Credits:

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band

Description:

They are back with their steelpan renditions of many classic songs! Included are superb funk covers of Jay Z, Slum Village, Sylvester, and more using steelpan, as well as some of their best original songs. The steelpan band has a cult following around the world. This third album follows the same approach as their previous albums. Covering a variety of songs from big hits to album cuts, the band makes them their own with a unique approach using the traditional steelpan of Trinidad and Tobago. They open with an original song with a solid rhythm section, brass arrangements, and layers of steelpan melodies, followed by covers of songs by Galt McDermott, Slum Village/J Dilla, Grace Jones, Grace Jones, and Sylvester. The band then moved into the most popular Jay-Z song on the album, "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," followed by the Sylvester classic, "Dirt Off Your Shoulder. A bottom-heavy four-piece version of Sylvester's classic "I Need Somebody To Love Tonight" gets the dance floor going. Ike Turner's "Getting Nasty" challenged the gut-bucket funk, and Minnie Riperton's jazz classic "Les Fleurs" was beautifully arranged on steel pan.Erykah Badu also covered "The Healer," a song dedicated to the late, great J. Dilla.

Tracklisting:

01. TOUGH VICTORY
02. SPACE
03. RAISE IT UP
04. MY JAMAICAN DUB
05. I NEED SOMEBODY TO LOVE TONIGHT
06. DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER
07. GETTING NASTY
08. BLOW YOUR COVER
09. REPRESENT
10. THE HEALER
11. LES FLEUR
12. SQUARING THE CIRCLES
13.JUICY
14.LOOK OUT BABY (HERE I COME)
15.KAISER NOIR