Boss Of The Bass, by Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Boss Of The Bass

by Jamaaladeen Tacuma

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1.	Gotta Be The One 04:41	info
2.	Trouble 04:53
3.	Lovin Life 05:25	info
4.	Characters 04:35	info
5.	Boss of The Bass 06:23	info
6.	Bass in Ya Face 05:33	info
7.	I Am Your Man 03:56	info
8.	Why Don't You Believe? 04:42	info
9.	Phone Call 06:39	info

about

In the 1980's Jamaaladeen Tacuma made quite a name for himself as a performer and recording artist. It was yet another case of an artist with a cult following who had more than the musical power to take it to the other level. He was written about favorably in one musicians magazine after the other. All the same,it seemed more than awkward that he remained such a musician's musician with such a strong ability to communicate with those who listened to him. As the 1990's came along and music in general became more and more about audience communication,Jamaaladeen decided to fashion this comeback album and put his music into a very different context.

Across "Gotta Be The One","Lovin' Life" and "Characters",vocalists are added to what are very new jack swing oriented grooves that still manage to drip with funk. The groove hardens up with heavier bass on "Trouble",an (in this era) rare non-vulgar outcry for social justice that was actually strong enough to be a crossover single had it been promoted better. Now the title song and "Bass In Your Face" are extremely impressive hard funk/hip-hop fusions,the former featuring rapper YZ who also shows up on the funk explosion of the closer "Phone Call". He's very much in keeping with the Us3/Easy MoB/Guru culture jazz rap culture of that time and makes excellent contributions.

There are two slower songs in the contemporary doo-wop revival of "I Am Your Man" and the digitized percussion based new jack style ballad "Why Don't You Believe",which has some wonderful chord changes. Somehow Jamaaladeen Tacuma manages to channel the stylings of James Brown,Miles Davis and R.Kelly's varieties of funk,jazz and soul on this album while still infusing it with his own individual instrumental identity. That is not as easy as it seems when your dealing with so many influences. Even though he kept a very low profile for the rest of the 90's decade,that might've been just as well since this was probably one of the last fixed periods of that era when a musical project as thoroughly worthwhile as this would get any deserved attention at all.
-Andre S. Grindle 2012

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released March 31, 2022

Artwork [Cover Art] – Christian Piper
Design, Artwork [Cover] – Pat McGowan, Peter Corriston
Engineer [Mix] – Glenn Barratt
Engineer [Recording, Additional] – Craig Caruth, Tim Casey
Engineer [Recording] – Glenn Barratt
Executive-Producer – Jonathan F.P. Rose*
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By – Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Kae Williams Jr.
Photography By – Brian Hagawari
Producer – Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Kae Williams Jr.
Record Company – Gramavision Records
Record Company – BMG International
Record Company – Bertelsmann Music Group
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Gramavision Inc.
Copyright © – Gramavision Inc.
Licensed From – GRP Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Morningstar Studios
Recorded At – Gramavision Studios
Mixed At – Morningstar Studios
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Made By – Koch Digitaldisc GmbH
Distributed By – BMG
Published By – Rich Boy Music
Published By – 2-Big Music
Published By – Pizzazz Music
Published By – Jamaaladeen Music
Published By – Carli-Sound Music
Published By – One Foot Music
Published By – Bernard Harc Music
Published By – YZ Music
Published By – Jobete Music
Published By – Baggi Music
Recorded at: Morning Star Recording Studios, Springhouse, PA, 1991
Additional Recording at: Gramavision Studio, NY (tracks 1, 2, 7, 8)
Mixed at: Morning Star Recording Studios, Springhouse, PA, 1991
Mastered by: Masterdisk, NYC, July 1991
Ⓟ & Ⓒ 1991 Gramavision Inc. Under license of GRP Records Ltd., Zürich, Switzerland

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Jamaaladeen Tacuma Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Artist, Producer, AND Bassist -

JAMAALADEEN TACUMA

Jamaaladeen has always stretched the mold of what and how a bassist is supposed to play. He has re-defined his instrument's artistic potential.

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