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| Cherry's vocals flit between rap, spoken word poetics and pseudo-soulful singing over eleven guitar-and-keys-led tracks which might at times be better described as 'jams' rather than songs. And while all eleven tracks are quite similar, the similarity grants the album continuity instead
of making it sound largely nondescript. |
| For anyone who's ever read anything by Iceberg Slim, "Bright Black" communicates themes comparable to those expressed in his books. So Cherrywine can appreciatively describe the ghetto fabulous lifestyle with simplistic lines like "baby it's thugged out…and everybody
looks so high" on "Dazzlement", and at the same time portray the uncertainties and heartache that lie beneath the pimp's façade on "Anchorman Blues" and "Gracefully".
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| While this may not be Hip Hop as we know it, and may seem like a fairly radical departure from what the Planets used to do all those years ago, with "Bright Black", Cherrywine has brought an album that on a superficial level is musically entertaining, but that also conveys
intelligent thought beneath the surface. All that, and the fact that it's only 44 minutes short, ought to have those lucky enough to hear this album reaching for the 'repeat'button, because one taste of the wine simply isn't enough. |
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