G. Love & Special Sauce
is an alternative hip-hop band from Philadelphia. They are known for their unique, "sloppy", and "laid back" blues sound that encompasses classic R&B. Their laid-back, sloppy blues sound is quite unique, as it encompasses the
sound/production of classic R&B and recent rap artists (the Beastie
Boys, in particular)The band features Garrett Dutton, better known as G. Love, Jeffrey Clemens on drums, and Jim Prescott on bass.The group toured heavily, also landing a subsequent spot on the H.O.R.D.E. tour, and found a receptive young audience. They followed up this success with the more mature Coast to Coast Motel in 1995. Although it didn't sell as well as the debut, it was definitely a stronger album. On tour, the group nearly broke up due to bickering over finances. They decided to take a break from each other, while G. Love worked on a new album with three different bands (All Fellas Band, Philly Cartel, and King's Court) and special guest Dr. John.
Soon,
though, G. Love & Special Sauce made amends, and the next album
featured Special Sauce plus combinations of the three other groups.
Yeah, It's That Easy was released in October 1997, and it turned out to
be a soul-inflected effort, more similar to their debut than their
second album. G. Love & Special Sauce soon embarked on another world
tour, returning in 1999 with Philadelphonic. Released in 2001, Electric
Mile was another solid release, but it was also G. Love's most
schizophrenic album yet, incorporating hip-hip, funk, psychedelia,
blues, and soul in equal and ambitious measure. Mile was followed by
extensive touring. By 2004 and the Hustle LP, G. Love had eased up a
little on the kitchen sink approach, offering instead a cohesive, dry
groove reminiscent of his earliest efforts. Hustle was also the first G.
Love release under Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records banner. It made
sense; the two had been pals at least since Philadelphonic, on which
Johnson had guested. His move from Sony spawned The Best of G. Love
& Special Sauce, but G. Love wasn't done. Special Sauce did a series
of shows in 2004 with Johnson and fellow Brushfire artist Donavon
Frankenreiter, and the trio also found time to issue a brief live EP
before 2006's Lemonade. The live album A Year & a Night with G. Love
& Special Sauce appeared in 2007. The studio album Superhero
Brother followed in 2008. After a six-year break, the original G. Love
& Special Sauce lineup (feat. Clemens and Prescott) reunited for
2014's Sugar.
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