Me'Shell NdegeOcello - Plantation Lullabies (Audio CD - 1993)

Me'Shell NdegéOcello's debut album twists and turns through so many genres -- R&B, pop, jazz, hip-hop -- that it's hard to put a finger on just where she wants to take its 13 songs. That she also spins conventional racial and sexual identity here makes Plantation Lullabies an occasionally overwhelming -- as well as a vibrantly sophisticated -- listen. NdegéOcello defies labels throughout, tagging her slinking and crawling songs with a rubbery flow that's just as rooted in '70s funky soul as it is in '90s hip-hop culture. It can be a bit derivative but most of the time it's just about as boundary-busting and as affecting as '90s R&B gets.
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed

TRACK LISTING

1 Plantation Lullabies 1:31
2 I'm Diggin' You (Like an Old Soul Record) 4:25
3 If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night) 4:31
4 Shoot'n up and Gett'n High 4:14
5 Dred Loc 4:05
6 [Untitled] 1:41
7 Step into the Projects 3:54
8 Soul on Ice 5:08
9 Call Me 4:45
10 Outside Your Door 5:08
11 Picture Show 4:38
12 Sweet Love 4:54
13 Two Lonely Hearts (On the Subway) 4:16