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Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
by Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Product Group: Music
Studio: Maverick
ISBN: B00005UEAU
EAN: 0093624798927
UPC: 093624798927
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 2002-06-04
Release Date: 2002-06-04
SKU: 08010335
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: Audio CD in like new condition with no scratches. Promo copy. Very nice jewel case with like new art work and labels.
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Editorial Reviews
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Album Description
Full Title - Cookie, The Anthrolopological Mixtape. 16 tracks including 'Hot Night', 'Pocketbook (Rockwilder & Missy Elliott Remix)' & 'Earth'.
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Customer Reviews
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Undeniably awesome
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-09-04
I'm writing this review on 4th Sept 08 six years after first hearing this album and still hering something new every single time I put the cd on.With modern soul/hip hop gone off the deep end and neo-soul lost in the wilderness this is a breath of fresh air.Every single track delivers and though you may not agree with all Michelle's sentiments the cohesiveness and eclectic sensibility of the album makes it encyclopedic in scope.This is definitely the most intriguing album in my collection.I love to put it on as a conversation piece when friends come over.If you don't already have it please go out right now and pick it up!
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Intelligently Done
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-22
Me'Shell continues to impress me with her work! She is a true artist at hand. I am upset that I didn't know this experience when this album came out. This is more confrontational than her debut project, and I fell in love with her then! Sistah, keep speaking your mind!
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Cookie: the anthropological mix tape
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-07-28
2 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Meshell Ndegeocello is a once in a lifetime artist. Brilliant piece of work!
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Cutting...edge...hip-hop for adults.
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-04-25
7 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
I first heard "Barry Farms" first on KCRW in L.A...then ran out and bought the CD. I am now arranging a cover for my band. Will have to have to give it to our male singer for most venues. I wonder if our female singer would do this one?
Bravura lyrics on the theme of Lesbian relationships, (toasted the ears of this middle-aged white male doctor).
Sensual but sophisticated, in no way obscene. Amazing.
esp. "Barry Farms" and "Pocketbook".
Very stylish jazz twists and turns in otherwise raw, throbbing hip-hop rhythms. First rate jazz instrumentalists.
Michelle's voice is the Anita Baker of street-rap. Hip-hop for adults.
Very, very original material and style.
(The righteous political/ghetto rhetoric on some cuts is sincere but has been done before. She should stick to her wry, I-don't-care ironic style when getting into done-before topics.)
At least 6-8 first rate cuts on this long album. Definitely not for kids, in every sense of the word. Worth every penny. Still amazes me a year later.
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It's no "Passion"...but it's better than "Bitter"
Rating  (3)
Date: 2005-02-18
4 out of 15 customers found this reveiw helpful
A bass player friend of mine turned me onto Meshell back when "Plantation Lullabies" was released in the early 90's.
I enjoyed it immensely. Then I bought "Peace Beyond Passion"
when it came out a few years later and that album placed her in the musical genius category in my mind.
I imagine it must be hard to compete with yourself whenever you release a stunning piece of work like that...particularly when you are allowing the events in your life to dictate the mood, tempo, and (unfortunetely) quality of your releases.
Meshell seems very angry here. There's nothing wrong with being angry, but when you put anger on a CD you have to know whether or not the audience wants to hear your anger. I didn't.
I just want to hear her kick out some nice groovin jams as she did on her first two CD's. The bitterness she exibited in her last release was even harder to listen to...what was it called? Oh yeah..."Bitter"!
There are a few of examples of nice groovin' jams here.,but much of it is overwhelmed with her anger. Being more of a jazz fan I listen to instrumentation first, arrangements second, then maybe lyrics last. Sometimes I don't even care what the artist is singing about as long as I dig the instrumentation and the songs have a nice groove and the album has a seminal flow.
The songs on this CD are too overwhelmed with politics, spoken word interludes, sound bites, etc. to allow you to focus on the music. I really hate when artists do that. Meshell, leave these tactics to Janet Jackson and gangsta rappers...your music is strong enough on it own without resorting to gimmicks.
If you are really into knowing what Me'shell is "feeling", then you will probably enjoy this CD more than I did. Meanwhile I'll just pop "...Passion" back in my car CD changer, crank it up, and enjoy her at her musical best.
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