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Smaëlb - 07.04.06 | 14:39

C'est le band mené par Questlove qui produira le prochain album d'Al Green. Le batteur des Roots l'a révélé dans le dernier numéro du mag Tyler : “On a écrit huit titres avec Al Green en une seule session. Les premiers jets sont meilleurs que tout ce qu'il a pu enregistrer ces vingt dernières années. Le disque devrait sortir l'année prochaine“

Questlove raconte le forcing auprès du président de Blue Note :“Je me la suis racontée. Je ne pensais pas qu'il me prendrait au sérieux. Je lui ai dit : « Bon l'album du come-back d'Al Green était pas mal, mais tu sais que j'en aurais fait une tuerie, pas vrai? ». Lui il se bidonnait. Quatre mois plus tard, on reçoit un coup de fil: « Vous voulez toujours le job? »

source : http://www.novaplanet.com/musique/news, ... rians.html

miam !

?uest travaille depuis 3 ans maintenant sur le nouvel album d'Al Green mais qu'il n'a en réalité travaillé dessus que 3 mois pour cause d'incompatibilité d'agenda.
Il essaye de faire sonner Al Green comme il sonnait en 1974.
Sortie prévue au printemps 2008.

Y'aurait Justin Timberlake aussi dans le coup sur cet album : http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/156892 ... ustin.jhtm

"?uest said he's been working on Green's album for three years, but due to their conflicting schedules, only about three months' worth of work has been done.

"It's been putting gray hair in my afro," 'Love laughed. "I'm not producing, I'm reducing it. I'm trying to take him back to 1974 — very dry, very dirty, very grassroots sound. One of the biggest mistakes of modern technology, it doesn't sound gritty, doesn't sound raw. A lot of the favorite records we sample from today, those were recorded in studios that were very lackluster. Those weren't the best studios in the world. Pretty much, I want this album to sound very cheap, very dirty ... the vibe the Amy Winehouse album gave you. More than just the song, the creative aspect. I wanted the engineering to feel like it was made 30 years ago."

The Philadelphia producer said Green's album should be out next spring, around the time the Roots' next project launches on April 29 (see "?uestlove Says New Roots LP Was More Stressful Than Backing Jay-Z, Chappelle").

"We are 55 percent finished," ?uest said. "I will say this is an electric record, more synthy. The darks are darker and the lights are lighter. But all I know is making quality hip-hop stylistically. We tried to do something we never did before. Kamal had to be the sacrificial lamb this time. The one instrument that has defined the Roots has been the Fender Rhodes [electric piano]. This is the first year he's had to change his instrumentation and try other sounds out. We have a bunch of keyboards and synthesizers we're using on this record. It feels like the musical equivalent of 'Blade Runner' sometimes. We've also added a horn section."