音樂專輯

WISH I DIDN’T MISS YOU 把你忘記
2002年 07月 04日
産品編號: 74321939182
被譽為艾瑞卡芭朵與蘿倫希爾接班人的「新靈魂歌后」最新排行單曲,葛萊美獎「最佳混音師」Hex Hector及Mac Quayle混音,加收〈Gotta Get To Know You Better〉,並是一張影音光碟,收錄單曲音樂錄影帶和Urban/Contemporary R&B天后Alicia Keys齊名,同屬米國大廠「J Records」的創作長才Angie Stone,在八○年代便以三女饒舌團體Sequence浮出水面,九○時在她前屬Acid-Jazz組合Vertical Hold中早有傑出表現,由Angie Stone擔任主唱的此團1993年以《A Matter Of Time》單曲〈Seems You're Much Too Busy〉立躍A&M單曲榜,然而Angie Stone最大的成就莫過於1999年個人首張專輯《Black Diamond》,該輯除了動用搖滾先知Lenny Kravitz擔任總監外,還有她前男友D'Angelo的熱情製作,《Black Diamond》亦獲米國「Source」、「Vibe」、「The New York Times」以及「Rolling Stone」等平面刊物一致好評且在R&B/Urban AC榜上持續長達十週的冠軍頭銜;不只這樣,Angie Stone也相繼與Mary J. Blige、Craig David、Macy Gray和Jill Jones等人結盟不斷。《Mahogany Soul》是Angie Stone在2002年射出的八○放克加九○嘻哈導彈,甫一發行便躍登上「The Billboard Top 200 Albums」的前矛,單曲〈Wish I Didn't Miss You〉則衝到「The Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play」的冠軍,在電台方面亦有「This Week On The Billboard Hot 100」的好成績,在在為一支失戀哀歌的〈Wish I Didn't Miss You〉截取六○靈魂名伶Gladys Knight的〈Neither One Of Us﹝Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye﹞〉,重現她的改造不敗地位:「Now you think it's funny. Now you wanna spend your money on girls. But you forgot when you were down. That I was around...」,悲到耳朵痛的歌聲,搭配著詭譎異動的bassline與敲擊樂,再次吟出女人內心交戰的苦處:「Isn't it ironic all you wanna do is smoke chronic. Boy, you forgot when you were down.Who was around...」,與《Black Diamond》內〈No More Rain﹝In This Cloud﹞〉相較之下,愁悵多添幾分;此外細碟更邀來紐約華盛頓準將Hex Hector及Mac Quayle做remix功,Hex曾替Suzanne Vega、Toni Braxton操刀混音不祇,還在2001獲該年葛萊美獎「最佳混音師」之殊榮,Mac Quayle也不省油,Madonna、Amber、Babylon Zoo、Toni Braxton、Blondie等知名藝人樂音皆來自他製作之巧手,〈Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Mixshow〉開始便營造起別於原曲憂鬱的浩瀚氣勢,重料的House beat滲入Industrial、Epic、Tribal的熔岩,無失為一首豎大姆指的House-Techno;除外另收取《Mahogany Soul》內較輕快的假音飆歌〈Gotta Get To Know You Better〉與〈Wish I Didn't Miss You〉的音樂錄影帶;〈Wish I Didn't Miss You〉不僅是R&B、Soul、Rap樂迷的必收經典,更是喜愛Tribal/Soul House、Techno的舞客們不可缺的一張Dance killa。