1 mars 1988 - Review of album

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CAPSULE REVIEW OF OPAL JEWEL’S FINAL ALBUM, AURAL, MARCH 1988 Stew (Uprising Records) Opal Jewel has yet another new label but the same old devils onStew, her self-produced third solo rant. As the title suggests, she’s dumped various styles into the pot, everything from reggae to rap (even trading verses on “Did I Stutter?” with a charitable KRS-One).But it seems that time has continued to dull her palette: Instead of serving up a richly layered conceptual treat, she’s oversalted the finished product with preachy lyrics and the tired feminist shtick that wore out two albums ago. Hard to imagine even the most nostalgic

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