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Tricky — Evolution Revolution Love
Album: Blowback
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5.8

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Released: 2001
Length: 3:46
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Now that you got it right
Bring love and it'll make it alright
Bring love and we'll take it tonight
Now that you got it right

Who wants the sinner
Coming round for dinner
Who needs effects
Who needs to pay for sex
When they drop the bomb
Who will stay calm
Blood would spill
Who would you kill

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun

Walking down the street with my little rude gun
Top of my gun pocket for fun
Block on my tongue
Top of my earth
Tip of my birth
Top of my earth
Tip of my breast
Top of my chest
Tip of my guess
I've got the singles
I got the jingles
Bet you eat pringles with chris kringles
Walking on the road with my little rude gun

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun

Stepping on the street with my little rude girl
Tip of my toes, top of my world
Top of my world, top of my earth
Top of my rock, tip of my block

Now that you got it right
Bring love and I'll make it alright
Bring love and we'll take it tonight
Now that you got it right

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun

She was born in the ghetto
Outside the Bronx
In a project blocks
Where time stands still
It dont tick it dont tock
Top of my sun
Keep all my love
Top of my chest
Tip of my breast
Top of my earth
Walking on the road
With my soul in my hand
Tip on my toes
Top of my span

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun
Just begun
Just begun
Just begun, yeah, yeah

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun

Now that I understand this right
Let me take it to the mic
This revolution
Has just begun
Just begun
Comments (158)add comment
Diggin it !
Posted 2 months ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Fantastic tune! One of my favorite Tricky's songs. Quality music,straight energy.
Posted 9 years ago by Milanche    [ Reply ]
Wow! You just made my night!
Posted 10 years ago by Piranga    [ Reply ]
Thank you RP for playing this excellent track.

Please keep on playing all kinds of music so we continue to have the splendid variety that keeps me here. 
Posted 10 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
{#Stop}
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
This has something that draws me to listen carefully...compelling for certain    
Posted 10 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
I miss Tricky!
Posted 10 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
Interesting-intriguing music for certain.  I thought it was Aaron English for a moment.
Posted 10 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Love this. Takes me back. Great cover pic.
Posted 11 years ago by ApricotHurlforth    [ Reply ]
 pixel-pusher wrote:


Two differences:

1. This involves real music, with rich and melodic layers of instrumentation.

2. The vocalists are doing very interesting stylistic things with their voices. It's not just an angry guy who can't sing.

 
Yeah, I guess.  I have to say though, it just isn't for me.  Still glad to hear it though -- I like being exposed to music that, even if I don't like it, is at least something I'd never hear elsewhere.  Thanks to Bill and 'Becca for what they do!



Posted 11 years ago by DaMoGan    [ Reply ]
I'm digging this...
Posted 11 years ago by BoulderKevin    [ Reply ]
What the hell, why is this... thing on?
Posted 11 years ago by kojiroh    [ Reply ]
This song makes me feel like I might have nightmares.
Actually , it makes me feel like I'm in a dark dream right now.
I like it.
 
Posted 11 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
song kicks ass
Posted 11 years ago by billybob123    [ Reply ]
 yoyokid wrote:
Whats the difference between this song and rap?

Trick question of course this is crap.

 

Two differences:

1. This involves real music, with rich and melodic layers of instrumentation.

2. The vocalists are doing very interesting stylistic things with their voices. It's not just an angry guy who can't sing.
Posted 11 years ago by pixel-pusher    [ Reply ]
trip-hopping into a Pastime Paradise
Posted 11 years ago by mostling    [ Reply ]
...thanks RP - always something new -  (to my ears)
Posted 11 years ago by drivingunit103    [ Reply ]
seems some would give him the Zorg treatment for real. Me, for some reason I love this.
Posted 11 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Whats the difference between this song and rap?

Trick question of course this is crap.
Posted 11 years ago by yoyokid    [ Reply ]
Oh no! People shouting over music! Crime!

This is what I listen to RP for.

Brilliant. 
Posted 11 years ago by catnip    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
I have now inserted two knitting needles, appropriately sharpened and heated white-hot with a blowtorch, thrust them into my ears and rotated them by first placing them into the the bit of an electric drill loaded with energizer bunny batteries and the triggers locked down with lock-tite and super-glue.  Ahhhhh peace at last.
 



I hate when that happens...
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
NO NO NO RP this is why I come to RP to get away from this CRAP !!!!!
Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
The only thing this song has going for it is that Yoko Ono has nothing to do with it.  But it sucks.
 
