Word: funkier
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Musically, Midnight Marauders the high quality established on Quest's previous two albums. Wisely, they lay off the jazz sound which has been so hyped recently in favor of stripped down, funkier tracks...
Think of your own little brothers and sisters. Do they walk around wearing funkier clothes than you did, hang out with more dangerous people than you did, have a badder attitude than you did? The same phenomenon applies to the mag. We have flashier design than the Crimson--we have color on our cover, for crying out loud...
...There was a different crowd in the past--more politically active to the left and involved in everything. It was interesting and exciting--a funkier crowd," Hourigan says. "Now people are still on the left, but are not as involved in expressing that and maintaining that. It's more to the center through slightly to the left...
...McSwain adds with a thoughtful air, "I think the show's been good for Frank. Frank is definitely getting funkier...
...thing, NPR is expanding its lineup of ethnic-, jazz- and folk-music offerings. In addition to Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, which for 13 years has featured guests such as Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea and Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach), two new shows are getting funkier and further afield. BluesStage transports listeners to down-and-dirty locales to hear rhythm-and- blues stars, including the Persuasions. A recent episode highlighted veteran Little Milton from the gritty B.K. Lounge in Rochester. The emcee and commentator for the weekly program is Grammy-winning R.-and-B. soul sister Ruth Brown, who also earned...