | John Robinson - drums, handclaps | | Robbie Buchanan - electric piano, keyboards | | Greg Phillinganes - electric piano, synthesizer, handclaps | | Steve Lukather - guitar | | Toots Thielemans - guitar, harmonica | | David "Hawk" Wolinski - keyboards, clavinet | | Stevie Wonder - keyboards, synthesizer | | James Ingram, Patti Austin - lead vocals, backing vocals | | Paulinho Da Costa - percussion | | Lenny Castro - percussion, handclaps | | David Foster, Herbie Hancock - piano, electric piano | | Quincy Jones - producer, vocals, arranged by | | Ernie Watts, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams - saxophone, flute | | Ian Underwood, Michael Boddicker - synthesizer | | Bill Reichenbach - trombone | | Chuck Findley - trumpet | | Jerry Hey - trumpet, flugelhorn | | Charles May - vocals | | | | Recorded & mixed by Bruce Swedien at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, | | California. | | "Toots" Thielemans performances on "Velas" recorded at RKM Studios, | | Brussels, Belgium. | | Mastered at A&M Recording Studios. | | | | | | YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! | | | | | | . . | | |\/\/| | | |____| | |------------------------------=---=-======-=---=-------------------------| |===/\===============================SOUNDz==========================/\===| '--/__\--------------------------=-2013-2021-=----------------------/__\--'