Love this comment :)
Posted 12 years ago by stevendejong    [ Reply ]
Thank you RP!  You play the best tunes~
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Why on Earth would you play this garbage? It's awful!!!
Posted 12 years ago by fitzworld    [ Reply ]
I have now inserted two knitting needles, appropriately sharpened and heated white-hot with a blowtorch, thrust them into my ears and rotated them by first placing them into the the bit of an electric drill loaded with energizer bunny batteries and the triggers locked down with lock-tite and super-glue.  Ahhhhh peace at last.
Posted 12 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
 rickhoran wrote:
strange how RP has no listing of maxinquaye or pre-millenium tension. maxinquaye probably one of the most important trip-hop acid jazz recordings.
 
seconded
Posted 12 years ago by posworld    [ Reply ]
 rickhoran wrote:
strange how RP has no listing of maxinquaye or pre-millenium tension. maxinquaye probably one of the most important trip-hop acid jazz recordings.
 
Absolutely right!  Where are the amazing tracks from those 2 albums?!
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
i love this radio station.
Posted 12 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
Nice cover art!
 
Martina Topley-Bird may blow smoke in my face any day she likes. :D
Posted 12 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
strange how RP has no listing of maxinquaye or pre-millenium tension. maxinquaye probably one of the most important trip-hop acid jazz recordings.
Posted 12 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
I don't have this album.  I'm going to rectify that very shortly.
Posted 12 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
Monos, the God of Pain.  Or maybe it's Uranus.

moonsaura wrote:
godlike!
 


Posted 12 years ago by jcjoh    [ Reply ]
 sbegf wrote:
Definitely different, even for RP...don't hate it, don't love it...but it did catch my attention...just not sure why.
 
Agreed.

Posted 12 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
I like Tricky well enough..not my fav. track..but again..good to hear the set mixed up, bring it ALL on..I don't have to love it to enjoy it, you know what I mean?
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
Does not like.
Posted 13 years ago by logic    [ Reply ]
Definitely different, even for RP...don't hate it, don't love it...but it did catch my attention...just not sure why.
Posted 13 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
 Panama_Floyd wrote:
Song's been a little educational for me..I almost rated 1 the moment I heard a rap beat, but I was doing something across the room and couldn't reach the computer.

Weird thing is, the longer it played, the more I liked it. Ended up with a 7, and curious about what some of his other stuff sounds like.

Bill, if reactions like mine are part of what you want RP to do, it's working. {#Clap}
 
this makes me smile 
Posted 13 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Thank God, its over.
Posted 13 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Cool sound{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Oh Bill, more like this, please!!! 8
Posted 13 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
This-a-a-suck
Posted 13 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Difford, Tilbrook, Kowalcyzk - fascinating
Posted 13 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Love the mix.
Posted 13 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Neat-O!
Posted 13 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
Revolutionary Song. Great mix of Reggae dancehall, Hip Hop, and Rock
Posted 13 years ago by Jerrydread    [ Reply ]
godlike!
Posted 13 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
YES!  Greatness!
Posted 14 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Wow, Bill...always loved this song....With Ed Kowalcyk!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
wow, this really sucks.  :)
Posted 14 years ago by japanmoran    [ Reply ]
Mommy, I'm scared!
Posted 14 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
SWEEEEEET!!!  Love this song!  I think this is the first time I've heard it played on RP.  Rotate it in more often, please.  {#Tongue} 
Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
The only thing this song has going for it is that Yoko Ono has nothing to do with it.  But it sucks.
Posted 14 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
I think I would like this song without Live's lead singer in it. I typically like his stuff but the way he pronounces some of the words is annoying and his chorus is just out of place. I haven't listened to it in a while but I feel like there were better songs on the album than this one.
Posted 14 years ago by supremo    [ Reply ]
Oh hell no.

Hey I know RP is eclectic, I've preached that myself a hundred or more times, but not THIS, please. Please.
Posted 14 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Intolerable.
Unfortunately there's not a way to click the "Thumbs Down" button and never hear the song again (like with Pand0^@). You'd think a < 6 rating would be enough of a message for listeners to be spared from the "Damien III" soundtrack, but in the spirit of 'diversity' I guess we're subject to it.

Posted 14 years ago by jptl    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
Nice cover art! What music genre is this?
 
I've always heard Tricky as "Trip-Hop". Its a great album! I first heard it in a used CD store in a college town. I was browsing for CDs and kept going up to ask what song was playing, and they kept telling me "its still Tricky"...so I had to buy it. Now I can't get it away from my kids.

Posted 14 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
Nice cover art! What music genre is this?


Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
lame
Posted 14 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Always like this song, but they definitely get extra bonus points for the album cover!{#Cowboy}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 moonsaura wrote:
i LOVE it! thank you RP!!
 
