finds the group eschewing its pleasant indie pop sound in favor of an album of lightly experimental
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including four unheard Ellington originals: "Very Special
Ritz delves into Gaye’s deeply personal internal conflict as a source of creative vigor and emotional burden as he experienced What’s Going On’s massive success and all that came with it
OHIO 3/06/2012 finds the group eschewing itsRecording information: Atlantic Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Lounge Studios, New York, NY; Zenith Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA. Photographer: Jonathan Mannion. A fascinating first step, Stalley's Ohio really is the "intelligent trunk music" the man from Massillon, Ohio had promised in the pre release press. Beats boom in a familiar style, rattling and pounding as if UGK were now running the Buckeye State, while storytelling lyrics come from a more