Ms. Oriana Lee

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REVIEW: Oriana Lee - The Oriana Lee EP
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Artist: Oriana Lee
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Most will know Oriana Lee simply as the wife of the world's most slept-on Hiphop artist (with REAL skills) Count Bass D. This is more than a tad unfair as not only is she the yin to Bass D's yang, but she is an outspoken poet, writer, performer, mother and manager in her own right, with a book release ("Something To Cope") on the horizon.Although she has appeared already on several of the Count's album tracks, this is the first real 'solo' outing for Lee, and one which many heads will no doubt be interested in as production duties throughout were handled by her husband.

This 7 track EP may well be a little difficult for these heads to get hold of though - its only scheduled to be released as a promo that will accompany purchase from Unchaste and their zany range of belts.Yes… belts.So unless you've got a significant other that is down to rock a belt called Natural Causes, you may well have to… ahem… begborrowsteel a copy somehow.I roll with the flavor, poppin' Cris on the reg with a variey of stars so my people got with their people to make it happen was happy to receive a copy in the mail from the gracious Ms Lee herself.Fasten your seatbelts…
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And so Ms Lee finally makes her appearance on 'Who Are You Any More", a track which sounds like it has borrowed snippets from Johhny Guitar Watson, and which begins with the warning to "never fall in love with a musician."Dominated by glittery percussion, a chunky bassline, and a familiar 'Planet Rock' sample, its begging for an emcee's touch.Instead, Lee steps to the mic with spoken word poetry, which is amazingly engaging on its own, but which is definitely enhanced by the backing track that supports her furious words, as her anger pours through the speaker.Its definitely some rewind shit, as you'll be hearing new barbs with every one of the first few listens.

'The Expose' is a simpler affair musically, with a sparse kick/snare combination running tthrough the track and very little other instrumentation on display.Where the heavy production on 'Who Are You Now' equally matched Oriana's serious and stinging words, the lighter make up to 'The Expose' pushes her vocals to the fore as she eloquently breaks down how she 'breaks it down'…
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What Dead Prez have spent their careers striving to attain, Ms Lee and Mr Farrell nail with one track.Stunning.

'The Write Way Baby' is another bubbly instrumental piece which sets the scene for Oriana's short 'Write Handed Dot Com PSA' outro.There's little said to be honest, but the bap from the backing track serves to reinforce the vision that Lee and her Writehanded.com site are indeed "in the know'.Musically, spiritually, emotionally… its hard to see it ever being in doubt.

As with almost every other Count Bass D related project, the only complaint is the frustratingly short length.Yes, an EP is an EP and Bass D is (in)famous for brief tracks, but with Oriana realistically only appearing on 3 of 7 tracks, it feels like our time with her has been even shorter than the usual time we get with the Count… and at least we have 7 production pieces from him here.Nevertheless, as an introduction to a lady who has always seemed to have a certain mystery about her due to her playing the background on the Count's art, its a positive one.And its free!

Oriana Lee - The Oriana Lee EP

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REVIEW: Oriana Lee - The Oriana Lee EP
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Artist: Oriana Lee
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Most will know Oriana Lee simply as the wife of the world's most slept-on Hiphop artist (with REAL skills) Count Bass D. This is more than a tad unfair as not only is she the yin to Bass D's yang, but she is an outspoken poet, writer, performer, mother and manager in her own right, with a book release ("Something To Cope") on the horizon.Although she has appeared already on several of the Count's album tracks, this is the first real 'solo' outing for Lee, and one which many heads will no doubt be interested in as production duties throughout were handled by her husband.

This 7 track EP may well be a little difficult for these heads to get hold of though - its only scheduled to be released as a promo that will accompany purchase from Unchaste and their zany range of belts.Yes… belts.So unless you've got a significant other that is down to rock a belt called Natural Causes, you may well have to… ahem… begborrowsteel a copy somehow.I roll with the flavor, poppin' Cris on the reg with a variey of stars so my people got with their people to make it happen was happy to receive a copy in the mail from the gracious Ms Lee herself.Fasten your seatbelts…
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And so Ms Lee finally makes her appearance on 'Who Are You Any More", a track which sounds like it has borrowed snippets from Johhny Guitar Watson, and which begins with the warning to "never fall in love with a musician."Dominated by glittery percussion, a chunky bassline, and a familiar 'Planet Rock' sample, its begging for an emcee's touch.Instead, Lee steps to the mic with spoken word poetry, which is amazingly engaging on its own, but which is definitely enhanced by the backing track that supports her furious words, as her anger pours through the speaker.Its definitely some rewind shit, as you'll be hearing new barbs with every one of the first few listens.

