Stone-classic, game-changing, soul-sister new jack swing from Sisters With Voices — Coko, Taj and Lelee, B-girls from Brooklyn and the Bronx — back in 1992.
Hit rollers like Weak and Right Here; ballads like It’s About Time, for prancin and romancin.
Youthfully irrepressible, emotionally frank, raunchy and sensual; sleek harmonies and sassy rapping; Coko’s vulnerable, killing lead vocals; crisp percussion and driving, synthy bass.
Kaboom, as Method Man would say.
From 1971, contemporary settings of Handel, illuminated by psychedelic guitar, flute and electric piano, and a break-happy, funky rhythm section. Carol Kaye plays bass; Cannonball Adderley conducts the 38-piece orchestra (fresh from his own Black Messiah sessions). The gospelised choral sections carry the swing, as seems right.