{"id":460,"date":"2017-02-14T06:46:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T06:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/?p=460"},"modified":"2017-02-14T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T08:19:16","slug":"el-michels-affair-tearz-bw-verbal-intercourse-big-crown-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/2017\/02\/14\/el-michels-affair-tearz-bw-verbal-intercourse-big-crown-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"El Michels Affair &#8220;Tearz&#8221; b\/w &#8220;Verbal Intercourse&#8221; Big Crown 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dvPYQHLZdUk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a live instrumental take, &#8220;Tearz&#8221; sounds remarkably like a pastiche of other songs&#8211; that&#8217;s\u00a0 because in many ways, it is. Brooklyn&#8217;s El Michel&#8217;s Affair, the house band behind Truth &amp; Soul Records, has been quietly releasing effusive, Wu-Tang inspired instrumentals for a few years (past ones include &#8220;4th Chamber&#8221; and &#8220;C.R.E.A.M.&#8221;, all of which is featured on the 2009 release,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gVYfIfZDKeg\"><em>Enter The 37th Chamber<\/em><\/a>). These aren&#8217;t mere covers of sample origins but rather spins on RZA&#8217;s interpolations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The arrangement and tone of the chorus is completely flipped; Wendy Rene&#8217;s vocals are replaced by a lithe, breathy, almost ethereal version sung by Shannon Wise of The Shacks. The underlying organ of the original doesn&#8217;t even appear until the midway point after a long break of drums and bass licks. But the song&#8217;s apex is also the arrangement&#8217;s end; Truth &amp; Soul&#8217;s flagship artist, longtime soulman Lee Fields hops on the finale and croons and croons and croons and croons. This is another great release on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bigcrownrecords.com\/\">Big Crown<\/a>\u00a0and Lee&#8217;s short yet sweet touch is the proverbial cherry on top of the cherry. &#8211;\u00a0<em>David Ma<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a live instrumental take, &#8220;Tearz&#8221; sounds remarkably like a pastiche of other songs&#8211; that&#8217;s\u00a0 because in many ways, it is. Brooklyn&#8217;s El Michel&#8217;s Affair, the house band behind Truth &amp; Soul Records, has been quietly releasing effusive, Wu-Tang inspired instrumentals for a few years (past ones include &#8220;4th Chamber&#8221; and &#8220;C.R.E.A.M.&#8221;, all of which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/needletothegroove.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}