Second that!!
Posted 14 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
i LOVE it! thank you RP!!
Posted 14 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
I was like...oh hell no...then the song won me over.  It reminds me of the old days at RP. :)
Posted 14 years ago by not-a-fish    [ Reply ]
Fresh.
Posted 14 years ago by adamdbenson    [ Reply ]
This is a great CD overall. If I could rate the whole disk, it would be a 10.
Posted 15 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
Song's been a little educational for me..I almost rated 1 the moment I heard a rap beat, but I was doing something across the room and couldn't reach the computer.

Weird thing is, the longer it played, the more I liked it. Ended up with a 7, and curious about what some of his other stuff sounds like.

Bill, if reactions like mine are part of what you want RP to do, it's working. {#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by Panama_Floyd    [ Reply ]
I liked parts of this song, but other parts are annoying
Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
 le_colonel wrote:
Gets a 6 with Tricky bonus. He's a terrific artist; unfortunately he's one of those whose weakest material gets played on RP. I don't get why there is a handful of later-period Tricky songs in the RP library, all of them forgettable and inconsequential, when he made some of the most compelling trip-hop of the 90s.
 
Do tell.  

Suggest a few songs I should check out.  

Posted 15 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Gets a 6 with Tricky bonus. He's a terrific artist; unfortunately he's one of those whose weakest material gets played on RP. I don't get why there is a handful of later-period Tricky songs in the RP library, all of them forgettable and inconsequential, when he made some of the most compelling trip-hop of the 90s.
Posted 15 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
Please end this revolution...
Posted 15 years ago by gumby    [ Reply ]
Either a 4 or an 8. Can't decide. Had both reactions over the course of the song. Will wait to rate.

Posted 15 years ago by tictocsailor    [ Reply ]
 ercasul wrote:
10 just because Tricky's work is , almost by definition, godlike - but there are better tracks on his early albums... dirty, low-down grunty stuff that sound like raw sex in the mud.  Wicked.
 

I'll avoid the "Rap sucks" thing and just say that this music is marginal at best. Vocally boring, just rhyming with a beat. Repetive drum machine keeping the beat. I see very few musical features at all.
It can go away anytime.

Posted 15 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
10 just because Tricky's work is , almost by definition, godlike - but there are better tracks on his early albums... dirty, low-down grunty stuff that sound like raw sex in the mud.  Wicked.
Posted 15 years ago by ercasul    [ Reply ]
Great track - first time I have been moved to comment this week!{#Roflol}
Posted 15 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
It transcends the sum of its parts. Cool and intelligent in the same pair of trousers. :)
Posted 15 years ago by somebloke    [ Reply ]
I don't understand? "RP, gotta love it. It's entertaining AND educational without forcefeeding it to folk. Ace. " It's the radio, it's voluntary.

Posted 15 years ago by martymax    [ Reply ]
 Marley wrote:
What the hell is this, and why am I hearing on RP?

 

Because RP plays what it wants.  That's the beauty of it.
Posted 15 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]
 maLeFunKtion wrote:
That's the beauty of RP. I always assumed Gangsta's Paradise was Coolio's. However, upon tuning in every day to RP, I then learned that it was originally a Stevie Wonder track. When I wrote what I wrote, I didn't know it was Stevie at the time. RP, gotta love it. It's entertaining AND educational without forcefeeding it to folk. Ace.
 
I knew about that one, but RP has taught me at least 10 originals for covers that I thought were the original (because I heard them first, and that version gets much more airplay).
Posted 15 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
What the hell is this, and why am I hearing on RP?

