Q: Soul Bossa Nostra

Quincy Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 9, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B003H4WZ4A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,092 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Top Pop, R&B and Hip Hop artists and producers come together to celebrate the music of multi-Grammy winning producer, arranger and composer Quincy Jones. Artists and producers have come together to record contemporary versions of classics from Jones' massive catalog. Features appearances from Usher, Ludacris, Akon, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, T-Pain, Robin Thicke, LL Cool J, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Three 6 Mafia, David Banner, BeBe Winans, Mervyn Warren, Jermaine Dupri, DJ Paul and Scott Storch, among others.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars The Dude is officially a Dud... November 18, 2010

By EastCoast

Format:Audio CD

Say it isn't so!!! I have waited two long years for the release of this CD. I remember reading in JazzIz that Mr Jones was going to do a Brazilian CD of his earlier work. The title was to be called Soul Bossa Nostra. Are y'all kidding? Really? This is it? This is as good as it'll get? Is this all there is? Is there or will there be another CD to redeem this? What happened to Mr 'cutting edge, set the bar high, leave your ego @ the door' Jones? I'm so very, very disappointed. Why oh why did he feel he had to join the Santana, Sergio Mendes, Herb Alpert re-treaded, so-dreaded gravy train? For a Grammy? Doesn't he have enough? Even the download is low down, at a 99cent store price. $4.99? For a brand new Quincy Jones project? And he exhumed Barry White for this? Barry and every artist on that original track needs to whupp him with everything they can get their hands on in that secret garden. If he wanted to make a parody of himself, he's succeeded. He can submit this in the category of Comedy CD for that Grammy he's chasing. If the price sinks any lower, he may have to stand in line after the Thanksgiving Turkey for a pardon from the White House. Please don't let him make a video of P.Y.T. using Sara and Bristol Palin as the leads. Let's have a moment of silence for the artist formerly known as Quincy "Q" Jones. Just my 3cents.

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Quincy Jones & Autotune, REALLY???? November 11, 2010

By Melancholy

Format:Audio CD

Truthfully only 7 of the 15 track's have Quincy Jones as a producer and those track's are:
1. Soul Bossa Nostra (Produced By Naturally 7 & Q)
2. Tommorrow (Produced By Wild Animals & Q)
3. Get The Funk Out Of My Face (Produced By Terrace Martin & Q)
4. Secret Garden (Produced By Jermaine Dupri & Q)
5. Betcha Wouldnt Hurt Me (Produced By Q-Tip & Q)
6. You Put A Move On My Heart (Produced By Scott Storch & Q)
7. Sandford & Son (Produced By Red One & Q)

I like (Tommorrow),(Secret Garden) & (You Put A Move On My Heart) because these track's sound like heavy Q production's or (re)productions if you will and every other track sadly sound's like rushed and unfocused compositions to put it nicely. I highly urge anyone who is intrested in purchasing this cd to not expect too much from these artist, for example quincy & michael jackson's massive hit (P.Y.T) is (AUTOTUNED) to death on the vocal's from T-Pain which completly make's the song annoying as hell which is sad because robin thicke's vocal's are quite good on (P.Y.T) but is drowned out by the autotune massacre, michael jackson would not approve of this remake more like rehash. I can only hope Q would allow for a remix of PYT and with only robin thicke's vocal's in the mix without AUTOTUNE ofcourse, his vocals are that good.

One of my alltime favorite Q work's is the Brothers Johnson track (Strawberry Letter 23) and when I saw (Akon's) name as guest vocalist I was seriously concerned this would be a throw away track and my fears have been answered because yet again this AKON gentleman has sucked all of the soul from the original song to create yet another boring remake, no real instrument's just another boring Pro-Tools software studio affair with oh yeah you guessed it (AUTOTUNE) vocals. Is it just me but does Akon's vocal's sound the same on every single song he preform's on, his sound is so tired and playout to me.

In short expect alot of rap (Snoop Dogg,T-Pain,Talib Kweil,T.I.,Q-Tip) and quite a few producers that most have never heard of and it's a little unnerving as to why Q would approve some of these reworks for a few of his most beloved creations. I love rap music and the rap lyric's are very weak and the beat's are amature to say the least, like the producers are afraid to mess with Q's arrangment's so from a rap music lover's standpoint you will be put off by those productions.

Lastly, and I hate saying this but I bought this cd on day 1 of it's release and only played it 3 times (just to give the cd a chance to grow on me, NOT) and already gave the cd away to a friend for free (which she is not diggin either), I'm a hugh Q fan and I'm so confused he would allow this project to circulate in public. Please Mr. Jones if there's another cd from you sometime in the future please enlist some artist's with funk, soul & rhythm knowledge in there DNA!!!
Besides a few track's this cd is weak yaw!!!

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Miles stayed fresh until the end. This is just sad and bad. November 16, 2010

By Clifford Bailey

Format:Audio CD

it matters not that I am a huge fan of Q... I have to note that Q (on this project) is the "executive producer". Meaning, he was not at the board or in the booth when this piece of work was created. Most likely, he greenlit the project and gave his approval for release. Ouch! I hope he did so unenthusiastically. However, it should be duly noted his picture is on the cover. But, knowing Q, he was encouraging and nurturing all the way. The musicians and artists who put this album together are to blame/responsible or should take credit for the product created. More than likely, this is the best they could do. And for this current generation of listeners, this is probably good stuff. To my kids, AUTOTUNE IS FRESH! For me, its use means you don't have the chops to carry a tune. Times change. Tastes in music changes. I tell my two sons (both guitarists in their mid 20's) that it's their world and I'm just living in it. After listening to the album though, I realize it was not made for me. It was made for them. I can accept that. But if the future of music sounds like this, I'm crossing the road to the other side. This is a piece of work lacking execution, depth and/or substance. Mike, be glad you didn't have to hear this.