92 Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008) 93 Low Things We Lost in the Fire (2001)įilled with crushing, funereal dirges and a song about wanting to encase a newborn baby in metal to prevent its growth, the Duluth group’s fifth album was nonetheless inexplicably beautiful. Merrill Nisker grafted sweaty, human filth on to the clean machine shock of electroclash on her hilarious, titillating debut as Peaches. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian 94 Peaches The Teaches of Peaches (2000) XCX stopped waiting around for mainstream acceptance and showed the normies what they were missing with this bracingly eclectic, guest-laden mixtape. 96 Missy Elliott Miss E … So Addictive (2001)ĭrawing from house, psychedelia and even Bollywood soundtracks, Missy’s third – the one responsible for Get Ur Freak On – forced pop to catch up with her yet again. Trip-hop duo Moloko was dead, and Murphy teamed up with Matthew Herbert for this eclectic, saucy – and still underrated – pop record that anticipated the arrival of Lady Gaga by three years. The Malian guitarist set a new career benchmark with this intimate set, adding classical western harp and African ngoni to her subtle, bluesy electric guitar. The first album album from an artist whose records had previously propped up killer singles with passable fillers turned her disaffection and disappointment into generational anthems. She is the bomb.Seven years after her previous album, Apple’s return sidelined her orchestral trademarks for an austere, homespun sound that exposed her insular lyrics even more starkly. Do yourself a favor and keep an eye on Dap bassist Hagar Ben-Ari. Jennifer Hudson channels Diana Ross, Beyoncé, and Effie White for a performance of “Night of Your Life” that’s disco-diva-rific (lasers, dancers in pink suits, plenty of neck swivel):Īmy Winehouse tribute! Sharon Jones and Wanda Jackson cover “You Know I’m No Good” and Florence Welch sings “Back to Black,” all supported by the band who played on Black, the Dap-Kings. and Clarkson shot a series of adorable interview segments - but here are the five must-see moments: There were many highlights - Flo tackled Annie Lennox’s “Walking on Broken Glass,” Mary J.
The Roots worked overtime as the event’s backing band as the show toured the sounds of Memphis, Detroit, Philadelphia, London, and Chicago - all hotbeds of powerful R&B- and gospel-inflected grooves. (As did Travie McCoy, but the less said about that, the better. Blige, Sharon Jones, Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, Marsha Ambrosius, Mavis Staples, Martha Reeves, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, Florence Welch, Estelle, Jessie J, Wanda Jackson, and Jill Scott all took the stage.
Around 250 feet from Penn Station, a real-live Soul Train rolled up to New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom Sunday night for VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul, which aired last night on MTV’s sister channel.
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