Ma'At Mama (Dig)

Ursula Rucker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 7, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K7
• ASIN: B000BZ89NY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,436 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Her best record to date, May 13, 2006

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Scott Woods (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ma'At Mama (Dig) (Audio CD)

I approached this record with a lot of trepidation. Rucker is always good for a couple of tracks, but overall her albums have been left wanting. Too often she was either outshined by her music or the tracks simply didn't bear repeat listening as either poetry or music. Not to mention that her style launched hundreds of mimics, and some of them so well Rucker risked being outshined by her clones.

"Ma'at Mama" goes a LONG way toward rectifying all of these imbalances.

The tracks here are not only strong, but much better wedded to her vocal arrangments. The music and the poems both are allowed to breathe and stand on their own merits. Of particular note are the tracks "Rant", "Uh Uh" and "Poon Tang Clan" which, while tardemark preachy, exposes a too-rare sense of humor.

Sure, there are some too-familair devices here for a modern poetry record (cue the African drumming, cue the roll call poem), but the hits, for once, far outweigh the misses. A solid record.

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW WONDERFUL CD, September 24, 2008

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S. Toms "AfricanaBooks" (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ma'At Mama (Dig) (Audio CD)

Ma'at Mama's CD brought depth and life to the situations of life for African-Americans and women. It gives a lot of HISTORY, ENLIGHTENMENT, and A GREAT CRITIQUE of modern day ills. 5 stars! I love it!