Discography Artist: Big Brooklyn Red

January 17, 2009
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Big Brooklyn Red is an artist unlimited by the conventions of the industry. He can apply his style to any music because his approach is organic, he feeds off of what is happening at the moment. That kind of gift is a two edge sword. On the upside, is that you can hear Big Brooklyn Red's voice on many different and diverse projects. He has recorded house tracks, three of which, "Shine your light on me" and "I've got sunshine," and "Be Mine" are getting serious play and recognition both here and overseas. He has recorded for a long list of NY/Miami/LA artists of many genres including hip-hop, spoken word, alternative rock, jungle/drum and bass as well as doing drops for local DJ mix CDs. There is even a gospel song with Big Brooklyn Red's vocal on it charting across the Bible Belt (although the producers may have to be brought to justice before that recording could be counted as a positive experience.) The downside unfortunately is that most of the powers that be need their artists in a box. Big Brooklyn Red's talent is not one that can be contained. Rather than continue to argue that point with the A&R du jour, this album is the first offering for the masses.
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Big Brooklyn Red - Foreword (2002)

Tracks 1 and 8 were written as they were sung. The lead vocal on "Time" is the complete take from his second attempt. "God is Good" was one take, one time with the 'hallelujah' harmonies overdubbed later. "Put Wings On Me" was a track by Aaron Fishbein that Brooklyn freestyled over and then fine tuned for the final take. "The War Inside" was a track originally produced by and for The Elementz of Soul. When EOS got together with BBR for a showcase they used that groove and Brooklyn improvised the melody and lyrics almost exactly as they appear now. "Paradise" is a similar situation except the lyrics and melody were previously freestyled by BBR and Antonia Jenaé over a different track that appears on "Aphrodisia2" a mix CD produced by "The Brass King." "Put It On You" was a track written by Leroy Romans that screamed for a sexy lyric and melody. Like good sex the song took time to be completed. "My Destiny" was recorded under impossible circumstances: no headphones, computer crashing every five minutes and Hassan needing to get on a flight within hours. Brooklyn's lyrics were taken from "Taunya's Song," his previously written Jazz-standard-style tune that has been updated in genre but not in feel. "Sweeter than Springtime" the live cut, is Brooklyn's favorite song on the album. It was written in 1994 about the time in mid-winter when God grants a reprieve from the cold for a few days. In Brooklyn's inimitable style the bridge has never actually been written. Every time he performs it he brings something new. In this recording everything came together. The band is a group of masters who all combine talent and passion in equal portion. Their performance fueled Brooklyn's fiery vocal.
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