Customer Reviews

Soul Food Taqueria

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This is our first Tommy Guerrero CD, and the first time I've heard of him. I'm so pleasantly surprised, I can't tell you. Love every song on this CD. Great for setting a positive mood. How to describe this music? Mellow, upbeat, latin/jazzy/funk, definitely the overtones of funk, guitar playing with soul; some of the songs are very sensual; makes you feel like...doing something sensual!

Fave tracks: 3, 10, 13, 15, 17. But, again, we like them all.

Sort of groovy electronica loops with a gritty base track. There are a couple really good songs, but there's something a little different about this one. Quite a few of the songs, like "Thin Brown Layer", the guitar playing sounds great but the DJ Shadow/Beck sounding loops make the track overall sound "electronica" rather than "funky." The collaborations are definitely worth skipping. Somehow doesn't seem to fit the sound when there's vocals on any of his albums.

Return of the Bastard is a much better albium.

This cd was a spur of the moment purchase, and it was one of my better buys. The cd is very dj shadow-esque in its ability to create a chilled-vibe in the room (or car-ride for that matter). It features Lyrics Born (from 'Quannum' fame) on one of the tracks (track 11: Gettin' it Together), and the result is fun lovin' criminals meets trip-hop.
It a fun cd that gets you singing, gets you chillin, and gets people asking, 'who is this!!'.

The music truly is amazing and multi-dimensional. I've been listening to this cd for the past three days straight. I wasn't familiar with Guerrero before but now I'm excited about checking out his other albums as well.

If you've been waitting as long as I have you may be disapointed, it's not as good as his other solo's. This CD is more like his collaberations, tracks 1,6,9 and 14 are small filler tracks that are'nt as good as anything on his first 3 CD's. Track 3 and 10 are off his CD w/ gadget and track 7 sounds like something that didnt make it onto that CD. The other 10 tracks are missing something. By far, the best is Gettin it together w/ lyrics born, a great tune that goes down in flames due to a substandard bridge. All is not lost howerver, if you like his collaborations better than his solo stuff you will feel different and this is probably a great CD for you and could even get you more into the solo stuff.

Ok so the first time I got to hear the amazing Tommy Guerrero was back in high school. I was at my job working and one of my co workers put on this cd. I thought why not give this guy a chance. Well thank god he did. I fell right in love with tommys music. Esp Hearing the vocals of GRESHAM TAYLOR. Another artist you NEED to check out. I have to admit after work I went out and went to 4 stores to purchase this cd. I finally found it at a small record store in chicago on the northside I even had the owner order me anything by tommy G. Still to this day anytime during the week I put on this album or one of his amazing cds. Also check out his side projects as well.

This makes swell unobtrusive background music, useful for instilling a general sense of mellow jazzy grooviness to any interpersonal activity. If you're having a get-together, and you don't know what to play on the stereo, you need this disc.

Tommy Guerrero was under my radar until about three years ago and I heard some cuts at a friends house. The ex-pro skater had me hooked from then on. Definitely a Latin chill vibe but with lots of ,well, soul, hey, why not name the album "Soul Food Taqueria," nevermind. Anyway the music is way cool, perfect for summer days sitting under the shade of a tree with a nice cool one. Guerrero remarkably plays a pretty nice guitar(isn't it unfair when people have so much talent?), knows a thing or two about mix'n and writing music and the result shines on this chill out CD. The mood created by this disc is pure chill, cool dowwntempo to bring your pulse in check. Guerrero throws in some dub factor, like on "Tatanka," that features his groovy guitar picks. The vocal tracks are reminiscent of the blues in a style that would make Eric Clapton think he may have a love child out there. The thing that impresses me is the ability to integrate urban elelments with stylish tweeking of the frets that is one part surf dog music, one part cool jazz, one part Spanish guitar chill for one delicious downtempo groove unique unto itself. If you have never heard Tommy Guerrero before check this out after you go surfing or skating and your day will be complete. The disc is pretty nice through and through as each song contributes to the easy going vibe tapestry. Recommended for chill heads everywhere.