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A A )| e | B Baaiey ~ THETITLEISUNUSUAL: THE ALBUM WITH NONAME. : D . T BUT THEN, SO IS THE ARTIST: REDHEAD KINGPIN. A v L ONHISLATEST ALBUM, THE 19 YEAR OLD REDHEADED NEW | 1 5 % . R YORKER UNLEASHES HIS DYNAMIC RAP STYLE -CROSSCUTTING | | BETWEEN SLY SATIRE AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY. v e eee e e eB T % AHEALTHY, ENDEARING CHARISMA. THE RESULT? AFIERCE | W R « RAPMUSIC RECORD THAT COULD BE SUBTITLED “REDHEAD WF © B R e - T he. HUMOUR AND JACK SWING JUICES AND “LOVE THANG” &y - - SERIOUS ISSUES GET ADDRESSED. “PLAN B” PROMOTES £ 'SAFESEX. “GET IT TOGETHER”, THEALBUMS FIRST , - _ REDHEAD KINGPINS QUICK RISE TO FAME MIGHT e ‘ ik ‘ ' NOTHAVE BEEN TOTALLY MERITED CAN BE FINALLY. ..~ .~ ASTHEBEATBOX.SECONDLY, ALTHOUGH HEBELONGS:TO THE OLD MAINSTREAM OF HIP HOP. RQFUNUS{JA L SAMPLES FROM BETTY WRIGHTS ‘CLEAN.UP WOMAN: TO BONEY M'S ‘MA BAKER' " THIRDLY, AND . . ?‘ ELIG uga ENpER e HEMESUP WiaHED SERSE ONGURMQUNLTNGINGONAL NG SERU NI N N

o - o | - N°IUS. ALBUM : - [ AUNA [\ A :/o =y s G N e e . e e é;%/% - : o .L e ~ Only a perfectionist with a passionate commitment to her . e . ; work would toy with a formula that yielded one of the most | S 2 & - successful debuts in recording industry history and that is 00 Le F = precisely what Paula Abdul has done in recording and co- L L L T writing Spellbound. ‘ , | Ve e | To help her vision for Spellbound, Paula teamed ee e for eight songs with Peter Lord, V. Jeffrey Smith and e AN e e Sandra St. Victor of critically acclaimed Brooklyn, N.Y. Bl s . based rock-funk group The Family Stand. The Family Stand Lo T GRS e co-wrote and co-produced eight tracks on the album. ' , . v - Other musical collaborators on Spellbound include ace o o producer Don Was, who produced the off-beat, ska ‘ | flavoured “Alright Tonite”, written by John Hiatt. Rounding * | out the collection are the dance songs, “To You”, co-written ‘ by Colin England and its producer, Jorge “G-Man” Corante, - | f and “U” written and produced by Prince. - ’ A '*’ | “NO NEED TO PREDICT THIS ALBUMS FUTURE, |4 i >~—~—2 =~ ~ JUST COUNT THE DAYSTO N°l”. o £k e }‘{9'

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Rip It Up, Issue 167, 1 June 1991, Page 5

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