Posted 16 years ago by Marley    [ Reply ]
Love this tune
Loved him in Fifth Element too
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Not my FAVORITE music, but very creative and interesting. Way better than 5.8, and way better than a lot of stuff that has gotten a lot better score.
Posted 18 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
oscar_driver wrote:
Excellent tune but 5.8?? guys please open your minds the same way that 20's dudes do with the amazing 70's-80's songs!! OScar
I'm one of the old farts listening to RP...gave this one a 7...may bump it to an 8
Posted 18 years ago by LennytheB    [ Reply ]
Not bad. Catchy, and it's normally not my "cup of tea".
Posted 18 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
DrLex wrote:
You mean Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" However, I don't hear the similarity.
That's the beauty of RP. I always assumed Gangsta's Paradise was Coolio's. However, upon tuning in every day to RP, I then learned that it was originally a Stevie Wonder track. When I wrote what I wrote, I didn't know it was Stevie at the time. RP, gotta love it. It's entertaining AND educational without forcefeeding it to folk. Ace.
Posted 18 years ago by maLeFunKtion    [ Reply ]
Relayer wrote:
This guy's vocals REALLY sounds like the lead singer from LIVE. As a matter of fact, I am convinced it must be that guy doing guest vocals. They sound too close. UPDATE: did a google search, yep, that is the guy from LIVE on vocals.
this was my first immediate thought too... hah
Posted 18 years ago by pjterp    [ Reply ]
This song is much better than 5.8. Some of the raspy signature Tricky lyrics about 2/3 of the way through sound like a characature of themselves at this point, but the production is really nice and the beat helps.
Posted 18 years ago by DjThirteenP    [ Reply ]
maLeFunKtion wrote:
That underlying synth string part is VERY similar to Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"
You mean Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" However, I don't hear the similarity.
Posted 18 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
Excellent tune but 5.8?? guys please open your minds the same way that 20's dudes do with the amazing 70's-80's songs!! OScar
Posted 18 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
I've been waking up to Mr Tricky for months, and every damn day it's delicious.
Posted 18 years ago by LadyLovelyLocks    [ Reply ]
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump...
Posted 18 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
My favourite of this album is "girls". Bill, if you read this, you know what to play!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
This guy's vocals REALLY sounds like the lead singer from LIVE. As a matter of fact, I am convinced it must be that guy doing guest vocals. They sound too close. UPDATE: did a google search, yep, that is the guy from LIVE on vocals.
Posted 18 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Pretty good song - but lets not be having any Goldie on here. He (Tricky) was with Bjork for a bit, and had a part in the Fifth Element.
Posted 19 years ago by trout_fisher    [ Reply ]
Like it.
Posted 19 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
Yet another first for me thanks to RP. I totally dig this song... would like to hear more from Tricky!
Posted 19 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
I would have never heard this without RP.
Posted 19 years ago by dancingfox    [ Reply ]
First time I've heard Tricky on RP! Hooray!!! I dig this entire album immensely!
Posted 19 years ago by Wadro13    [ Reply ]
I give it a 6, but three of those are silly points.
Posted 19 years ago by srbarry    [ Reply ]
i love this song! it's just too damn catchy. it makes me want to dance. and ed's voice fits in perfectly!
Posted 19 years ago by bellebrocken    [ Reply ]
blue-ice wrote:
Did I just hear some Klingon??? Maybe my overblown imagination...
Qe' - plah!
Posted 19 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
iirc Tricky has some great tripp-hopp stuff, this however is not it.
Posted 19 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
That underlying synth string part is VERY similar to Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" But that doesn't matter, this is kinda fun
Posted 19 years ago by maLeFunKtion    [ Reply ]
Didn't like it that much , But it's ok ...5\10
Posted 19 years ago by Solid_Master    [ Reply ]
Did I just hear some Klingon??? Maybe my overblown imagination...
Posted 19 years ago by blue-ice    [ Reply ]
Heart is in the right place, but this is just barely adaquate, whatever genre it falls into.
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
I know what he really says, but it really sounds like the one dude is saying, "Dump on my Chest" in this song...
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
This is actually one of my top ten favorite songs in the universe. i'm amazed to hear it here--thought i'd put one of my mix cds in by accident! How cool.
Posted 19 years ago by Poplars    [ Reply ]
This grows on ya! A fellow RP'er sent it to me and I play it in the classroom. The kids love it! Thanks, Rob!
Posted 19 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
Tricky - Bristol boy from the UK, came from the same stable and era as Massive Attack, Portishead - always a real treat.. enjoy.
Posted 19 years ago by RoyStudios    [ Reply ]
RichardPrins wrote:
(His albums are usually a mixed bag )
That's for damn sure!
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
This is why I listen to RP. I would never find this stuff elsewhere.
Posted 19 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
It's got a sort of Shabba Ranks feel to it. But I like the main vocals. And I usually hate rap. Great hooks in it, too.
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Boosiewolf wrote:
This sounds like a Ween song!
lol. Ween are good! This is not
Posted 19 years ago by Sobient    [ Reply ]
Euch. It's better than most rap (or rap-ish stuff), but I like my songs to have at least three chords... just two gets annoying real fast.
Posted 19 years ago by betsythemuffin    [ Reply ]
Bearing in mind that I generally hate rap, at least this has something that most rap lacks: an infusion of melody. Maybe other rappers might revist incorporating some melody into their stuff, rather than vacillating between two minor chords ad infinitum.
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Whats the matter with U guys?? This rox :D
Posted 19 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
fluorophore wrote:
I like it. F y'all.
Hey, hey hey! you don't have to get offensive!
Posted 20 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
I'm usually against lots and lots of vocal effects. yeah, I'm against this song. The nicest thing I can say is it IS a change of pace.
Posted 20 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
Great voices... (His albums are usually a mixed bag, but this one was pretty solid)
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
I like it. F y'all.
Posted 20 years ago by fluorophore    [ Reply ]