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April 25, 1993 - Image 12

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Michigan Citizen, 1993-04-25

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ENTERTAINMENT
IN BRIEF
.
Th ou law
filmma r
saddle. II
"R "i on the real lite
tory of King David Lee. The
o "Posse" could well ignaJ
another trend.
The 4-11
k at work
of hip bop".
Her philosophy
something perba more peer­
p ured youth hould la h on .
Says Bli : "just in me t me
whete I am right now. and w 0.­
ing Imd." What's next? "Well.
more hard w rk 0 •
By The Way
re love n and tuff to
make you w n and move" .
what FreddieJ kson promises his
ixth album' ut. This rd-
ing marks . filst for RCA Re­
cords, after nng ti with
Capi I..
id Bi s
By TUREKA TURK .
Michigan Citizen
"Yo, is i Mec the Ladybug
And I'm aying though
What i really what
II I can't even get comfortable
A B cause the upreme Court i ,
like
A /I ill my uteru "
- -examination of what- from
th R achln (a n w refut Ion of
tim and sp c ) d but of the
Dig bleble Planet
Abortion, Jimmi Hendrix, refuta­
tion of time and p c--Di able
Plane . Sending wave jazz. funk
and ro k with bottle of Snappl Iii
their hands i the roup easily avoid­
ing the rnai tream vibc of commer-
cial rap. Th OP n. I t of thrc
bodi ,minds, and uls.
Buttertly i the creator, the tal­
ented word. ter who freaked the'
whole idea 0 paying homage to th
broth rs of jazz ro k, and funk who
molded the ound of t tri vi
today.
Doodle ug 1 every bit the t
character of hi nam ake (000<11 -
bug, from the flick "Cleopatra
Jones" for tho. e 0 y u oblivio to
Blaxplottation cult films). Who lsc
would relate neighborh od gan to
"Bert, Ernie and the Snutflelupogie
gang"?
And last but de initely n tit
com the femme fatale brea the
male dominated rules of hip hop and
rap (but then OP b a lot f mai n-
trearn rules). It i not Diga Ie Plan­
ets featuring Mecca the Ladybug.
Nor i it Mecca th Ladybug with the
Digable Planets. She i an equal
member OP on th sam vi •
her fellow hip tcrs.
"TH "W nothm wron
with Lyte and Latifah fernal rap­
pers like that, you kn w? They wer
on the po itive tip. But I gu I am
kind of different," Mecca ay in her
laid b k cw York cent
touch f hippi dra .
It I hard to aVOId the f ling of
peace, love, and happi on a OP
track, all pect du th flavor that
egan the roo , Jazz.
"Jazz music i like the m th rand
father of all fuu IC," he a.. "It I
Important 10 the Black farnihe
ca e it in rporat a ns uruty.
It' a natural thing for us to me rpo­
rate It into what we do. I alway h d
it g ing 10 my family. In fact, I've
been dl 10 rn ic for Ion ru I
can remember. I alway knew I was
onna write. I ve been dig I ng rap
inoe I was lad."
Mecca found he elf phil phiz-
ing With Butterfly and Doodlebug
when all were 10 different roup.
Butterfly, yched on th like id 010-
gl and view the tno f ea hated,
came up with 01 able Plan . 01
I Plane ?
ald.
The facist are ome heavy duds
Tirey don't really giv a damn
about life
The just don't want a woman to
control her bod '
Or have a right to choo
� b t lJ "
They ju t want a male. figure on
the button
- -La F.mm Fatale-
"ITW "8 TT Y' id a.
Wh n I read the lyrics I was like .
·Wow·. And then wh n J heard it I
really dug it. It Y that, you know,
m n wtmt to control what worn n
sh uld havc achoice in," Mecca aid.
Thi kind of re Ilion against nth
t ndard" leaked mto to th title of
th nr debut, Reochin (a new r futa­
non of time and p e).
"The title r pr ents h w we fccl
a out the man made id of time and
pace. We really refute man made
