{"id":4921,"date":"2012-02-17T20:51:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T03:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4921"},"modified":"2012-02-17T20:51:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T03:51:28","slug":"meshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/meshell\/","title":{"rendered":"MESHELL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4922\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MESHELL-M-Review-Dec2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MESHELL-M-Review-Dec2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MESHELL-M-Review-Dec2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>M<\/strong><strong>ESHELL NDEGEOCELLO<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Weather<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Na\u00efve]<\/p>\n<p>Meshell Ndegeocello has been pushing the limits of her genre-bending ambition for 20 years, and in the process the agile bassist has gained a reputation as a must-have session player and a solo artist whose skills are matched only by her daring. Produced by the ever-eclectic Joe Henry, Ndegeocello\u2019s ninth album (and first since 2009\u2019s <em>Devil\u2019s Halo<\/em>) blends pulsating rhythms, atmospheric arrangements and dense, dark undercurrents to meld a most seductive set of songs. At once intimidating and inviting, <em>Weather<\/em> finds Ndegeocello and guest stars Chris Connelly, Benji Hughes and Henry himself emphasizing ambiance over melody and ambiguity over specifics. Nevertheless, a steady stomp and Ndegeocello\u2019s soulful, subdued vocals make the title track, \u201cRapid Fire\u201d and a cover of Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cChelsea Hotel\u201d essential. \u2013LZ<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO Weather [Na\u00efve] Meshell Ndegeocello has been pushing the limits of her genre-bending ambition for 20 years, and in the process the agile bassist has gained a reputation as a must-have session player and a solo artist whose skills are matched only by her daring. Produced by the ever-eclectic Joe Henry, Ndegeocello\u2019s ninth album [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,3032,3083,3084,3085],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4923,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4921\/revisions\/4923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}