ARTIST: Mojoe
TITLE: Yesterday
LABEL: Music World
GENRE: Soul
GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)
ENCODER: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
QUALITY: 160 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME: 0h 16min 14sec total
SIZE: 18.46MB
RELEASE DATE: 00-00-2006
RIP DATE: 05-05-2007
Track List
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01. Yesterday (Radio Edit) 4:02
02. Yesterday (Album Version) 4:02
03. Yesterday (Instrumental) 4:01
04. Yesterday (Acapella) 4:02
05. Yesterday (Call Out Hook) 0:07
Release Notes:
Easy Lee (Charles Peters) and Tre (Treson Scipio) are MOJOE, a duo that has
often described itself as The Roots meet OutKast over dinner with Marvin Gaye at
D'Angelos house. Thats a party that anyone in their right mind would want to
attend, a free-form jam with only the tastiest beats, rhymes, and harmonies, not
to mention words and emotions that truly echo the barometer of urban life. MOJOE
channels that spirit with Classic.Ghetto.Soul., a timeless showcase of its
sumptuous blend of worldwise poetry, sweet soul melodies and harmonies, reverent
blues and jazz, and Dirty South hip-hop.
"MOJOE has a couple of different meanings," explains Easy Lee, who was born in
New Orleans but moved to San Antonio, where he attended high school with Tre.
"More than the average joe is what it stands for, but it also means that we've
got something spiritual and magical, he says. It means that the best of what we
can do is the foot we put forward. And theres, 'Got My Mojo Workin', an old
blues term and song. So it alludes to the fact that we blend old school
sensibilities with a new school style."
"We also hope to bring some light to the fact that San Antonio has a rich blues
history and not just a Tejano history," San Antonio native, Tre adds, citing by
way of example the many recordings that legendary blues artist Robert Johnson
cut in his home town.
Years before they made music together, Easy Lee and Tre shared a foundation of
loving music, riding around while listening to the classics of soul and blues as
well as the raw hip-hop that was bubbling up from the block. It was a space
where the likes of Curtis Mayfield or Frankie Beverly and Maze could get down
and get funky with the struggle rap of street poets like Geto Boys and UGK or
the uplifting beats of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest. Not yet full-fledged
performers at the time, the friends nonetheless developed the open-minded
musical outlook that they express now back then.
"We are inspired by a lot of older music because back then they weren't typecast
in as many boxes," says Tre. "That inspires us to try and follow in their
footsteps."
Throughout Classic.Ghetto.Soul., there are touches of pain (The Blues),
infatuation (Yesterday), and lust (Voodoo Coochie). True Jewels, a jazzy ode to
the screwed & chopped hip-hop culture invented by the late DJ Screw, contains
what might be MOJOE's most faithful motto: "While you shine, I'll grind." In
other words, theres much more of an inner drive to work hard and refine the art
than to achieve fleeting pop stardom. And in A Cool Poem, Easy Lee illuminates
the foundations of rap with the spoken word style he first honed on the open-mic
poetry scene. Originally released locally in 2003 and co-produced by Roger
Blevins of the acclaimed Austin-based funk band Mingo Fishtrap, the newly
remastered version of Classic.Ghetto.Soul. is essentially the same which is
astonishing considering how fresh and different it still sounds (some songs were
recorded as early as 2001). Made in makeshift recording spots (from closets and
bathrooms to bedroom studios), it is a testament to the non-essential nature of
expensive studios and equipment when the music is grounded in the soul.
But its performing in front of audiences that is a particularly good catalyst
for the improvisation and boundary pushing that the group is really known for.
MOJOE comes alive on stage with assistance from the inimitable Mojoe Family
Band, a dedicated bunch with some colorful monikers: Funky Genius, Cooley High,
D-Maddness, The Carter, and Nookie Coltrane. The group has steadily built a
reputation for its performances throughout the South and continued to be a local
favorite: Readers of newspaper The San Antonio Current have voted MOJOE as the
Best Hip-Hop Group for four years running.
It's in these shows and through Classic.Ghetto.Soul. that people can truly see
and understand that for MOJOE, music is not so much a business, but a craft to
be honed for the preservation of soul for all ages.
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