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Member Since: 11/15/2005
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Track List: Day Dream, Every Day, For U, Funny, Gravity, Hidden Charm, Open, Where You Belong, Sweet Hello, Laughin' & Cryin', Can You Feel THIS IS ONLY A DOWNLOAD OF
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Sounds Like: No Other.JUST A FEW REVIEWS OF WILD-SEED WILD-FLOWER...
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Does anyone happen to know what Dionne has been doing in the past 10+ years?On her Last.FM page, it says that she's working on a new album. But what has she been busy with in between?....................................................
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AllMusic.com comments: Although Wild Seed -- Wild Flower only managed to spawn one hit, the percolating, infectious Dionne Farris - I Know was a monster, dominating the airwaves adng inside the Top Ten for months. It's hardly the only noteworthy track on this consistently engaging debut which blends funk, rock, pop, and folk. The insightful, soul-searching, and often self-empowering
message of the lyrics is given added credence by the supple, soulful vocals of Farris and the musicianship doesn't let her down.
You may not know Dionne Farris' name, but you've heard her voice. Hers were the soaring vocals that powered "Tennessee," the breakthrough hit by alternative rappers Arrested Development. Here Farris steps out on her own with a strong debut called Wild Seed-Wild Flower. She smoothly blends elements of hip-hop and alternativ rock while positioning herself as a new kind of R&B divathe anti-Whitney. Farris has a lot more on her mind than "I Will Always Love You." On "Don't Ever Touch Me Again," she tackles child abuse, while .. to Think," she rails against drug addiction. But Farris never sounds preachy, and she even manages to take a Beatles song and make it her own with a slow, funky version of "Blackbird." .--Jim DeRogatis...................................................
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Reviewer:thamatrix
As a kid I listened to both alt-rock and hip-hop for quite a while, I was interested when I heard the pop hit "I Know" that brought soulful singing and a hip-hop flavor to pop rock guitars and rhythm. The single was a hit, but the album lingered somewhere around ..100 on the charts, and no more singles came out. Luckily, I bought this album after listening to it in a record store, and it's one of my best. "I Know" is still fun to listen to, but it pales in front of the smoooth blues/thrash of "Passion," the death trip-hop of "Stop to Think" (amazingly constructed from a Lenny Kravitz sample, it's hard to imagine how), and the acoustic mournfulness of the "Blackbird" cover. Dionne Farris just rips up every kind of music into a classic CD that's been as throughly ignored as possible. What's wrong with people (like the A&R folks for example.) While Lauryn Hill managed to bring soul and rap together for a classic R&B album, Dionne Farris mixed rock and soul elements for a equally accomplished piece. Maybe she'll come back some day....?....................................................
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Dionne, where are you?, October 22, 2002
Reviewer: A music fan
This is SUCH a great album. I keep checking back here for a new release, but no luck. C'mon, it's been EIGHT YEARS! Dionne, if you're out there, please, please, please give us another CD soon........................................................
.......................................Move over Whitney and Mariah!, February 26, 2000
Reviewer:G. Tate
I came upon Dionne Farris's voice in an unusual way. Her interpretation of "For Once In My Life" at the end of the movie "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" absolutely blew me away. I went straight to the record store and bought the soundtrack. From there I went on to discover her "Wild Seed" CD. And what a discovery it was! To this day, every time I play it I say to myself, why is this woman not getting recognized? Where is her follow-up? She has the power and imagination of an Aretha. And we don't have to endure all the vocal twists and turns of the current group of female popular "stylists". The woman just SINGS.
I promise you, if you have grown weary of all of today's crop of singers sounding like they were produced by the same cookie-cutter, you will relish this album. Besides superb vocals, there is excellent musicianship, writing and production. This ranks as one of my favorite CD's. She is a rare original. Dionne, we need MORE!.......................................................
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"Blackbirds is flyin' free.", November 9, 1999
Reviewer:Daniel Magallon
Never can this be more true than with the debut album of an artist who can truly be called versatile. Her use of funk, soul, rock, lush melodies and down home sass combine to make an experience, an experience that can only be good for your soul. To this day, considered to be one of the best albums this reviewer has ever owned. Never have so many different types of music and instruments been so succesfully mixed. From the sultry breakout heat of "Passion" to her soul-filled cover of the old favorite "Blackbird" to pop favorite (and a little bit of rock'n'roll) "I Know" to the little bit of country sqeal in "Water" Dionne Farris shows she isn't even afraid to show off every kind of voice she's got coming out of that throat. How nice that she even includes an alternate version of her hit "I Know" to give us another flavour and a new vibe on a song we already love (check out the maxi single of this song to hear the Acoustic Roots version). Themes are even produced through "Now or Later" and "Find Your Way" as well as the comedic talents of David Alan Grier reprising an old Im Living Colour character for a hilarious interlude. I can't tell you enough about this album but to tell you how excited you will be to pop this in and sit back and appreciate this talent...then wait for the next album.......................................................
.............................................Genre-busting artist brings passion back to music., August 16, 1998
Reviewer:Cecily Walker
Remember the hip-hop group Arrested Development and their Grammy-award winning single "Tennessee"? Ever wondered who the woman was who sang such a soulful plea to "take me home?" That woman is Dionne Farris, who left AD to strike out on her own. "Wild Seed/Wild Flower" is the debut effort by this singer/songwriter/producer. On this album Farris shows that for her, there is only one race-the human race. From her power-pop/rock influenced vocals on "I Know" (the breakthrough single of the album) to her melodious impression of the Beatles' "Blackbird", Farris treats her audience to a broad musical vista that spans smooth R&B to fiery rock vocals. This was one of my top ten releases of 1993-94. I eagerly await Farris' sophomore effort......................................................
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She has a Voice to last the ages, July 24, 1999
Reviewer: Andrew Pogue
This was on of the first Cd's i have ever owned and It is still one of my most listened to. I love her Voice so much and her songs Lift the Spirt. And Her Vr of a Bealtes song "Black Bird" is so great it John lennon himself would be Proud to have her sing it! Buy this Cd. its one of my favs and soon you be yours.
THANK YOU:)..
Record Label: Free & Clear Records
Type of Label: Major
