Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality

Guru - Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality

Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality
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Artist: Guru
Brand: Guru
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-07-18
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
  1. Light It Up (Intro)/New Reality Style [Jazzalude II] - Guru
  2. Life Saver - Baybe, Guru
  3. Living in This World - Guru, J. Rodriguez, Sweet Sable
  4. Looking Through Darkness - Guru, Mica Paris
  5. Watch What You Say [Interview] - Guru, Chaka Khan, Branford Marsalis
  6. Defining Purpose [Jazzalude II] - Guru
  7. For You - Kenny Garrett, Guru, Me'Shell Ndeg?ocello
  8. Medicine [Mental Relaxation] - Guru, ,
  9. Lost Souls - Guru
  10. Nobody Knows (The Real Deal) - Guru, Jan Kincaid, Shara Nelson
  11. Hip Hop as a Way of Life [Jazzalude III] - Guru
  12. Respect the Architect - Guru
  13. Feel the Music - Baybe, Paul Ferguson, Guru
  14. Young Ladies - Guru
  15. Traveler - Donald Byrd, Guru
  16. Maintaining Focus [Jazzalude IV] - Guru
  17. Count Your Blessings - Guru, Brian Holt, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
  18. Choice of Weapons - Guru
  19. Something in the Past - Guru, Freddie Hubbard
  20. Revelation (Alot on My Mind) - Bu, Guru, Ronny Jordan

Free Music Notes for Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality

Free Music Review: jazzhop at its best!
Hit: 5 Stars

this album rocks! great fushion of jazz and hip hop. not everyone can pull it off and it sounds great when they do. i reccomend it if ur looking for sumthin new and interesting. and in todays world of bad music. u cant go wrong. enjoy

Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality Poster

By the time Gang Starr's rapper Guru created the "experimental fusion of hip-hop and jazz" he called Jazzmatazz back in 1993, the idea of blending the two African-American styles had been fairly well explored. But as the first wholly self-conscious genremixing, Jazzmatazz Volume I was at least a decent novelty record. In the two Years that followed, however, jazz rap--from Digable Planets to Buckshot Lefonque to the Roots--grew into a dominant strain of alternative hip-hop.

The good news is that 1995's Jazzmatazz II acknowledges the changing times. Guru ups the ante by collecting artists from R&B (Chaka Khan, Mica Paris) and reggae (Ini Kamoze, Patra) in addition to jazz (Ramsey Lewis, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard) and rap (Kool Keith, Big Shug). The concept broadens to bring together makers of all black music. At best, the songs reflect this more robust brew: "Watch What You Say," for instance, blends Khan's dynamic blue improvisational singing and Branford Marsalis's subdued saxophone phrases with Guru's rap and DJ Premier's unorthodox track of video game sound effects.

The bad news, though, is that Volume II fails in precisely the same places Volume I did. First, Guru still raps with fine tone but little gift for either rhythm or rhyme. In a monotone he self- righteously calls himself "The Lifesaver" but offers only vague solutions like "deal with reality and try to keep focus" to innercity turmoil. Second, except for Khan's vocals and perhaps Lewis' piano solo on "Respect the Architect," the style meshes never get a chance to rise out of the same tried hip-hop form. --Roni Sarig

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