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Spin wrote that the album's "beach-bound grooves are well-trodden." [4] Entertainment Weekly called it "sleeker and more streamlined than its three predecessors."[2] The Washington Post called Philadelphonic the band's best album, writing that it "achieves a flow so smooth that one can't tell where the Bob Dylan influences stop and the Eric B. & Rakim influences start."
G. Love & Special Sauce is an American rock band from Philadelphia. [1] They are known for their unique, "sloppy", and "laid back" sound that encompasses blues, hip hop, rock, and soul. The band features Garrett Dutton, better known as G. Love; Jeffrey Clemens on drums; and Jim Prescott on bass. [2] [3]
Later in 1993, G. Love and Special Sauce (as the trio was now called) signed a record deal and released their first album in 1994. G. Love featured Jack Johnson on his 1999 album Philadelphonic playing an early version of Jack Johnson's "Rodeo Clowns" when Jack was an unknown artist. Jack later featured the song on his 2003 album On and On. G ...
G. Love - vocals, guitar, harp; Special Sauce Jimi "Jazz" Prescott - string bass; Jeffrey "Houseman" Clemens - drums, vocals; Special Guests Jack Johnson - acoustic guitar and vocals on "Give It To You" and "Stone Me"
Entertainment Weekly thought that "songs like 'I-76', a goofball paean to his native Philadelphia, sound less like Ray Charles and more like Ray Stevens." [3] Trouser Press wrote that "the potentially worthy grooves found in the rim-shot soul of 'Lay Down the Law' and the jazzy hip-hop of the title track stretch into monotonous jamband crap that would make Dave Matthews apologize for his ...
More modern hip-hop songs are influenced by boom bap and the underlying tone that is common to all songs in the subgenre. [19] The balance of the music tracks are brought together by the prominent kick and snare drum. The timbre is brought about by "the emphasized low end of the kick drum and the presence of the hard-hitting snare drum". [8]
All tracks by G. Love except where noted. "Unified" (G. Love, RAS) – 3:07 "Praise Up" – 3:43 "Night of the Living Dead" (Jeff Clemens) – 4:36 "Parasite" (G. Love, Jimmy Prescott, Jasper Thomas) – 6:17 "Hopeless Case" – 3:43 "Free at Last" (G. Love, Prescott) – 2:22 "Shy Girl" – 3:32 "Rain Jam" – 1:04 "Electric Mile" – 3:40 ...
Most of the bass on the album was played by Preston Crump, a session musician who was previously known for playing on songs produced by the production team Organized Noize. The song "Let the Drummer Kick" was featured in the 2006 ensemble comedy Accepted [1] as well as the 2005 Samuel L. Jackson film Coach Carter. The track can be heard in the ...