
#REDIRECT Me'shell Ndegeocello
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[[Image:Me'shell Ndegeocello-Comfort Woman.jpg|frame|right|Me'shell Ndegeocello on the cover of her album ''Comfort Woman'']] ''' Me'shell Ndegeocello is an African-American singer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in the late 1960s in Berlin, but raised in Washington, D.C., Meshell Suihailia Bashir Shakur''' adopted the name Ndegeocello, which means "free like a bird", while still in her teens. She has been hailed in the music press as a redeemer of soul music. Her music incorporates funk music, soul, hip-hop, reggae, rock music and jazz. She has been nominated for 9 Grammys. She has frequently toured with Lilith Fair. Ndegeocello honed her chops on the D.C. Go go circuit in the late 1980s before venturing out as a solo artist. She emerged as a recording artist in 1993 on Maverick Records/Sire Records with her debut, ''Plantation Lullabies.'' This recording presented a distinctly androgynous persona. Her music has been featured in a number of film soundtracks including ''How Stella Got Her Groove Back'' and ''Batman and Robin'' as well as on recordings by Basement Jaxx and The Blind Boys of Alabama, among others. Her biggest hit is a duet with John Cougar Mellencamp, a cover version of Van Morrison's "Wild Night", which reached #3 on the Billboard magazine charts. Her singles "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)", "Leviticus: Faggot", and "Who Is He and What Is He To You?" have all charted in the Billboard top 20. Ndegeocello is bisexual. She sang background vocals on the song "I'd Rather be Your Lover" by Madonna (entertainer), on her album ''Bedtime Stories (Madonna)''. ====Discography==== * ''Plantation Lullabies'' Maverick, 1993 * ''Peace Beyond Passion'' Maverick, 1996 * ''Bitter'' Maverick, 1999 * ''Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape'' Maverick, 2002 * ''Comfort Woman'' Maverick, 2003 ====Collaborators==== The following additional musicians are featured on the recording ''Peace Beyond Passion'': * drums: Oliver Gene Lake * guitar: Wah Wah Watson, Wendy Melvoin, Alan Cato, David Fiuczynski * percussion: Daniel Sadownick, Federico Gonzalez Pena, Luis Conte * drum machine: David Gamson * horns: Joshua Redman * bass clarinet: Bennie Maupin * Organ (music): Billy Preston * rhodes: Federico Gonzalez Pena * string arrangements: Paul Riser * production: David Gamson Official web site: http://www.meshell.com/ Bass guitarists Gay, lesbian or bisexual people LGBT musicians Rhythm and blues singers
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#REDIRECT Me'shell Ndegeocello
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#REDIRECT Me'shell Ndegeocello
Me'shell Ndegeocello
[[Image:Me'shell Ndegeocello-Comfort Woman.jpg|frame|right|Me'shell Ndegeocello on the cover of her album ''Comfort Woman'']] ''' Me'shell Ndegeocello is an African-American singer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in the late 1960s in Berlin, but raised in Washington, D.C., Meshell Suihailia Bashir Shakur''' adopted the name Ndegeocello, which means "free like a bird", while still in her teens. She has been hailed in the music press as a redeemer of soul music. Her music incorporates funk music, soul, hip-hop, reggae, rock music and jazz. She has been nominated for 9 Grammys. She has frequently toured with Lilith Fair. Ndegeocello honed her chops on the D.C. Go go circuit in the late 1980s before venturing out as a solo artist. She emerged as a recording artist in 1993 on Maverick Records/Sire Records with her debut, ''Plantation Lullabies.'' This recording presented a distinctly androgynous persona. Her music has been featured in a number of film soundtracks including ''How Stella Got Her Groove Back'' and ''Batman and Robin'' as well as on recordings by Basement Jaxx and The Blind Boys of Alabama, among others. Her biggest hit is a duet with John Cougar Mellencamp, a cover version of Van Morrison's "Wild Night", which reached #3 on the Billboard magazine charts. Her singles "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)", "Leviticus: Faggot", and "Who Is He and What Is He To You?" have all charted in the Billboard top 20. Ndegeocello is bisexual. She sang background vocals on the song "I'd Rather be Your Lover" by Madonna (entertainer), on her album ''Bedtime Stories (Madonna)''. ====Discography==== * ''Plantation Lullabies'' Maverick, 1993 * ''Peace Beyond Passion'' Maverick, 1996 * ''Bitter'' Maverick, 1999 * ''Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape'' Maverick, 2002 * ''Comfort Woman'' Maverick, 2003 ====Collaborators==== The following additional musicians are featured on the recording ''Peace Beyond Passion'': * drums: Oliver Gene Lake * guitar: Wah Wah Watson, Wendy Melvoin, Alan Cato, David Fiuczynski * percussion: Daniel Sadownick, Federico Gonzalez Pena, Luis Conte * drum machine: David Gamson * horns: Joshua Redman * bass clarinet: Bennie Maupin * Organ (music): Billy Preston * rhodes: Federico Gonzalez Pena * string arrangements: Paul Riser * production: David Gamson Official web site: http://www.meshell.com/ Bass guitarists Gay, lesbian or bisexual people LGBT musicians Rhythm and blues singers
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