Polski opis

Gatunek :	Rock
Rok Wydania :	2012
Jakość :	MP3 VBR ~238 kbps JointStereo
Okładki :	Nie
Ripper :	MTD

Opis:
Kocha archaiczne brzmienia lat sześćdziesiątych. Nosił dzwony i sięgające do pasa dready. Tak w największym skrócie przedstawia się popularny wizerunek Lenny’ego Kravitza. Wizerunek wykreowany przez media. Bo sam zainteresowany woli przedstawiać się w nieco innym świetle.

Leonard Albert Kravitz urodził się 26 maja 1964 roku w Nowym Jorku. Jest jedynakiem. Ma 173 cm wzrostu. Ojciec, Sy Kravitz, był producentem telewizyjnym, matka, Roxie Roker, pochodząca z Bahamów – aktorką (grywała na Broadwayu, ale największą popularność przyniosła jej rola Helen Willis w serialu "The Jeffersons"). Rodziców Lenny'ego dzielił kolor skóry, a także religia: Roxie była katoliczką, Sy – Żydem (co życia chłopcu nie ułatwiało). Koledzy w szkole niby straszni nie byli, ale... To była sytuacja w stylu: jest sobie kolorowy dzieciak, z ogromnym afro na głowie i przymocowaną do niego jarmułką. Wszyscy się zastanawiali, co jest grane? – zwierzał się Lenny.

Miał 5 lat, kiedy postanowił, że zostanie muzykiem. Edukację zaczął od klasyków jazzu. Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, wszystko, czego słuchali rodzice. Potem pojawili się The Jacksons Five – to właśnie grupę młodego Michaela (wtedy jeszcze w jednym kawałku) Lenny wymieniał najczęściej wśród swoich inspiracji. To ich płyty katował niemiłosiernie. Aż wreszcie przyszedł czas na czyny. Kiedy skończył osiem lat, po raz pierwszy chwycił za gitarę. Fascynacja rockiem wisiała w powietrzu.

 English description

Genre :	Rock
Year :	2012
Quality :	MP3 VBR ~238 kbps JointStereo
Covers :	No
Ripper :	MTD

Description:
Lenny Kravitz's 1989 debut LET LOVE RULE was the ultimate in playing spot-the-influence & that was how his early music sounded. With time, he'd internalize his inspirations, but with his first few albums he hadn't learned that yet. Following up the great-but-no-masterpiece affair that was LET LOVE RULE wasn't going to be easy for Lenny & but he managed to do it one better with 1991's MAMA SAID. Probably realizing his fixation with the '60s on LET LOVE RULE was a little much, Lenny decided to update himself a bit with some early 1970s soul on MAMA SAID. It was that change that would finally give Lenny some long-overdue commercial success.

"It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" I'm sure shocked even Lenny with it peaking at #2 on the pop charts in 1991. The use of analog recording equipment no doubt contributed to this sounding like something you'd hear from your local oldies radio station than modern top 40. The novelty must have been quite inviting for listeners who weren't yet bombarded by the coming grunge storm from Seattle. The old-school sound is furthered on "More Than Anything In This World", "Stand By My Woman" & "All I Ever Wanted". Making these songs more interesting is the fact that Lenny's marriage to actress Lisa Bonet was crumbling at the time MAMA SAID was recorded.

The rock-tinged sound of the follow-up ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY (1993) is hinted on "Always On The Run" (which could have been on the soundtrack for any blaxploitation film), "Difference Is Why", "Stop Draggin' Around" & "What The [...] Are We Saying?". This also foreshadows the angry, darker soundscape of 1995's CIRCUS.

While the influences still continue to control Lenny a bit on MAMA SAID, the only real snags are those songs that sound like LET LOVE RULE outtakes. "Fields Of Joy", its mid-album reprise, "Butterfly" & "Flowers For Zoe" (written as a lullaby for Lenny's daughter) are somewhat enjoyable, but a bit out of place on an album that was supposed to be about slowly bring Lenny away from his hippie identity.

Some have called MAMA SAID Lenny Kravitz's divorce record, but it isn't all the way through. Of course, his marriage falling apart contributed to the darker tone of the record, but to say all of it is about Lenny trying to patch things up would be overestimating it. Granted, he is still trying to iron out the rough spots in his sound, but Lenny seems a bit more sure of himself than he did on LET LOVE RULE. Who knew that Lenny would finally blossom on his next album?

The original, Platinum certified album, digitally remastered for the first time. Includes 21 bonus tracks (15 previously unreleased) and a personal introduction from Lenny Kravitz.