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O ne T h a n k sg iv in g evening, N ic k
A sh fo rd , V alerie Sim pson and M aya
A n ge lo u gathered around the piano
as friends do. T h e ir intent was not to
create an album , but to express their
feelings. N ic k sang o f a couple in
lo ve ...”a little bit o f this, a little bit o f
that...” V a le rie hummed an unforget­
table m elody. Soon M aya’s poetry
began to flow and the first song “ I
Rem em ber A l l ” was born
It felt so natural, that other w ords
and m elodies began to fill the room.
A t som e moments, they were o ver­
w helm ed by the music and messages,
so m o v in g and emotional was their
co llabo ration o f talent and ideas.
E ach participant pushed the other
to new heights o f creativity, and the
m usic and poetry flowed as naturally
as love and life itself.
“ It w as a wonderful, spontaneous
moment in m usic, words and poet­
ry,” N ic k A sh fo rd recalls.
M aya remembers, “ We felt the
tingle o f creation, and knew we had
created som ething from the heart,
som ething we had to share...”
“ It ’ s a totally new sound. M aybe
the start o f a new artform ,” says
V a lerie. “ W ith M aya's poetry we
created an album that is w onderful
and different.”
The m usic o f Ashford and Sim pson
and the poetry o f M aya A n gelo u
have discovered each other to be a
perfect match, much like the celebra­
tion o f new love on the title track
“ Been Found” . These gifted perform ­
ers blend their crafts seam lessly in
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the haunting refrains o f “ Where We
C o m e Fro m ,” and the jo y o f “ Keeps
on Getting H igh e r” and “ Made for
M e” . W hile “ What if,” a song about
love in doubt, w ill tug on heartstrings.
“ I Rem em ber A ll” is a com position
o f sensuous love.
N ic k , V alerie and M aya took the
m agic o f that T h a n k sg ivin g night,
shaped it and gave it form. Created in
an atmosphere o f love, friendship
and sharing, the three collaborated
on seven o f the eleven that now make
up an album that could o nly be titled
Be Found.
CHUCK 0
T h e A u t o b io g r a p h y o f
M is ta c h u c k re p re se n ts a j o u r ­
ney o f the s o u l; a jo u r n e y
through my an ger o v e r the w ay
B la c k m u s ic is treated, and
o v e r how the m u s ic in d u stry
treats its p u b lic .
T h is album could be called
“ M y Assassination Attempt on
B ig W illie .”
The Rise o f B ig W illie , i.e.,
the m ercenary entertainment in­
dustry hotshot, m ack, hustler or
player, is seen as a positive de­
velopment by many. How ever, I
say, think o f B ig W illie as an
updated Stepin Fetchit, or U ncle
Tom B ig checks have alw ays
been made out to N egroes for
singing, dancing, rhym ing, te llin ’
jo kes, acting and pla yin g ball.
The irony is that it’s the biggest,
most h igh -pro file B la c k people
who get made into the most inof­
fensive, least controversial, saf­
est and/or most clow nish projec­
tions.
The Auto o f M istachuck lash­
es out at the co-opting o f the
B la c k m usic industry, under the
guise o f “grow th,” “expansion,"
or “ cro sso ve r"; how those in
charge o f the industry should pro­
pel the culture forward, for the
'people, instead o f m erely flo ss­
ing in front o f it.
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