'The Expose' is a simpler affair musically, with a sparse kick/snare combination running tthrough the track and very little other instrumentation on display.Where the heavy production on 'Who Are You Now' equally matched Oriana's serious and stinging words, the lighter make up to 'The Expose' pushes her vocals to the fore as she eloquently breaks down how she 'breaks it down'…
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What Dead Prez have spent their careers striving to attain, Ms Lee and Mr Farrell nail with one track.Stunning.

'The Write Way Baby' is another bubbly instrumental piece which sets the scene for Oriana's short 'Write Handed Dot Com PSA' outro.There's little said to be honest, but the bap from the backing track serves to reinforce the vision that Lee and her Writehanded.com site are indeed "in the know'.Musically, spiritually, emotionally… its hard to see it ever being in doubt.

As with almost every other Count Bass D related project, the only complaint is the frustratingly short length.Yes, an EP is an EP and Bass D is (in)famous for brief tracks, but with Oriana realistically only appearing on 3 of 7 tracks, it feels like our time with her has been even shorter than the usual time we get with the Count… and at least we have 7 production pieces from him here.Nevertheless, as an introduction to a lady who has always seemed to have a certain mystery about her due to her playing the background on the Count's art, its a positive one.And its free!

Oriana Lee - The Oriana Lee EPAltrap.com » REVIEW: Oriana Lee - The Oriana Lee EP
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REVIEW: Oriana Lee - The Oriana Lee EP
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Artist: Oriana Lee
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Most will know Oriana Lee simply as the wife of the world's most slept-on Hiphop artist (with REAL skills) Count Bass D. This is more than a tad unfair as not only is she the yin to Bass D's yang, but she is an outspoken poet, writer, performer, mother and manager in her own right, with a book release ("Something To Cope") on the horizon.Although she has appeared already on several of the Count's album tracks, this is the first real 'solo' outing for Lee, and one which many heads will no doubt be interested in as production duties throughout were handled by her husband.

This 7 track EP may well be a little difficult for these heads to get hold of though - its only scheduled to be released as a promo that will accompany purchase from Unchaste and their zany range of belts.Yes… belts.So unless you've got a significant other that is down to rock a belt called Natural Causes, you may well have to… ahem… begborrowsteel a copy somehow.I roll with the flavor, poppin' Cris on the reg with a variey of stars so my people got with their people to make it happen was happy to receive a copy in the mail from the gracious Ms Lee herself.Fasten your seatbelts…
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And so Ms Lee finally makes her appearance on 'Who Are You Any More", a track which sounds like it has borrowed snippets from Johhny Guitar Watson, and which begins with the warning to "never fall in love with a musician."Dominated by glittery percussion, a chunky bassline, and a familiar 'Planet Rock' sample, its begging for an emcee's touch.Instead, Lee steps to the mic with spoken word poetry, which is amazingly engaging on its own, but which is definitely enhanced by the backing track that supports her furious words, as her anger pours through the speaker.Its definitely some rewind shit, as you'll be hearing new barbs with every one of the first few listens.

'The Expose' is a simpler affair musically, with a sparse kick/snare combination running tthrough the track and very little other instrumentation on display.Where the heavy production on 'Who Are You Now' equally matched Oriana's serious and stinging words, the lighter make up to 'The Expose' pushes her vocals to the fore as she eloquently breaks down how she 'breaks it down'…
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What Dead Prez have spent their careers striving to attain, Ms Lee and Mr Farrell nail with one track.Stunning.

'The Write Way Baby' is another bubbly instrumental piece which sets the scene for Oriana's short 'Write Handed Dot Com PSA' outro.There's little said to be honest, but the bap from the backing track serves to reinforce the vision that Lee and her Writehanded.com site are indeed "in the know'.Musically, spiritually, emotionally… its hard to see it ever being in doubt.