id ," he says: they. ay, the
mind i tim • the rnmd i pace.
"And t answer your ne t qu -
non." h zi Ie at her "psychic"
abihty (or m y i' b ausc he'
ked th que tion many
time ef re), "Our in ect name
c me from the c rnrnunal erse that
inscc have. They arc trong irdi-'
vidual who work t gethcr."
The trio hav already decided that
no one Will invade th plan t ry mar­
rai e they have In common by pro­
ducin OP tracks in the future. It will
never happen, Mecca ay. �I­
th u h th Y do plan to add their refu­
tations to other group. Butterfly i
In the process f remixing a track for
th Dream Warriors aand a project
f r newcomer, Bridget, is in the
wor
HIM UT entirely on
the OP vibe.rl Ii ten to Earth, Wind
& Fire, Sade, Or. Ore Gang Starr-It
It w then that, grud ingly I had
o dr p the rumor of Gang Starr'
reported dl olution over Guru' ai­
le cd alcohoh m.
Sh pull tempor rily from the OP
et and la e i nto a conve anon
the femme hind the
"01" quealed. "You can
pri nt mrs. Guru I the fre h t
rhymer. 0 dy can touch ht tyle.
I am a. big fan 0 Gan tar. I don't
thin that rumor I true. It can't be."
I rea hcd a. I h f r lief. It' no
c ret hat n Starr I considered
the pncrrucr hlp h P group that began
to In rporate the marraige of Jazz
and rap into th ir und (check out
"Jazz. Thing" r m he "Mo' Better
BIll \," undtra while everyone
el In Jam Brown v cal
Know\edge
g aK.a.
Oood\ebU , •
ladYbu
g, a·k.a. Mecca
H, TH RADIO is so wack
and mainstream. They play so much
R B ov r and over," Mecca groans.
h thin they have' it b d. I hip her
to the Detroit hip hop radio ituation
(ther really i n't one pure one, un­
I . you feel like playing tation tag
at 3 In th mormng), New York, I
,has ot to b better, She laughs
at my naiv t .
"No J don't think so. It' all main­
• tream," he ay in a WOf(Uy voice.
I notice that our conversation
mod I lacking so I switch 'back to
reporter mode and ask about their
video. I eomplement heron the look
See FATALE, 88
TOP 10 SINGLES .
1. "Cat In The Cradle"
.................... Ugty Kid Joe (StardowMercury)
6. "Looki�g Through P tl nt Ey II
.............. P.M. Dawn (Gee Street/1sland/PLG) .
2. "Love Is"
.... Vanessa Williams/Brian McKnight (Giant)
7. "It �as A Good Day"
......................................... Ice Cube (Priority)
3. "I'm 50 Into You"
.................................................. SWV(RCA)
8. "Down With The King"
........................................ Run DMC (Profi�)
4. "I Got A Man"
............................... Positive K (Island/PLG)
9. "The Crying Game"
............................... Boy George (SBK/ERG)
5. "I Have Nothing"
............................. Whitney Houston (Ansta)

10. "Angel"
............................... Jon Secada (SBKlERG)
. ,
L TOP R,�B/SOUL
1. til W A Good Day"
...................................... Ice Cube (Prionty)
6. "5w et On You"
......................... Lo-Key? (P r pective,lA&M)
7. "If I Could"
.............................. Regina Belle (Columbia)
r
2. "0 cleated"
....................................... R.Kelly &P A (JIV )
3. "Kiss Of Life"
................................................. Sade (Epic)
8. "Honey DiP:'
...................................... : .... Portrait (CapitoQ
4. "Down With Tt)e King"
........................................ Run 0 C (Pro II )
5. "Good 01' Days"
............................................ Le rt (Attantic)
9. "How I'm Com in'"
................ LL Cool J (0 f Jam/Columbia)
10. "Informer"
........................................ Snow (East West)

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