Buckshot LeFonque - Music Evolution (rel.1997)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Buckshot LeFonque Title Music Evolution Length 64:14 Discs: 1 Tracks: 17 Format CD Packaging Jewel Case Label Columbia Cat. Number N/A Style Fusion Rating Recorded at  Sound On Sound Studios, NYC

Musicians	Credits
Branford Marsalis vocals, saxophones Frank McComb vocals, keyboards David Sanborn sax alto Russell Gunn trumpet John Touchy trombone Delfeayo Marsalis trombone Joey Calderazzo piano Carl Burnett guitar Reginald Veal bass Ben Wolfe bass Reggie Washington bass Will Lee bass Rocky Bryant drums, percussion Mino Cinelu percussion	Producer Branford Marsalis Producer L. Carl Burnett Producer Rob "Wacko!" Hunter

Track list

01 Here We Go Again 02:26 02 Music Evolution 04:59 03 Wasineveritis 00:14 04 James Brown (Part 1 & 2) 04:56 05 Another Day 03:35 06 Try These On 05:44 07 A Buckshot Rebuttal 00:22 08 My Way (Doin' It) 04:08 09 Better Than I Am 05:02 10 Paris Is Burning 00:26 11 Jungle Groove 04:44 12 Weary With Toil 05:02 13 Black Monday 05:55 14 Phoenix 06:06 15 Samba Hop 03:53 16 ... And We Out 01:46 17 (untitled) 04:56 hidden track !

Notes

_1997 FUNK Album Of the Year _Down Beat (8/97, p.50) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "This may be the "mother" of mixed bags....all you subversives who like your margins extended and categories smashed will get a special kick out of the phat flava here..." Jazz Times (9/97, p.80) - "...Marsalis touches base with a myrad of ideas: hip-hop replete with rap bits...smooth-edged R&B tunes...electronic and acoustic sources, jazz and fonque...pop and rap....you can't help but admire the idealism underscoring the grooves." Rap Pages (4/97, p.79) - "...MUSICAL EXPLOSION conveys the sincere feeling that this project was done solely 'cause Branford and Co. damn well felt like doing it..." Musician (6/97, p.84) - "...serves up healthy portions of hip-hop, funk, and jungle, but what comes through in these tunes is Marsalis' interest in pop forms, particularly rhythmic ideas....an ideal pop album for thinking musicians..." Q Magazine (6/97, p.142) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...an energetic, well-produced venture with a few surprises...