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Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
(+ Booklet)
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| Label: |
Light in the Attic |
| Genre: |
R&B/Soul |
| Product No.: |
ALTA 027
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| UPC: | 826853002714 |
| Availability: |
Back Ordered
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| Category: |
Vinyl Record |
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Limited Edition Orange Vinyl + Booklet
Betty's sophomore masterpiece!
Vinyl plated at RTI
Expanded vinyl edition w/ gatefold jacket and 20-page booklet
Includes rare photos, lyrics and new 2022 liner notes by Danielle Maggio interviewing Betty
One can hardly imagine the genre-busting, culture-crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of R&B pioneer Betty Davis. Her style of raw and revelatory punk-funk defies any notions that women can't be visionaries in the worlds of rock and pop. In recent years, rappers from Ice Cube to Talib Kweli to Ludacris have rhymed over her intensely strong but sensual music.
Davis's unique story, still sadly mostly unknown, is unlike any other in popular music. Betty wrote the song "Uptown" for the Chambers Brothers before marrying Miles Davis in the late ‘60s, influencing him with psychedelic rock, and introducing him to Jimi Hendrix — personally inspiring the classic album Bitches Brew.
Betty not only wrote every song she ever recorded and produced every album after her first, but the young woman penned the tunes that got The Commodores signed to Motown. The Detroit label soon came calling, pitching a Motown songwriting deal, which Betty turned down.
Her 1974 sophomore album They Say I'm Different features a worthy-of-framing futuristic cover challenging David Bowie's science fiction funk with real rocking soul-fire, kicked off with the savagely sexual "Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him" (later sampled by Ice Cube). Her follow-up is full of classic cuts such as "Don't Call Her No Tramp" and the hilarious, hard, deep funk of "He Was A Big Freak."
| Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him | He Was A Big Freak | Your Mama Wants Ya Back | Don't Call Her No Tramp | Git In There | They Say I'm Different | 70's Blues | Special People |
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