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┌───────────────--·(Infinite Grooves ·· Proudly Presents)·-─────────────────┐
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│║ Betty Davis-Nasty Gal ║│
└╢ ╟┘
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┌────────────────────────────--·(Release Info)·-────────────────────────────┐
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│║ Record Label: Island/MPC No Of Tracks: 10 ║│
│║ Genre: Funk Quality: 192K HQ ║│
│║ Rip Date: Oct-27-2001 Total Size: 55,6 MB ║│
└╢ Ripped By: walpe Original Media: [x] CD - [ ] Vinyl ╟┘
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┌─────────────────────────────--·(Rip Notes)·-──────────────────────────────┐
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│║ Tracklisting: ║│
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│║ 01 - Nasty Gal 04:43 ║│
│║ 02 - Talkin Trash 04:48 ║│
│║ 03 - Dedicated To The Press 03:47 ║│
│║ 04 - You And I 02:49 ║│
│║ 05 - Feelins 02:50 ║│
│║ 06 - F.U.N.K. 04:25 ║│
│║ 07 - Gettin Kicked Off, Havin Fun 03:13 ║│
│║ 08 - Shut Off The Light 03:59 ║│
│║ 09 - This Is It! 03:31 ║│
│║ 10 - The Lone Ranger 06:17 ║│
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│║ From the very first time I heard Betty Davis, she owned me. It ║│
│║ might have been her voice ù swinging from a deceptively seductive ║│
│║ lilt to a jagged dagger in the blink of a bar. It might have been ║│
│║ her music ù a tidal force of funk, rock and blues that could spin ║│
│║ you dizzy or drag you in deep. Mostly it was her attitude ù as ║│
│║ loud, black and proud as her Afro, lit by the spark of youth but ║│
│║ powered by the fury of a woman scorned. She didnÆt sing love ║│
│║ songs, she sang anti-love songs, but even her whispered warnings ║│
│║ about her cruelty and cattiness couldnÆt stop you from falling ║│
│║ for her. In the space of a number, Davis could make you crawl, ║│
│║ make you sweat, and before you knew it, game over ù sheÆd ║│
│║ foreclosed on you. ║│
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│║ Apart from just the pure pleasure of her songs, hearing Davis was ║│
│║ also a revelation, as she formed a crucial missing link in the ║│
│║ lineage of funkÆs leading ladies. Though her three albums ù Betty ║│
│║ Davis (1973), They Say IÆm Different (1974) and Nasty Gal (1975) ║│
│║ ù never propelled her to even the modest stardom shared by Jean ║│
│║ Knight, Lyn Collins or Chaka Khan, now that the U.K.Æs MPC Ltd. ║│
│║ has released all three on CD for the first time, DavisÆ propers ║│
│║ should come due. With her unabashed sexuality, flamboyant image ║│
│║ and tortured vocals, she didnÆt just bridge Marva Whitney to ║│
│║ Parlet, Nina Simone to the Brides of Funkenstein, she seems the ║│
│║ likely inspiration behind recent funky femmes such as Macy Gray, ║│
│║ Kelis and Joi. And unlike peers who served as female mouthpieces ║│
│║ for male producers and songwriters like James Brown and George ║│
│║ Clinton, Davis wrote and arranged every song on every album and ║│
│║ produced the latter two herself. ║│
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│║ Ironically, where DavisÆ name has usually appeared is as a ║│
│║ footnote. Born Betty Mabry, she took her surname from her ║│
│║ one-year marriage to Miles Davis, 25 years her senior when they ║│
│║ wed in 1968. Most jazz historians donÆt make much of the pairing ║│
│║ between the jazz giant and the 23-year-old ex-model except to ║│
│║ note her visage on MilesÆ Filles de Kiliminjaro LP and cite her ║│
│║ as the inspiration behind that albumÆs ôMademoiselle Mabry.ö What ║│
│║ few credit, though, is that Betty was the one to introduce Miles ║│
│║ to Jimi Hendrix, a relationship that would be integral to MilesÆ ║│
│║ explorations of jazz fusion on Bitches Brew and later albums. ║│
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│║ Despite being a former first lady of jazz, Davis was more a child ║│
│║ of the blues, a point she proudly pushes on the title track for ║│
│║ They Say IÆm Different, name-checking everyone from Elmore James ║│
│║ to HowlinÆ Wolf to Big Mama Thornton. Her contribution was in ║│
│║ taking the misery of the gutbucket blues and salving it with ║│
│║ funkÆs cathartic energy, shaking out frustrations and fantasies ║│
│║ in a tremble of slapping bass lines, serrated guitar riffs, ║│
│║ jabbing drum breaks and her own scratchy voice. Where singers ║│
│║ like Aretha Franklin or Roberta Flack emoted, Davis inflicted. ║│
│║ Her song titles alone ù ôIf IÆm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up,ö ║│
│║ ôNasty Gal,ö ôGame Is My Middle Nameö and ôHe Was a Big Freakö ù ║│
│║ made it clear that she wasnÆt penning Bacharach tunes. Unlike ║│
│║ soulÆs sentimentality over love, Davis trumpeted funkÆs sexual ║│
│║ indulgences. She sang about lust, obsession and rapture, bragging ║│
│║ about dressing up and pretty, gettinÆ down and dirty, whipping ║│
│║ you with her ôturquoise chainö and leaving you begging for more. ║│
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│║ But as the song title ôDonÆt Call Her No Trampö (from They Say) ║│
│║ suggests, Davis was no raunchy tease ù she also understood that ║│
│║ love and sex formed a blurred line that anyone was in danger of ║│
│║ slipping into, including herself. Arguably her greatest ║│
│║ performance, the provocatively titled anthem ôAnti Love Songö is ║│
│║ from her first, eponymous album, and sheÆs irresistibly seductive ║│
│║ when she purrs: ║│
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│║ No, I donÆt want to love you ║│
│║ Æcause I know how you are . . . ║│
│║ I know you could possess my body ║│
│║ I know you could make me crawl. ║│
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│║ But in the blink of an eye, she turns the tables and you realize ║│
│║ youÆve lost to her again: ║│
│║ ║│
│║ æCause you know I could possess your body too ║│
│║ (donÆt cha) ║│
│║ you know I could make you crawl ║│
│║ and just as hard as IÆd fall for you ║│
│║ (boy) ║│
│║ well, youÆd know youÆd fall for me harder. ║│
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│║ Truer words were never spoken. ║│
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│║ --www.laweekly.com ║│
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│║ Remember to support these artists by some method if you like them ║│
│║ by going to their concerts / buying more of their material / etc. ║│
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┌───────────────────────--·(About Infinite Grooves)·-───────────────────────┐
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│║ Infinite Grooves was founded in early 1999 with the belief that ║│
│║ the best music has already been made. This was a neglected part ║│
│║ of releasing in the MP3-scene - now that has changed with Infinite ║│
│║ Grooves at the top. We will constantly keep bringing you the very ║│
│║ best in disco-soul, rare grooves, jazz-funk etc. Like wine, a good ║│
│║ groove only gets better with age - so we will bring you back to ║│
│║ the olde school! ║│
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┌──────────────────────--·(We Are Infinite Grooves)·-───────────────────────┐
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│║ Founder: Felony ║│
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│║ Members: Draua, El Nino, Tha Funkateer, Grifter, Han-Zo, Inspirit, ║│
│║ I-Way, jNa, Kaptain Koin-Op, LukeDogg, Phreaknes, Sml, ║│
│║ Spectral, Xylene ║│
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