Baby, I'm Hollywood!

by Judith Hill

Overview

While still deeply involved with background work eight years after starring in the Grammy-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, Judith Hill maintained the triennial release pattern that started in 2012 with the soundtrack of Red Hook Summer. The self-produced Baby, I'm Hollywood!, her most refined showcase, is another round of spirited R&B that moves across styles, eras, and even regions. Mentor Prince remains her creative lodestar. His influence is most apparent in "God Bless the Mechanic," a slow jam delight that, with its sashaying gait and swooning strings, could segue smoothly into the Family's "The Screams of Passion." The flirty lines in "You Got the Right Thing," a funk groove that churns like Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You," could have come from Prince himself. Elsewhere, "Candlelight in the Dark" is Hill's finest and most nuanced gospel-inspired song yet. Just as convincing is the Curtis Mayfield-style cinematic soul on "Wanderer," and the title song, which stomps like classic Motown crossed with Ike & Tina Turner. Hill, a natural belter, cuts clear through it all, including the bluesy guitar solo she throws into the mix on the latter. Hill makes it look easy and fun. The positive energy is infectious. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	03/05/2021
Label:	Regime Music Group
UPC:	0192641070983
Rank:	54158

Tracks

1. When My World Is Blue
2. Baby, I'm Hollywood!
3. Americana
4. God Bless the Mechanic
5. You Got the Right Thang
6. Burn It All
7. Give Your Love to Someone Else
8. Silence
9. Wanderer
10. Miss Cecilia Jones
11. Newborn Woman
12. Step Out
13. Candlelight in the Dark
14. Thank You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Judith Hill   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
Robert Hill   Bass
Alyssa Park   Strings
Timothy Loo   Strings
Munyungo Jackson   Percussion
Donnell Spencer Jr.   Drums
Carmel Echols   Vocals (Background)
Sophia Whitehurst   Vocals (Background)
Neel Hammond   Strings
Michiko Hill   Organ,Piano,Clavinet,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Luke Maurer   Strings
Luke Mauer   Strings
Adrian Carrillo   Horn
Diana Wade   Strings
Charlie Tyler   Strings
Mark Novelich   Horn
Raul Aguiniga   Horn

Technical Credits

Kerry Brothers   Composer
Judith Hill   Composer,Producer
Makeba Riddick   Composer
Danny Burke   Composer
Joel Whitley   Composer
Kerry Brothers Jr.   Composer