I heard something about this project several months ago and NO…that isn’t the cover you see there. I have mixed feelings on this. The good…I respect the idea of someone with the musical knowledge and prestige of the Cos coming out against trite ideas and the current state of music in 2008. The bad…basically everything else. This could either be an “Uptown Saturday Night” or a “Leonard Part 6”…or a “Ghost Dad”. In some of the online articles I have seen he is quoted…“I do not rap on any of these things. I wouldn't know how to fix my mouth to say some of the words.” Huh?
So…is it a spoken word-Shatner “Rocket Man“-type of CD? Think Dr Dre meets Dr Huxtable.
I pulled the following off the AP wire…
Cosby said the hip-hop music he hears is profane and degrading. His album is “the opposite of what I think is the profanity for no particular reason, the misogyny for no particular reason,” he said. “It really looks at the frustration and the anger that a young man may have.”
And check this out…
And though he doesn’t expect the CD to be a huge hit, it won’t be his last hip-hop venture. “We can do even better,” he said. “The next one will be even more cheerleading.”
Cheerleading? Opposite of profanity? Sounds like he is biting the Rotten Musicians approach. The “Narratives” drop in May.
A couple of ?’s to you…1) Who would be the best musical pairings for the Cos (guest emcees, producers?) and 2) What 70’s-80’s comedian should create a musical outing next? My money is on…Chevy Chase or Bill Murray.
Peace-Dag.
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