Which is why the recently released soundtrack for Wu-Tang leader RZA's feature directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists (in theaters tomorrow), feels like such an anomaly. Unfortunately, as consumers stopped buying rap albums, labels fell back from spending bags of cash to assemble rappers from multiple record companies merely to push a motion picture.
These became one of the few places where rap fans could hear KRS-One consciousness one minute, then feel vicariously gully as MC Eiht rapped about Compton's darkest stories. Pooling their various resources and contacts, executive producers would reach out to artists from all regions for one common cause: to accompany a film with what would essentially become a fully mastered, elaborately package mixtape. See, there was once a time, way back in the 1990s and early 2000s, when record labels seized the opportunities afforded by new movies either starring rappers or taking place in urban, rap-friendly environments to release star-studded original soundtracks. Jag has also received great support from UK radio stations such as BBC 1Xtra, BBC Asian network, Choice Fm and the Galaxy Network.Fallen record stores like Tower and Coconuts aren't the only sorely missed casualties of the music industry's current digital age. The forthcoming release by Jag is the soulful "Take You There", which has already picked up play listings on some of the top US independent radio stations, including 104.ħ FM the number one independent station in the United States. Jag has continued to build a great reputation for himself supporting artists such as Joe, Kelly Price, Donell Jones and Truth Hurts to mention a few. Since then the British public have had a chance to sample the soulful, dynamic voice of Jag on television, radio and in the live arena. Levis Jeans were so impressed with this record that they used it as an integral part of a major advertising campaign. UK soul singer Jag scoops American Idol Underground award for the song "Take you there", taken from the classic debut album "Whatever it takes" The release of a cover of the Gap Band classic "Someday", which featured Jag and the legendary vocalist and Bollywood actor Shankar Mahadeven, took the Indian sub-continent by storm selling over 250,000 copies. Times said of their earlier disc: "Only two guitarists on the planet would come up with such a concoction."ĪC/DC - Iron Man 2 Soundtrack:Deluxe Edition With Book buy CD music WINNER AMERICAN IDOL UNDERGROUND Their amazing empathy and jaw dropping daredevil displays are heard to perfection in "Gypsy Circus" and "Chase," but the heart of the collection is in the gently rocking improvisations of "Seven Boats," and in "Walls of the White City" as well as Goran's magical "Three Waltzes" and Fareed's Jazz standard "Manresa." As the L.A.
Their styles and backgrounds are vastly different, but as the Chicago Tribune wrote of them ".when their two guitars play, cultural barriers melt away." Chicago's Reader has said, "Ivanovic is an exuberant interpreter.his tremendous energy is tempered with finesse and introspection.so that even the flashiest passages are graceful." Jazz critic Neil Tesser has remarked that Haque "possesses one of the great guitar techniques in modern music." Goran Ivanovic and Fareed Haque are two of the most gifted guitarists performing today. Infused once again with the modes and rhythms of the Balkans, filled with humor, dazzling virtuosity and tender melodic invention, this new disc is a treasure trove for lovers of Jazz, Classical and World music alike.
Now that partnership is extended and solidified with Seven Boats, an all-new collection of original music for two guitars. AC/DC - Iron Man 2 Soundtrack:Deluxe Edition With Book album for sale When duo guitarists Goran Ivanovic and Fareed Haque released Macedonian Blues in 2001, a remarkable musical collaboration was born.
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