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Hard Groove

Rh Factor Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Hardgroove
2 Common Free Style
3 I'll Stay
4 Interlude
5 Pastor 'T'
6 Poetry
7 The Joint
8 Forget Regret
9 Out Of Town
10 Liquid Streets
11 Kwah/Home
12 How I Know
13 Juicy
14 The Stroke

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HARGROVE ROY HARD GROOVE

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Most jazz-meets-hip-hop collaborations suffer from stiff beats plastered over abstract, high-minded solos. Not so with this collection from the '70s-bred, Texan-born trumpet wunderkind. Sure, he knows the musical language and lineages of Clifford Brown and Miles Davis. But he's also down with contemporaries like D'Angelo, Q-Tip, and homegirl Erykah Badu, who appear on this star-studded CD. Hargrove is backed by an in-the-pocket assemblage of jazz-honed phenoms featuring keyboardist Marc Cary, alto saxophonist Steve Coleman, bassist Meshell Ndegeocello, and flautist Karl Denson. They all put their grooves where their guts are, and the music evokes tinges of Donald Byrd's back-in-the-day waxworks. D'Angelo's down-home delivery lights up Funkadelic's psychedelic slow drag, "I'll Stay," while ebullient Common kicks up the verbal virtuosity on "Common Free Style." The Q-Tip/Erykah Badu cut "Poetry" could be a summer anthem. Throughout this tasty and tasteful project Roy Hargroove's cool and clarion trumpet tones provide the right sonic seasoning for this dancing and delectable disc. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.34 x 6.57 x 0.43 inches; 3.32 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Verve
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2003167
  • SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Verve
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000084T3J
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 162 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Etana
5.0 out of 5 stars You won't be disappointed
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2013
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I am a HUDGE Roy Hargrove fan and have a great deal of his albums. Hard Groove along with Distractions are two of my favorites. I love the jazz/hip hop/r&b fusion and the fact that he works with some of my favorite hip hop artists including Common and Q-Tip. This music trancends all generations - both my brother and dad LOVE his music as does anyone who I have played it for.
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MSWILLIAMS
5.0 out of 5 stars This is what good music sounds like!!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019
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Love this!!! Awesome blend of jazz and neo-soul. I played it for some friends who also loved it!!!
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Anthony Moore
4.0 out of 5 stars Tight... Very good attempt at jazz hip-hop x-over
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2003
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Recommended for fans of jazz, soul and hip-hop... Best tracks for just mellowing out to are # 6 Poetry f/ Q-Tip, # 8 With Shelby Johnson (Who ?),# 10 Liquid Streets and # 11 Kwah At first I only liked Poetry as it was what I was expecting from this album in the way of hip-hop and jazz. However, the more you listen the more this album grows on you. My only complaint is that some of the songs take odd shifts. Like Poetry, after Q-Tip's rap, HArgrove's trumpet goes into a background solo. He should have kept it going and brought to the foreground instead of the weird Erykah Badu interjection which would have been cool in a song by it self. All in all an album to have in your collection. Makes great background party music.
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Antoinette Kersey
5.0 out of 5 stars great music
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2018
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If you like hard bop and jazz funk, you will love this CD.
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SuperbowlofSoup
5.0 out of 5 stars Rest in Peace Roy
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2019
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Great CD by a great artist, he will be missed
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Zane Icadia
5.0 out of 5 stars Fusion/Urban Groove
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2014
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Roy has great talent, able to go effortlessly between genres and still display a true professionalism to music. Each of his CD's never seems forced or forged from from some studio stooge.
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Don Noland
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2015
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not as good as first CD of Hargrove I purchased
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Willie Hobbs
4.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Find
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2005
Should there be a time in the near future that you'd find yourself at my crib for a laid back get-together, where there is a steady buzz of convo, and everybody has settled into their positions of bartender, jokester, flirt, comedian. . .

A jazzy CD will be sparkling in the background, making the whole damn thang seem more sophisticated than it really is.

It's owner is playing it halfway to see if you're too caught in the matrix of work, sleep and bowel movements to recognize any of it. The other reason would be, simply, that Roy Hargrove's RH Factor is the mid-twenty to thirty-something's legit entrée into soulful jazz, so those for a taste of the melodic diaherrea that is Kenny G or that Bath & Bodyworks talcum-powder jazz from Yanni need not apply. Roy ain't havin' it, and I ain't either. Jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove has been a sideman for the likes of Erykah Badu and D'angelo. On the solo tip, he's amassed a solid series of albums that do justice to everything from traditional and contemporary jazz to Latin rhythms. As with the other previous outings, the R to the H flexes his connections with more all-star collabos than an over-produced rapper that can't come up with enough flow or material to do an album on their own two. Ah, but Hargrove does the combos justice, rarely missing.

