G. Love and Special Sauce | ||||
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Released | 1994 | |||
Genre | Rap, blues | |||
Length | 58:29 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Stiff Johnson, Special Sauce | |||
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G. Love and Special Sauce is the debut album by the American band G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1994. [1] [2] The album was certified Gold after selling 500,000 copies. It contains the song "Cold Beverage", which became a college-radio staple, [3] as well as "Baby's Got Sauce", which Seattle's KEXP-FM 90.3 called the song of the year. [4]
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The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that G. Love's "carefree playing refracts the blues into a slew of unlikely colors, and his rapping, a style he calls 'ragmop', is one of the most significant updates of blues phrasing since British rockers took a shine to the sound in the mid-'60s." [7] The Globe and Mail concluded that "it's nothing profound and it will no doubt get up the nose of both blues and rap purists, but it's good dumb fun nonetheless." [8]
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [9]
G. Love and Special Sauce | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Genre | Rap, blues | |||
Length | 58:29 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Stiff Johnson, Special Sauce | |||
G. Love & Special Sauce chronology | ||||
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G. Love and Special Sauce is the debut album by the American band G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1994. [1] [2] The album was certified Gold after selling 500,000 copies. It contains the song "Cold Beverage", which became a college-radio staple, [3] as well as "Baby's Got Sauce", which Seattle's KEXP-FM 90.3 called the song of the year. [4]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that G. Love's "carefree playing refracts the blues into a slew of unlikely colors, and his rapping, a style he calls 'ragmop', is one of the most significant updates of blues phrasing since British rockers took a shine to the sound in the mid-'60s." [7] The Globe and Mail concluded that "it's nothing profound and it will no doubt get up the nose of both blues and rap purists, but it's good dumb fun nonetheless." [8]
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [9]