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October 21st, 2020 1:34am

You Got Me Back In Church


Moodymann “Do Wrong”

Moodymann is best known for making soulful house music, and the majority of his excellent new record Taken Away is in that lane, at least in terms of bpm rates. “Do Wrong” goes another way, framing its often spiteful breakup lyrics with a humid funk groove and snippets from Al Green’s “Love and Forgiveness” that provide both atmosphere and bitter irony. It’s a thick and swampy song with a rhythm that seems to bop up and down, and at some points sounds as though it’s sinking down below its implied surface. There’s an evil vibe to this song, but as much as the lyrics address someone else, the darkness of it feels more like it’s directed inwards. It’s like that great Carrie Fisher quote: “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

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