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└───┤ .: C D - I N F O :. │
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│ Artist : Monsieur Leroc │
│ Album Title : Oh La La │
│ Record Label : Cornerstone │
██ │ Release Date : Aug-19-2003 │
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▄████▄ █░▓█ │ Catalog Number : 31 │
█▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ██ │ Genre : Funk │
█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ │ Year : 2003 │
█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ │ Source : CDDA │
█▓▓▓▓▓░▓▓▓▓█ │ Encoder : Lame │
█▓▓░▓▓▓░▓▓▓█ │ Quality : 192kbps / 44.1Khz / Full Stereo │
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█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 01.Hawaii Bikini Inspector [03:11] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 02.No Pork, Just Beats [05:19] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 03.The Hunt, Pt. 2 [03:34] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 04.The Hot Carl [02:23] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 05.Let The Vibes Do The Talkin [04:29] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 06.Have You Got Soul [03:37] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 07.Mir Is Heiss [00:54] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 08.Swing Time Machine [03:43] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 09.Ou Yah, Keef Mar Ine [02:51] │
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█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 11.Mmhm [04:21] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 12.The Hunt, Pt. 1 [01:18] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 13.Mon Dieu, Les Banlieues [02:46] │
█▓▓▓░░▓█ │ 14.Gewichte An Sack [02:51] │
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█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ██ │ .: R E L E A S E - N O T E S :. │
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█▓▓░▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓█ │ Back in the '70s, many white rock critics │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ tried to convince their readers that the │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ decade's soul, funk and disco simply couldn't │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ hold a candle to '60s R&B. But most │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ connoisseurs of '70s R&B weren't buying it, │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ which is why they turned to the late great │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ Soul Magazine (the Vibe of its era) for │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ information and relied on more insightful │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ writers like Leonard Pitts, Jr. and Steve │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ Ivory (two regular Soul contributors). And │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ these days, the theory that '70s R&B is │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ horribly inferior to '60s R&B is seldom │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ tossed around in the '90s and 2000s, │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ countless artists (everyone from Lisa │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ Stansfield to Jamiroquai) have been totally │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ obsessed with the African-American music of │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ the '70s. That is certainly the case with │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ Arne Drescher, also known as Monsieur Leroc. │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ Oh La La!, the German producer's second │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ album, is yet another example of unapologetic │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ '70s worship in the 2000s. This 2003 release │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ is hardly an exact replica of '70s │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ recordings; rather, Leroc's quirky, eccentric │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ work fuses his '70s fixation with hip-hop, │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ jazz and club music. Oh La La! is an example │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ of what journalist Nelson George calls │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ retro-nuevo that is, R&B that worships the │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ past without being oblivious to more │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ contemporary sounds. Nonetheless, Leroc's │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ passion for '70s soul and funk is impossible │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ to miss, and this generally likable, if │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ uneven, CD draws on influences that range │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder and Sly │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ Stone to De La Soul and the Jungle Brothers. │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ At times, Leroc allows his eccentricity to │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ get the best of him; parts of Oh La La! are │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ too self-indulgent for their own good, and │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ Leroc sometimes meanders when he should get │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ to the point. But when Leroc successfully │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ hits the right groove, Oh La La becomes an │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ enjoyably funky demonstration of the │
█▓▓▓▓▓░░█ ██ │ seemingly unending influence of '70s R&B. │
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