"Hardgroove" is the ideal intro cut to reacquaint you to live instrumentation. It has the suave atmosphere of urban sophistication throughout. It along with "The Joint" eventually loosens its tie and kicks up the heat. This will be the point that you'll pause your conversation with whomever to try and catch everywhere the groove is going.

Another stepper is the boppy and playful "Pastor T." It's reminiscent of the Paisley Park jazz group Madhouse sans the ersatz moans and sensual whispers. Keith Anderson's saxophone solo makes a home out of the ebullient mood.

The funk is so deep on the mellow P-funk inspired "I'll Stay" that you will check your armpits after each verse. D'Angelo is channeling Al Green on the vocals, getting' his milk-mouth mumble on somethin' lovely and actin' a damn fool on the Wurlitzer. I'm tellin' you, you'll want to get a black leather trenchcoat and walk in the rain with a cigarette in the middle of the night with this one. "Kwah/Home" sets Michelle Ndegeocello to bumpin' it easy on bass while Anthony Hamilton lays on catfish-and-grits- flavored vocals of soul, mustard and hot sauce included.

Poetry, featuring Q-Tip sounds like something the Tribe Called Quest would have eventually done with its loungy-red velvet sofa feel. Just before your mind falls back completely into the calming fabric of the jam, the melody changes into a melancholy, almost Charlie Brown-Peanuts-like melody with Erykah Badu crooning of the pain we all experience in trying "the way to go."

There are weak spots though, such as the uninspired, absent-minded-sounding rap of FAMU's own Common on "Common Free Style." We gotta support our own, but dude sounded like he was trying to rap with a migraine and a flashlight shining dead in his eyes. "Forget Regret" takes the subdued vibe Common leaves and strikes a nerve with Bobby Sparks' squirrely B3 organ and the confident vocal silk of newcomer Stephanie McKay. "How I Know" comes in as a close second in this regard. The unhurried, slow-drag-friendly "Liquid Streets" soothes with a piano part by James Poyser reminiscent of Pieces of a Dream. Hargrove also shines with his trumpet work here as well. All in all, a fine musician, and album, to grow the hell up and be stylish to.

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Alfie
5.0 out of 5 stars Another beautiful jazz album by Roy!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2018
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What an album, this is the perfect mix of jazz, soul and funk. Roy has made some great decisions in terms of the musicians that are playing, they all deserve a lot of credit as well. I often sit down to do some work and put this on in the background and notice things i have never noticed before, it has so many layers that it doesn't matter if you are listening to it closely or as background music, it always entertains!

Hopefully Roy can get himself back on his feet and produce some more albums like this because it's modern but also classic at the same time. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone that loves upbeat soulful jazz with beautiful solos!
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Dae
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2017
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corinne
5.0 out of 5 stars Meraviglioso
Reviewed in Italy on September 16, 2017
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Album che consiglio a tutti gli appassionati di buona musica. Un cust pazzesco nella produzione è un gruppo libidinoso. Funky, soul, e tanto altro. Stupendo.
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Jams
5.0 out of 5 stars Encore du Groove!
Reviewed in France on March 6, 2015
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Comme les autres albums de RH Factor, celui-ci est excellent! Je ne m'en lasse pas. Uniquement si comme moi vous êtes passionnés de Musique Noire Américaine...Pour vous faire une idée, n'hésitez pas à aller regarder leurs vidéo live sur le Web. Incontournable!
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タカフト
5.0 out of 5 stars Future Funk from Jazz musicians
Reviewed in Japan on June 9, 2003
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ロイ・ハーグローヴの最新作がこういった形なのは少々驚きである。もともと新世代ジャズミュージシャンといった趣はあったがここまで、ヒップホップ・ファンク的な要素を打ち出した作品を新作として発表するとは思わなかった。古典的なジャズファンには多少退屈なのかもしれないが、今の最前線の音、つまり即興演奏としてのジャズ的手法とともに、様々なリズムやメロディ、ハーモニーを組み込んでいくことを気張らず、わかりやすく示した点で非常にすばらしい。
　参加したミュージシャンもジャズ系人脈からR&Bのスター、新進気鋭の新人からベテランまで幅広く、またそれぞれの個性もしっかり出ている。
　ジョージ・クリントン率いるＰファンクの代表バンドのひとつファンカデリックの「I'll stay」を取り上げている辺りから推測するとグルーヴミュージックとしてのブラックミュージックを切り口にして製作されたのかもしれない。
それぞれの曲がゲストのサウンド＋ロイのサウンドになっていて、ゲストはおまけではない感じがすごく好感が持てる。
「俺を型に嵌めんなよ」といってるかのようなバラエティも良い。
そして確実にフィールしたプレイが録音して納められている。
こんな音を聞かされると次を期待してしまう。
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