Davis, Betty - Betty Davis (Clear Vinyl) Eels

Davis, Betty - Betty Davis (Clear Vinyl) EelsOne can hardly imagine the genre busting, culture crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of R&B pioneer Betty Davis. Her style of raw and revelatory punk funk defies any notions that women can't be visionaries in the worlds of rock and pop. In recent years, rappers from Ice Cube to Talib Kweli to Ludacris have rhymed over her intensely strong but

"Gimme Shelter" & "Sympathy For The Devil"

It’s equal parts headphone music and dancefloor music

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Produced with Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee in Los Angeles and in Modest Mouse's studio in Portland

it's a cast-iron unwillingness to compromise

She calls herself the -gangsta Nancy Sinatra- and defines her genre as -Hollywood pop/ sadcore-

over the summer of 2006 at an upstate New York farm with the help of the odd periodic visitor from the city (live band members Nancy Whang

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Ethan Kath and Alice Glass have created an unexpected level of excitement and cult loyalty

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