Willie Hutch
“The Mack”
Motown
Grade: B
Willie Hutch
“Foxy Brown”
Motown
Grade” A
Since their creation in the early
to-mid ’70s, blaxploitation films
have always been a source of de
bate. Some people see their por
trayals of strong, individualistic
black heroes as a recognition of
black audiences in the mainstream
movie market. Others see the films
as shallow, trashy purveyors of ra
cially motivated stereotypes.
But no matter what people think
THJ
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The band’s new bassist is William
Wittman, who has produced its last
few albums.
TMJ recorded a song on its album
“Cereal Killers” called “Long Haired
Guy From England” about losing
women to the type of man described in
the song’s title. In a typical TMJ twist,
Wittman has long hair and is British.
“We still play it, with an extra edge
to the song, since we have one on stage
now. TMJ has always been about put
ting out our own hypocrisies, so it just
gives the song an extra level of reso
nance as far as I’m concerned,” Quirk
said.
“Apparently being in TMJ is stron
ger than being from England because
he’s not doingany better with thechicks
than any of us,” Quirk added with a
chuckle.
TMJ has always been a glutton for
trouble. Two different covers of “...fi
nally” were released, with one minor
difference.
“Tiie original conception was this
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of these films’ contents, at least
their soundtracks can get their
proper and undisputed respect.
This thinking (and a bit of mar
keting research) is exactly what
spurned Motown’s rc-issuc of
Willie Hutch’s two classic
soundtrack compositions — “The
Mack” (1973) and “Foxy Brown”
(1974).
Next to incomparable artists such
as Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes,
Hutch was the master of the
blaxploitation soundtrack. His wall
wall and organ-laced compositions
were rich in soulful artistry and
tongue-in-cheek narrativesofslrcet
life.
“Foxy Brown,” the stronger of
the two re-issues, almost works as a
street-level symphony, working the
twisted elements of love, lust and
revenge into an 11-song master
piece. i»ongs such as “Theme of
Foxy Brown” and “You Sure Know
How to Love Your Man” are heart
felt and groove-based works that,
thankfully, never take themselves
too seriously.
“The Mack” is a slightly less
effective collection, showing only
brief flashes of the mastery that
Hutch would reach just one year
later with “Foxy Brown.” Nonethe
less, this album contains several
instantly likable and memorable
tunes, especially “Brother’s Gonna
Work It Out” and “Slick.”
— Jeff Randall
couple in bed both thinking the same
thing, which is finally,” Quirk said.
“Then the people at Discovery told us
about the die-cut, so that the CD book
let can fold down.
“We thought, ‘Hey, they could be
butt-naked under the album! ’ what with
another picture when the album folded
down.”
Much to TMJ’s surprise, Discov
ery agreed to go through with the die
cut cover, and two versions of the
album were produced.
One version of the cover has the
couple “butt-naked” and the other one
has them wearing underwear. The way
to tell the difference (the covers look
the same until folded down) isastickcr
that says “Warning: Contains Cartoon
Genitalia.”
Quirk also has been known to dis
robe at shows, which he says, hasn’t
gotten him in trouble at all.
“You have to appeal to the prurient
interest, which in English, means you
have to turn someone on. When I take
my clothes off in public, there’s no
chance of anyone getting turned on, so
I’m safe,” Quirk said.
TMJ also can do its share of name
dropping, if it chooses. Wittman engi
neered Joan Osborne’shitalbum,“Rel
ish.” The video for “Donna Every
where,” a single from the album “Mu
tiny,” was directed by Teller and con
ceived by Penn (also known as the
comedy-magic duo “Penn and Teller”).
The video begins with the words
“These men have just been given
$30,000 to make a music video” across
the bottom of the screen and TMJ
waving to the camera. It follows the
band through a mall as it proceeds to
blow all of the cash.
And in another move certain to add
to the TMJ legend, the band has even
been arrested.
“When 2 Live Crew was arrested in
Broward County because some idiot
in the Legislature said ‘those songs
can’t be sung,’ the band was sitting
around going ‘aw, that sucks.’ And it’s
nice to tell other people that sucks, but
it’s nicer to do something about it,”
Quirk said.
So TMJ came up with the idea of
holding a free concert with 10 bands,
each one performing songs that 2 Live
Crew had recorded.
Unfortunately, TMJ was the only
band that performed at the concert. It
was also the only band that, like 2 Live
Crew, was arrested and subsequently
acquitted.
“It may seem like an empty gesture,
but I don’t think it is. I think it’s the
only kind of political gesture, the one
I believe in,” Quirk said.
The band will be playing by itself
tonight, which is a change as TMJ is
often an opening act for many differ
ent bands.
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stage Tuesday at 10 p.m. The 21 -and
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