Wax Tailor feat. Ursula Rucker - We Be

An artist's second album is often seen as the moment of truth. Released in spring 2007 Hope & Sorrow (80 000 copies sold already) has been plebiscited by public, press & radios (nominated to French music award & US Indie music awards). Wax Tailor confirms his musical identity. Often categorized as trip-hop or down tempo hip-hop, Wax Tailor breaks musical barriers using a sonic palette to demonstrate his life chronicles tainted in soul, jazz, and funk. The tone of Hope & Sorrow is set from the introduction, where sounds unwind in a long one take and finally give way to Nate Harrisons essay from Can I Get An Amen. Through the course of 12 tracks and 3 interludes, he tells us a new story, unravelling like a movie scenario with vocal guests as his actors who deliver their lines to the tune of a great director.

Like his debut, Hope & Sorrow showcases an array of talented guest musicians. Also featured on Tales, Charlotte Savarys voice finds a gentle balance of sweetness and self-confidence on The Man With No Soul, To Dry Up and Alien In My Belly. This songstress reminds one of Bristolian cabaret pop where melancholy and melodies intertwine. Sharon Jones, the leading figure of the neo soul movement, lets her voice soar to heights far beyond that of modern R&B on The Way We Lived.Ursula Rucker is the priestess of Spoken Words. A familiar of The Roots, she offers her most exciting track to date, We Be, a poem that epitomizes the struggles of independence.

LA based rapper, Voice, one of the true discoveries of this album, expresses a femininity in Rap on The Games You Play that is an all too rare occurrence. Marina Quaisse embraced the Wax Tailor project from the start and here again, She co-write a song and sprinkles softness through-out with her melancholic cello playing. The Others and A State Of Mind, no strangers to the underground hip-hop scene, drop their clever verses on the funky tracks House of Wax and Positively Inclined. On my first album I had a lot of instrumental tracks, explains JC, I wanted to have more vocal guests on Hope & Sorrow, which changed the way I approached song writing, giving the songs a more pop orientation.

The song "We Be" (featuring Ursula Rucker) is taken from the second album "Hope % Sorrow".
+++
More information about the album "Hope & Sorrow":
http://www.mole.de/eng/Releases/release2.php?kid=molesp005-4
+++
More information about the artist "Wax Tailor":
http://www.mole.de/eng/Artists/wax%20tailor.html
+++
Tourdates: "In The Mood For Life Tour 2009":
http://www.mole.de/eng/Artists/wax-tailor-tourdates-2009.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Wax
• Tailor
• France
• Ursula
• Rucker
• Mole
• Listening
• Pearls
• Paris
• USA
• Mannheim
• Hope
• Sorrow

[bfab2011]

why is this a white girl lol you didn't write this don't pretend, wheres ursula!!?

[projektor4]

Wow! that is powerful

*****beautiful beatz, beautiful speech ... such a shame that these atrosities still produce beautiful art

that sorta shit shouldn´t orta happen anymore

[Erin38732]

one of my fav lines ever: "Why do you insist on keeping us caged

You know all that does intensified rage"

[OneWireOne]

CC'ed

[MysticMoonGoddess67]

my 2 favorites!!! =)

[Trotskisty]

Whatever. Your 'argument' speex for itself.

[Tiegurrr]

@Trotskisty You speak like a child trying to use complex words. Your position is weak as well as your argument for why this song is 'the usual.' I was merely stating that I highly doubt you have the talent, let alone knowledge, to facilitate any aspect of this song, beat, lyrics,or video. So learn some respect or come up with a better argument.

[Trotskisty]

@Tiegurrr:

'Ah hominem' attack is invariably an attempt to divert attention from the indefensible position of the slanderer.

;)

[Tiegurrr]

@Trotskisty better than any lame ass video/song you've ever conjured.

[g4ngst4m4n]

who is this white chick?

she looks so damn familiar and damn shes beautiful

[sm0kaa]

first 30 seconds of this track in a never ending loop .. i love it