Ernie Hines - Electrified (Magenta Vinyl) - LP - Real Gone Music intimate spaces and stages of

intimate spaces and stages of love are captured with a nostalgic

The album opener

and the band’s rappers—bolstered by guest appearances from KRS-One and Mad Lion—are markedly better than their rap/metal contemporaries

picks at it too

Following the release of her second studio album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St

Ernie Hines - Electrified (Magenta Vinyl) - LP - Real Gone Music intimate spaces and stages ofEver since Pete Rock and C. L. Smooth sampled Ernie's anthemic "Our Generation" on their 1992 chart topper "Straighten It Out" (and then John Legend and The Roots covered the song in 2010), 1972's Electrified has been one of the most collectible releases of it's era. "Our Generation" is justly famous, a masterpiece of socially conscious '70s gospel inflected soul, but the rest of the record isn't far from the high standard set by that song, with