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Lucy Pearl: Dawn Robinson (vocals); Raphael Saadiq (guitar, bass); Ali Shaheed Muhammad (bass, programming).
Additional personnel includes: Snoop Dog, Q-Tip (rap vocals); Carl Verheyen, Edward "Spanky" Charmers, John "Jubu" Smith, Rob Bacon (guitar); George Shelby (flute); Mike Baird (drums); Taku, Paulinho Dacosta (percussion); Jake & The Phatman (programming).
Recorded at Toast, Larabee Sound West, and Leftside Studios, West Hollywood, California.
"Dance Tonight" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Doing for soul what bands like Crosby, Stills & Nash and Cream did for rock & roll, Lucy Pearl is a supergroup culling personnel from different corners of the rap and contemporary R&B world. The brainchild of Tony Toni Tone's Raphael Saddiq, the band is rounded out by Ali Shaheed Muhammad of hip-hop innovators A Tribe Called Quest, and former En Vogue vocalist Dawn Robinson. Lucy Pearl fits squarely into the '90s nouveau soul movement that counts D'Angelo (replaced in Lucy Pearl by Robinson following schedule conflicts) and Lauryn Hill as members. This trio infuses its debut with plenty of rolling beats, funky licks and crackling rhythms.
The vocal ying and yang Saddiq and Robinson provides throughout these 15 tracks is particularly apparent on numbers like the harmonically rich "Trippin'," and the buttery smooth "Dance Tonight." DJ Ali's programming skills also come to the fore on the thumping "They Can't," and the bouncy "Don't Mess With My Man," featuring Dawn Robinson tearing a vocal hole through the roof. Other highlights include the lyrical trade-off between Snoop Dogg and Muhammad's former Quest running partner Q-Tip on the head-bobbing "You," and the rock guitar-laden "Hollywood," a stylistic cousin to En Vogue's "Free Your Mind."
Additional personnel includes: Snoop Dog, Q-Tip (rap vocals); Carl Verheyen, Edward "Spanky" Charmers, John "Jubu" Smith, Rob Bacon (guitar); George Shelby (flute); Mike Baird (drums); Taku, Paulinho Dacosta (percussion); Jake & The Phatman (programming).
Recorded at Toast, Larabee Sound West, and Leftside Studios, West Hollywood, California.
"Dance Tonight" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Doing for soul what bands like Crosby, Stills & Nash and Cream did for rock & roll, Lucy Pearl is a supergroup culling personnel from different corners of the rap and contemporary R&B world. The brainchild of Tony Toni Tone's Raphael Saddiq, the band is rounded out by Ali Shaheed Muhammad of hip-hop innovators A Tribe Called Quest, and former En Vogue vocalist Dawn Robinson. Lucy Pearl fits squarely into the '90s nouveau soul movement that counts D'Angelo (replaced in Lucy Pearl by Robinson following schedule conflicts) and Lauryn Hill as members. This trio infuses its debut with plenty of rolling beats, funky licks and crackling rhythms.
The vocal ying and yang Saddiq and Robinson provides throughout these 15 tracks is particularly apparent on numbers like the harmonically rich "Trippin'," and the buttery smooth "Dance Tonight." DJ Ali's programming skills also come to the fore on the thumping "They Can't," and the bouncy "Don't Mess With My Man," featuring Dawn Robinson tearing a vocal hole through the roof. Other highlights include the lyrical trade-off between Snoop Dogg and Muhammad's former Quest running partner Q-Tip on the head-bobbing "You," and the rock guitar-laden "Hollywood," a stylistic cousin to En Vogue's "Free Your Mind."