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G. Love & Special Sauce | 
| Artist: G. Love
Label: Okeh
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 48493
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099747663222
ASIN: B00000AV3R
Release Date: April 12, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Things I Used To Do | | • | Blues Music | | • | Garbage Man | | • | Eyes Have Miles | | • | Baby's Got Sauce | | • | Rhyme For The Summertime | | • | Cold Beverage | | • | Fatman | | • | This Ain't Living | | • | Walk To Slide | | • | Shooting Hoops | | • | Some Peoples Like That | | • | Town To Town | | • | I Love You |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Despite emerging in the same year that Beck released his Mellow Gold debut, G Love is still a relative unknown in the UK. It's a shame, because the Philadephian's take on slacker hip-hop deserves a wider audience, not just for the deep soul, funk and even country grooves that he entices the listener to embrace, but for the inventiveness of his format. Steeped in blues licks, the album was recorded practically live with just an acoustic trio of upright bass, piano and drums accompanying G Love's guitar. Admittedly the vocals, which veer too much toward a lounge singer trying to do a lazy rap, are an acquired taste, but several years on, this album sounds fresh and at the end of the day all it really lacked was a killer track like "Loser". --Tim Perry
From Amazon.com
With Beck's unexpected commercial breakthrough, everyone's suddenly interested in a new kind of music best described as "slacker-rap." Although it uses the sing-song cadences of hip-hop, it's the polar opposite of gangsta rap; in both its laid-back delivery and self-deprecating lyrics, slacker-rap acknowledges vulnerability and failure. It was done first and best by Washington's Basehead, but it gets an invigorating twist on "G. Love and Special Sauce," the eponymous debut album from this Philadelphia trio. G. Love not only looks like Michael Stipe, but he has the same mealy-mouthed vocal delivery. If Stipe ever decided to record his first rap album with an unplugged blues trio, it'd probably sound a lot like "G. Love and Special Sauce." Recorded live with no drum machines, samples or overdubs, the album creates a fresh, distinctive sound with its odd blend of lazy rapping and funky acoustic blues. Unfortunately, G. Love's absurdist observations on life aren't as funny as those by John S. Hall of King Missle, and the laid-back minimalism of the music wears thin after a while. Only "Baby's Got Sauce," which boasts a pop hook and a valentine to a domineering woman, holds up on repeated listens. --Geoffrey Himes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Laid back tunes for a Summer's day November 22, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I listened to this album first in 1996 at university. It belonged to a friend, but I went straight out and bought it, I liked it that much. Sat about on the grass on campus we, my friends and I, spent many a Summer afternoon doing very little, chilling out to the laid-back music of G. Love & his Special Sauce.
I like the album's catchiness, 'Baby got Sauce' immediately entered into my 'favourite tracks ever' list, but 'Cold Beverage' was the track of the holiday for us all. Lemonade & a double scoop...
I lent this album out and never recieved it back, annoyingly, but recently re-bought it and reacquainted myself with all my old favourites. This album makes me smile from the opening bars. Not just out of nostalgia, but because it is upbeat, funky and cheekily humerous. I fully recommend that you try it out...
 Bought the cd yesterday July 2, 2004
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I read the above reviews and decided this is a record I wanted to buy. So I did.The truth is it's not bad and, yes slacker-rap is a good way to describe their music. If they're original I would say no. I've heard too many bands with similar sounds. I guess it's one of those bands you have to see live first. One thing has to be said, all connections to Beck have to be discarded: G. Love and Special Sauce are not as good and they don't sample (Beck does that all the time). The only connection that still stands is that they both released a record in the same year. Don't think of Beck when you buy this record. Think of laid-back music, funky (allbeit slow) drums, raw slacker-rapping vocals, guitars. Believe me, that made the record sound better than it actually is.
 Funked out July 5, 2002
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
A fantastic album with a funky, bluesy, hip hopy sound, cool !.
So laid back ,its slack ! December 11, 2000
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is one of the best CD's i have ever heard. I take it every place i go ,its always on my walkman ,perfect for that post skate chill !, great in the car for those stressfull rush hours or just a great beach beat on your travels. It can only be described as raw,blues/rap/funky jazz .Got to be in your CD pile whatever your into.
great funky rap with a cool blues undertone June 30, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the third album that I have bought from this addictive trio and feels the most bluisy.In fact smatterings of John Lee Hooker prevail on "town to town".The tracks just keep sounding groovier and the funky loose style is perfect for chilling after a good surf or just cruising down to the beach.It's a fun album...I love it!
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