From Mathias Verraes Sent Thu, Apr 23rd 1998, 17:11
From Mathias Verraes Sent Thu, Apr 23rd 1998, 17:11
>Saw this Tricky white-label at the local shop today labeled as "Divine Comedy"
>$14!?! ...the wank behind the counter said something about Tricky doing
>this because he was pissed @ Polygram for making a racist comment or
>something??? limited to 1000??? what is this?
This was posted on the Ghetto Youth ML (about Tricky & other Bristol bands)
from
http://smokin.muzic.com/htdb/news/daily.html#4
Controversial Tricky Cut Surfaces On
Limited Edition Vinyl
Trip-hoppist Tricky's controversial tune "Can't Freestyle," a hardly
subtle attack at former Polygram Records President Eric Kronfeld, has
finally found its way to shelves courtesy of a limited pressing funded
by the UK DJ himself. With no words on the white cover and a plain white
vinyl LP inside, "Can't Freestyle" was quietly released this week in a
limited pressing of 5,000 units. The b-side is another previously
unavailable Tricky cut, "Cash Flow." The song, bootlegged at one point
as "Divine Comedy," attacks Polygram (parent company to Tricky's own
Island label) and its racial policies, an attack brought on by comments
Kronfeld made while testifying in a lawsuit filed by ultra-smooth
crooner Dru Hill that questioned the company's policy of signing artists
with criminal records. While on the stand, Kronfeld said, "If every
African- American male in the United States was disqualified from
pursuing a livelihood because of a prior criminal record, there would be
no or virtually no African American employees in our society." Kronfeld
was rightfully fired for his bonehead remarks, but not before Tricky got
really pissed and wrote "Can't Freestyle." Island spokespeople say
Tricky never let them know he intended to release the song, but hey,
it's not their money.
Tricky will next week launch a small promotional club tour of Florida
and the Carolinas in anticipation of the June 2nd release of his new
record, Angels With Dirty Faces. A full national tour is expected in
July. Rumor has it that British rrrrriot lady PJ Harvey, who duets with
Tricky on the record's first single, "Broken Homes," may hop the
Atlantic for a few late-night TV (Letterman perhaps?) renditions of that
song with the DJ himself. -Greg Heller
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