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Meshell Ndegeocello Performs Duets on Synonym
Meshell Ndegeocello's Synonym album features duet covers with Bill Callahan, Cat Power, and other collaborators.
Meshell Ndegeocello's 1993 debut album Plantation Lullabies contributed to the revival of the neo soul genre. Her album No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Jazz Album.
Ndegeocello's Synonym album consists of cover tracks interpreted as duets. Collaborators on the Synonym album include Bill Callahan, Cat Power, Chaka Khan, Cynthia Erivo, and Robert Glasper. Ndegeocello aimed to make the Synonym album an expression of queer liberation.
Ndegeocello and Bill Callahan performed Bob Dylan's song With God on Our Side together. Ndegeocello and Cat Power rearranged the song Don't You Want Me in a reggae style. In the new arrangement of Sonny and Cher's song I Got You Babe, Anohni sings Cher's part.
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