This album is too cool for its own good. An assemblage of some of the
finest luminaries in the uptown jazz scene, The Harlem Experiment
crafts a wildly enjoyable set to the rhythm of the landmark
neighborhood. DJ scratches, spoken word, soul samples and sound bytes
all commingle to create an album that lives up to the hype of legendary
Harlem World itself...
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Posted by Louis on December 6, 2007 at 4:28pm —
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Obama and Edwards are lovely. Their not Howard Dean, but they certainly have my support... if they win the nomination. (Right now, I'm supporting Ron Paul. The longer he is in the race the worse for the GOP.)
My topic today is HiIlary.
There are well-worn discussions of her experience, the role of Bill, and her like-ability/win-ability that I will not discuss here. Alternatively, I'd like to discuss the absurdity of one criticism frequently offered by her critics... including…
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Posted by Derek on December 3, 2007 at 4:31pm —
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Ruben Rodriguez may be a seasoned veteran of the New York scene, but
the Latin bass sessionista was in for a surprise when he showed up to
track
The Harlem Experiment, the latest city-themed release
from Ropeadope. “I’ve never done anything like it,” says the affable
salsero. “Everything I’d done up to that point was...
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Posted by Louis on November 19, 2007 at 2:29pm —
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Walking through Harlem on a dusty spring morning, the ground is slowly drying on one side of the street while the other side remains dark with the wetness of early morning drizzle. City sounds surround me. Horns blaring, people yelling, the sounds of cars and trucks whooshing by intermingled with the call of a crow just settled in a nearby tree. I make a strange sight in Harlem and some people stare while we wait for our bus. I hear their silence loudly, “What’s this white lady doing in the midd…
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Posted by Joy Leftow on November 10, 2007 at 7:21pm —
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A couple months back when the release of Harlem Experiment was just a
footnote at the bottom of some upcoming release schedule list, I
contacted the label, Ropeadope, to see I could review a song off it.
Not just any song, mind you, but the one listed as featuring Olu Dara
on vocals, guitar and pocket trumpet...
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Posted by Louis on November 7, 2007 at 12:11pm —
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I'm listening to what may be the coolest release of 2007. Following their eternally enjoyable Detroit and Philadelphia Experiments, Ropeadope is releasing The Harlem Experiment to retail on October 30...
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Posted by Louis on November 7, 2007 at 12:05pm —
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Grammy-Nominated British Soul Singer Lends Critically Adored Croon to Classic Harlem Tune...
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Posted by Louis on November 7, 2007 at 12:00pm —
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Posted by Louis on November 7, 2007 at 11:53am —
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Download lyrics.doc Check the lyrics here...look for the full liner notes and lyrics soon...
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Posted by Louis on October 23, 2007 at 8:09pm —
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***PREORDER*** The first 200 orders will include a free copy of The Philadelphia Experiment Remixed. Orders ship one week before street
date of 10/30/07!
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Posted by Louis on October 3, 2007 at 11:34am —
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"Too often people are content to remain stuck in safe corners, within
the societal cardboard boxes in which they have been placed. But every
now and again we are given the chance to stretch and leap (and even
fly) and when we do, we see things in a whole new way. Imagine you are
a bird circling over Harlem for a hundred years. Suppose you built a
little nest above a tenement window and perched secretly above an air
shaft. Imagine you were this mockingbird and could sing all the songs
that you ev…
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Posted by Louis on September 12, 2007 at 5:14pm —
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Posted by Louis on June 12, 2007 at 3:00pm —
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Independent label Ropeadope Records has announced that Harlem, N.Y.C. will be the focus of the third installment in their
Experiment
series, bringing together musicians from the same hometown but with
different musical styles to create a genre-bending tribute album...
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Posted by Louis on March 12, 2007 at 3:00pm —
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From this humble thought came Philadelphia Experiment and, hot on its heels, the underground classic Detroit Experiment.
Now after four years of deliberation, Ropeadope has broken out its lab
coats once again, heading back into the studio and emerging with yet
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Posted by Louis on February 12, 2007 at 2:30pm —
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Brooklyn, NY -- It started in 2001 with a simple premise from the
groundbreaking indie record label Ropeadope: take acclaimed musicians
from a shared hometown, but with vastly different musical backgrounds,
put them together in a recording studio and have them create
spontaneous art inspired by that city's musical lineage.
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Posted by Louis on January 12, 2007 at 2:00pm —
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