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URSULA RUCKER - Ma’at Mama

URSULA RUCKER - Ma’at Mama
K7
CD // £10.99
BEATS / DOWNTEMPO / WONKY
Released: Jan 2006
Catalogue Number: K7194CD
Estimated time of shipping: 1-3 days

URSULA RUCKER - Ma’at Mama, K7

First things first; a bit of etymology for your perusal... A distant cousin of the Indo-European linguistic tree, 'Ma’at’ is taken from ancient Egyptian and represents the Kemetic principle which presumes an underlying foundation of universal order and balance. The Mama bit? Get a dictionary hobo! The latest release from Ursula Rucker, 'Ma'At Mama' could readily be lost in a cloud of joss-sticks, as people interpret her spoken word lyricism and social consiousness as another album of worthy (but ultimately dull) polemic. Yet for those who stow away any preconceived prejudice prior to departure, 'Ma'At Mama' is a coruscating treat. Opening with 'Humbled', Rucker (alongside Sonia Sanchez) weave a tapestry of burnt-sugar dialogue around grand-standing choirs, compressed breaks and tongue-clicks. This is what the radio station in The Warriors would have sounded like on Valentines night... From this soft-centered opener, 'Rant' (featuring Malene Younglao) is a spasm-bucked slap of horn-popped hip-funk; over which Rucker lists the ills of modern society, whilst somehow making it all sound like an MTV-felling Beyonce from an alternative universe. If only The Herbaliser had heard this first, they might not have bothered with 'Take London'. Elsewhere, 'Libations' indulges in some RIP list-action (the effect; Saul Williams sans a chromosome), 'Poon Tang Clan' is a brittle drum break garnished with honeyed discourse, whilst album closer 'L.O.V.E' is a starry-eyed dedication to the eponymous emotion - bolstered by swathes of Stevie Wonder-strings. Mama Mia!

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