A lot of artists trust me enough and allow me to do what I know is best to do as a producer". I didn't have control of the entire creative process. Sometimes you have to step back and get off the wheel. Later in an interview with Billboard magazine, Garrett revealed that the song would not be included on Pink Friday and that the poor performance of the song was out of his control, "I was only able to do as much as I was allowed to do. An accompanying music video which features a helicopter chase, and militaristic jungle and desert scenes, was positively received.Ĭommercially, the song had limited success, reaching number 65 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, while failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was a distinct change in Minaj's previous work on mixtapes and features and received mixed reviews from critics, commending lyrical content and distinctiveness, and criticizing that it did not fit her " Barbie" persona well. It was initially intended to be the lead single from Minaj's debut studio album, Pink Friday, but the song was dropped from the album due to the single's underwhelming commercial performance. The song was produced by Garrett and Alex da Kid, who wrote the song together with Minaj. In 1991, John McCready wrote in The Face magazine: “Hip hop heroes or Bristol’s answer to Pink Floyd? Either way, Massive Attack are the sound of 1991.” A sound that still resonates." Massive Attack" is the commercial debut single by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, featuring Sean Garrett and was released on April 13, 2010. “An A&R at a record label sent one of my poems to their producer and we had two sessions before locking it in.”
“It was an incredible opportunity,” James told me. More recently, they featured Young Fathers, Roots Manuva, Saul Williams and James Massiah, who read one of his poems on “Dear Friend” in 2016. The Bristol sound produced a new chapter for the history Black British Music, Massive working Horace Andy and the Mad Professor (who remixed their albums in dub versions), Nigerian Scottish singer Nicolette, Bristol stars Martina Topley-Bird and Yola, also inviting Black artists from the US such as Mos Def and Snoop Doggy Dog. Their influence is heard in the sound of London Grammar as much as Lana Del Rey. Massive Attack has released four other albums, Tricky-14, and bands like Portishead have emerged from the city. The band sampled the song “Mambo” by West-African French musician Willy Badarou, from his album Echoes (1984), adding their raps and soulful lyrics. This mix of soul vocals and hip-hop started with a track, “Daydreaming”. Her partner and manager, Cameron McVey, saw a potential in the unconventional group and encouraged them to record… That’s how of Massive Attack came about and the songs that formed Blue Lines. II: 1990-A New Decade, which peaked at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.ģD and Mushroom started working with the Swedish singer based in London, Neneh Cherry, producing songs for her first album, Raw Like Sushi, released in 1989. In 1989, the collective dissolved though, and Nellee Hooper joined Soul II Soul in London, producing their second album, Vol. “It was a great time for us all,” he says, “we didn’t care about money, only about making the best music possible. Born of English, African and Jamaican parentage, Adrian Thaws aka Tricky infused his music with Bristolian and Caribbean references. And then there was me.”Īlso part of the scene were young rappers from the same humble immigrant origins, like Tricky.
Willy Wee had a more New-York-style MC thing. It was very selective The Wild Bunch wouldn’t let many on the mic. “I started writing vocals for Wednesdays at The Dug Out. “Graffiti and rap came out of the cultural void left by punk,” 3D told me. "Graffiti and rap came out of the cultural void left by punk" Soon, younger DJs started organising “ blues parties” and events in warehouses or clubs like the Dug Out, described as Bristol’s little Studio 54 of the 1980s. Bands like Black Roots and Talisman, DJs like Tarzan the High Priest and DJ Derek popularised the style in pubs and at St Paul’s Carnival. The music helped immigrants to understand their post-colonial situation at a time of hostility. Reggae has indeed had a major influence on Bristol since the 1970s. 3D, born in an Italian-English family, and Nellee were as obsessed with Black music. Milo, G and Mushroom are of Caribbean origins, and grew up to the sound of reggae and soul. They were part of The Wild Bunch, a loose collective created by DJ Milo and Nellee Hopper in 1980. Before forming Massive Attack in 1988, Daddy G, Mushroom and 3D hung out in a club called The Dug Out.
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