David Johansen (Coloured Viny LP) Hip Hop

David Johansen (Coloured Viny LP) Hip HopDavid Johansen's self titled solo debut bears a closer resemblance to his work with the New York Dolls than any of his subsequent recordings, but the former Dolls singer cleverly crafted an album that played to his former band's strengths while establishing an identity of his own and delivering a set of tight but powerful hard rock. Where the Dolls were frequently sloppy and poorly focused (if often gloriously so), David Johansen rocks with a cleaner

a Blakean universe in which mankind can only redeem itself

Good Rockin' Tonight

launched him to semi-celebrity

"Down Along the Cove

"Weekends"

the songwriting grander

Recorded prior to his breakthrough as half of TNGHT with Hudson Mohawke

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as they say in French

and their first for DGC / Geffen

round low end and majestic orchestral flourishes that made Axelrod’s sonic realm a goldmine for sample-hungry hip-hop beatmakers from the ‘90s until today

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