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A Ma Zone
Zap Mama
(1999)
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| Sometimes, the key to success is in your pocket the entire time (remember Dorothy's shoes?). When the all female band, Zap Mama, looked in the mirror, they saw more than beautiful faces, they saw possibilities. Starting with the African Pygmy heritage of band leader, Marie Daulne, as the cultural backdrop of their musical exploration. They began composing wild tunes, created only by vocalization and body movements. Now, four albums later, CD's, like the aptly named A Ma Zone (1999), have earned more for their label, Luaka Bop, than any other artist. |
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Mary
Mary J. Blige
(MCA)
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| When someone won't give you what you want, what do you do? Now when someone as sassy-salty-cheeky as Mary J. Blige doesn't get what she wants, she goes out and gets it. Tired of being muscled around by the music industry, the woman who has earned the title "Queen of Hip-Hop" began waving her scepter. She became her own executive-producer, and started making CDs her way. The results are rich, powerful R&B albums like Mary (MCA). The strength of her voice is equaled with her attitude and experience. |
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So Real
Mandy Moore
(Sony/550)
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| Headstrong Mandy Moore made her first career decision at the age of six. She wanted to learn to sing. She begged her parents for singing lessons. Finally they gave in, thinking that it was just another fickle, fleeting interest. Could they have been more wrong? At the age of fifteen she makes her debut pop album So Real (Sony/550), containing the hit single "Candy". Mandy insists her days of music lessons are not over. Recording So Real inspired her to learn to be a songwriter on her next album. Go Mandy. |
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The Hot Rocks
Sleater-Kinney
(Kill Rock Stars)
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| They wanted to change the world as we know it; to offer power to their fans, feminists and punk. Before they could start, the all female band, Sleater-Kinney, learned basics, like how to play music. Other band members sat down Janet Weiss in front of a set of drums for the first time, she learned from square one. The hours of practice and hard work paid off. Now Sleater-Kinney albums, like The Hot Rocks (Kill Rock Stars), are smashing down barriers, pioneering the punk grrrl movement. |
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WXBD(EP)
Buffalo Daughter
(Grand Royal)
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| Are any of you perfectionists? Do you ever plan a project and have to make sure that it is just exactly, exceptionally the way you want it? If so, then maybe you know how songwriters/performers/producers in Buffalo Daughter feels. This Japanese, femme-triad invent odd funk electonica in such original ways, that they have to be in total artistic control. They didn't want to fight with or give into producers. So, they put up their own money, became producers and are now bosses, creating dance albums like WXBD[ED] (Grand Royal). |
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