Got It Made

Brassy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 29, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wiiija Records
• ASIN: B00004SYZS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,006 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Brassy's immediate claim to fame is that they're led by one Muffin Spencer, younger sister of blues-strangling, pants-on-fire rock reverend Jon Spencer. And anyone picking up Got It Made in the hopes of hearing a family resemblance won't be disappointed; with a wink and a snarl, Muffin shoots down inflated egos with the same swaggering, hey-baby-I'm-in-charge strut as the elder Spencer. (They must have played King of the Hill a lot as kids.) And, like her bro, she's fond of shouting her band's name; "No Competition" declares "No-THING can com-PETE with the B-R-A-double-S-Y!" Musically, though, she's running a different show, leading her London-based band through an elastic, sampladelic blend of rock and electronic hip-hop that owes much to Luscious Jackson and the Beastie Boys but distinguishes itself with catchy repetitions and Muffin's call-and-response vocals with her band mates. ("Who stole the show?" "We stole the show!") The CD as a whole is a bit short on actual songs but unrelentingly fun and funky; you'll appreciate Got It Made at your next unstoppable 2 a.m. party or long drive to a hot beach. --Lisa Gidley

Product Description

Limited Edition Digipak. 17 Tracks Of Pure Enjoyment & Fun.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The B-R-A double S-Y beat!, June 19, 2000

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Mark Goldblatt (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Got It Made (Audio CD)

Jon Spencer's sister Muffin (apparently her real name) rocks the house with this album. It's a cool hip-hop/techno/punk hybrid sound. Fans of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Boss Hog, Cibo Matto, Beck will not be dissapointed. Muffin's got a cool voice and there's crazy turntable action. I recommend this album because it rawks.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best album of the decade, May 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Got It Made (Audio CD)

This is a great album. Dancable and Catchy. To compare them to elastica is a joke. Elastica is a punk band. Brassy are great buy the album already.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Hip-Pop, March 20, 2001

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WrtnWrd "Hankman" (Northridge, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Got It Made (Audio CD)

Muffin Spencer, sister of Jon, does to hip-hop what her brother does to blues: recasts it as a modern minstrelsy. Her band, Brassy, does their strange prestidigitation better than J.S.'s Blues Explosion, partially because her love of hip-hop doesn't have the stench of appropriation clinging to it - this is music that speaks directly to her in a way that blues merely suggests to him. Brassy's music also mimics the tensile rhythms of Elastica, and the funk underpinnings of, say, Red Hot Chili Peppers. They also tip their hat to a few great old new wave rhythm experimenters like Pylon, Pearl Harbour and the Explosions, and, inevitably, Gang of Four. Her attitude is limitless, unlike her voice, which has a tiresome range that she nevertheless trumps on every track. It's the most fun CD I've heard in 2001; I doubt I'll hear another one with as much energy and esprit.