EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: G. Love & Special Sauce

G. Love has been peddling his white funkateer shtick for well over a decade now; during that time, he's seen artists like Dave Matthews cop a bit of his 'tude and score big. On The Electric Mile, Love continues to merge genres like hip-hop, swamp blues, and ska, but the real secret to the special sauce is the sly songwriting, which turns his groove gumbos into sardonic meditations on bruised romance.

Originally posted Apr 27, 2001 Published in issue #593 Apr 27, 2001 Order article reprints

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