View source for Imani Coppola

{{work}}
[[File:ic_3326.png|frame]]

Imani Coppola is a musician from [[Big Applesauce|New York City]], known for playing multiple instruments (her albums credit her for guitars, keyboards and violins) and switching between normal singing and rapping. Her style can basically be summed up as [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]] or [[Genre Roulette]]: a combination of [[Hip Hop]], [[Alternative Rock]], [[Po P]], [[Funk]]/[[Soul]] and whatever else is handy, while largely falling under the umbrella of "alternative". Basically, think The [[Beastie Boys]] crossed with ''[[The Beatles|The White Album]]''.

She gained some fame thanks to her critically acclaimed 1997 debut ''Chupacabra'', which spawned the hit "Legend of a Cowgirl", giving her the status of [[One Hit Wonder]]. However, [[Executive Meddling]] on the part of Columbia Records ensued, her second album was shelved and she was dropped. She spent a long time out of the mainstream afterwards, self-releasing various albums that can be pretty hard to get a hang of.

Coppola began regaining attention in 2006 by touring with [[Mike Patton]]'s side project Peeping Tom, who picked her up for his label Ipecac Recordings and put out ''The Black and White Album''. She's since started an R&B duo with Adam Pallin called Little Jackie, who had another hit single in 2008 with "The World Should Revolve Around Me". Let's hope this won't end up a [[One Hit Wonder]] as well.

She has released the following albums:
* ''Chupacabra'' (1997)
* ''Come and Get Me... What?!'' (2000)
* ''Little Red Fighting Mood'' (2002) 
* ''Post Traumatic Pop Syndrome'' (2002)
* ''Afrodite'' (2004)
* ''Small Thunder'' (2005)
* ''The Vocal Stylings of Imani Coppola'' (2005)
* ''The Black and White Album'' (2007)
* ''The Stoop'' (2008) - Little Jackie album
* ''Free Spirit'' (2010)
----
Tropes:
* [[Easter Egg]]: "La Da Da" lasts 20:47 minutes in total. The song itself ends after about 4-5 minutes, and the final part is a hidden track called "My Day at the Ocean"
* [[Executive Meddling]]
* [[First Installment Wins]]
* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: "J.L.I.A.T.O.Y.O." means "[[John Lennon]] is a trademark of [[Yoko Ono]]," which appears on any [http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rock--roll-religion-launches-menswear-collection-designs-inspired-by-the-art-of-john-lennon-by-english-laundry-69645747.html licensed John Lennon merchandise].
* [[Genre Roulette]]
* [[Intercourse With You]]: "Keys to Your Ass".
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: Happens sometimes ("Let It Kill You", "30th Birthday").
* [[Needs More Love]]: Arguably.
* [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]]
* [[Obligatory Bondage Song]]: "Dirty Pictures". Sort of.
* [[One Hit Wonder]]
* [[Precision F Strike]]: "Woke Up White", "One of These Days", "Black and White Jingle #1", "Black and White Jingle #2", "Dirty Pictures", "I Love Your Hair", "J.L.I.A.T.O.Y.O.". Can be a bit surprising or an outright [[Cluster F Bomb]] if you know her only as the girl who sang "Legend of a Cowgirl".
* [[Record Producer]]: Her most commercially successful albums ''Chupacabra'' and ''The Stoop'' had Mike Mangini as producer (no, [[Names the Same|not the Mike Mangini who played drums for]] [[Extreme]] and [[Steve Vai]], the one who produced Digable Planets).
* [[Sampling]]: "I'm a Tree" samples the organ riff from "Twentieth Century Fox" by [[The Doors]], and "Legend of a Cowgirl" famously uses a sample from "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan. "I Love Your Hair" uses the famous pummeling beat of "When the Levee Breaks" by [[Led Zeppelin (Music)|Led Zeppelin]]. Notably, Columbia wanted her to use more sampling for her second album, and she refused.
* [[Something Completely Different]]: There's a world of contrast between the upbeat happy pop of ''Chupacabra'' and the disjointed, messy ''The Black and White Album''. For example.
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: She has some songs with this, like "Naked City (Love to See U Shine)" or "Keys 2 Your Ass".

{{reflist}}
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Imani Coppola]]
[[Category:Music]]