As with almost every other Count Bass D related project, the only complaint is the frustratingly short length.Yes, an EP is an EP and Bass D is (in)famous for brief tracks, but with Oriana realistically only appearing on 3 of 7 tracks, it feels like our time with her has been even shorter than the usual time we get with the Count… and at least we have 7 production pieces from him here.Nevertheless, as an introduction to a lady who has always seemed to have a certain mystery about her due to her playing the background on the Count's art, its a positive one.And its free!
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REVIEW: Oriana Lee - The Oriana Lee EP
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Artist: Oriana Lee
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Most will know Oriana Lee simply as the wife of the world's most slept-on Hiphop artist (with REAL skills) Count Bass D. This is more than a tad unfair as not only is she the yin to Bass D's yang, but she is an outspoken poet, writer, performer, mother and manager in her own right, with a book release ("Something To Cope") on the horizon.Although she has appeared already on several of the Count's album tracks, this is the first real 'solo' outing for Lee, and one which many heads will no doubt be interested in as production duties throughout were handled by her husband.

This 7 track EP may well be a little difficult for these heads to get hold of though - its only scheduled to be released as a promo that will accompany purchase from Unchaste and their zany range of belts.Yes… belts.So unless you've got a significant other that is down to rock a belt called Natural Causes, you may well have to… ahem… begborrowsteel a copy somehow.I roll with the flavor, poppin' Cris on the reg with a variey of stars so my people got with their people to make it happen was happy to receive a copy in the mail from the gracious Ms Lee herself.Fasten your seatbelts…
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And so Ms Lee finally makes her appearance on 'Who Are You Any More", a track which sounds like it has borrowed snippets from Johhny Guitar Watson, and which begins with the warning to "never fall in love with a musician."Dominated by glittery percussion, a chunky bassline, and a familiar 'Planet Rock' sample, its begging for an emcee's touch.Instead, Lee steps to the mic with spoken word poetry, which is amazingly engaging on its own, but which is definitely enhanced by the backing track that supports her furious words, as her anger pours through the speaker.Its definitely some rewind shit, as you'll be hearing new barbs with every one of the first few listens.

'The Expose' is a simpler affair musically, with a sparse kick/snare combination running tthrough the track and very little other instrumentation on display.Where the heavy production on 'Who Are You Now' equally matched Oriana's serious and stinging words, the lighter make up to 'The Expose' pushes her vocals to the fore as she eloquently breaks down how she 'breaks it down'…
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What Dead Prez have spent their careers striving to attain, Ms Lee and Mr Farrell nail with one track.Stunning.

'The Write Way Baby' is another bubbly instrumental piece which sets the scene for Oriana's short 'Write Handed Dot Com PSA' outro.There's little said to be honest, but the bap from the backing track serves to reinforce the vision that Lee and her Writehanded.com site are indeed "in the know'.Musically, spiritually, emotionally… its hard to see it ever being in doubt.

As with almost every other Count Bass D related project, the only complaint is the frustratingly short length.Yes, an EP is an EP and Bass D is (in)famous for brief tracks, but with Oriana realistically only appearing on 3 of 7 tracks, it feels like our time with her has been even shorter than the usual time we get with the Count… and at least we have 7 production pieces from him here.Nevertheless, as an introduction to a lady who has always seemed to have a certain mystery about her due to her playing the background on the Count's art, its a positive one.And its free!

Oriana Lee: poet by nature, educator
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Oriana lee: "Lee" means poet.

Count Bass D has worked with the likes of the Beastie Boys, Vitamin C, Van Hunt, Matt Mahaffey, MF DOOM and writer Oriana Lee.

Oriana Lee - Creator of e-newsletter Writehanded; mother, writer, poet and an all around incredible being (www.writehanded.com).

Count: Edan, Cana & Hezekiah (My children), Lil D, Rayna Shine, MF Doom, Dionne Farris, Oriana Lee.
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Count: a) Besides being 6 songs deep on my next album, I've been recording with Dionne Farris (singer), Oriana Lee (poet), and my daughter Cana has an album coming out that I am really proud of.