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- Date Released: January 1, 2003
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop, Soul
- Label: Boo Boo Wax / Reincarnate Music
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In a rap world set predominately on a limited range of topics to cover, politically and socially charged hip-hop is a breath of pure, fresh air. For the past decade, Spearhead and Michael Franti have been the antiseptic to a plaque-filled gold-toothed hip-hop mouth, expelling righteous truths and music with extremely thoughtful, meticulous details. Everyone Deserves Music continues with the tradition, but takes the sound of Spearhead into more of a disco-funk territory at times. This doesn't displace Franti's lyrics by any means, but gives him an extremely fresh perspective to stretch out and experiment with his delivery. Not so much a punch to the stomach like their previous releases, Franti and Spearhead almost made a deliberate attempt to stray from the typical hip-hop beats and go for something a bit more organic and acoustic than their previous efforts -- and the experiments more than pay off. It's honest, compelling, emotional, and soulful, and it's unfortunate that these values don't equate with much in the commercial hip-hop market anymore. In a perfect world, this would be a future classic played out of every car stereo, boombox, and apartment for generations to come.
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Credits
- Steve Armstrong - Mixing Assistant // Spearhead - Main Performer // David Bianco - Mixing // Sly Dunbar - Producer // Michael Franti - Guitar // Michael Franti - Programming // Michael Franti - Vocals // Michael Franti - Producer // Mannars Itiene - Drums // Jon Mayer - Engineer // Leon Mobley - Percussion // Mark Pistel - Engineer // Eddy Schreyer - Mastering // Robbie Shakespeare - Producer // Carl Young - Bass // Carl Young - Keyboards // Carl Young - Vocal Arrangement // Cecily Ward - Violin // Nick Rossi - Organ (Hammond) // Anton Corbijn - Cover Photo // Jennifer Kloetzel - Cello // Dave Shul - Guitar // Jay Bowman - Engineer // Ledisi - Vocals (Background) // Gift of Gab - Rhymes // Mark Willsher - String Engineer // LZ Phoenix - Vocals (Background) // Radioactive - Beatbox // Radioactive - Rhymes // Nebiet Barham - Vocals (Background) // John Butler - Guitar // John Butler - Vocals // Cypress String Quartet - Strings // Roberto Quintana - Percussion // Ethan Fliner - Viola // Guy Guillet - Video Director // Josh Klor - DJ // Josh Klor - Production Assistant // Deborah Tien Price - Violin // Michael Yokas - Violin // Wonder Knack - ? // Wonder Knack - Editing // Wonder Knack - Design // Tom Stone - Violin // Bob Crawford - Keyboards // Randy Miller - String Arrangements
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