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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]]''.
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]], [[Pop]], [[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.
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.
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:
She has released the following albums:
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* [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]]
* [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly]]
* [[Obligatory Bondage Song]]: "Dirty Pictures". Sort of.
* [[Obligatory Bondage Song]]: "Dirty Pictures". Sort of.
* [[One Hit Wonder]]
* [[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".
* [[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, [[Name's the Same|not the Mike Mangini who played drums for]] [[Extreme]] and [[Steve Vai]], the one who produced Digable Planets).
* [[Record Producer]]: Her most commercially successful albums ''Chupacabra'' and ''The Stoop'' had Mike Mangini as producer (no, [[Name's the Same|not the Mike Mangini who played drums for]] [[Extreme]] and [[Steve Vai]], the one who produced Digable Planets).

Revision as of 17:59, 26 January 2014

Imani Coppola is a musician from 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, Pop, Funk/Soul and whatever else is handy, while largely falling under the umbrella of "alternative". Basically, think The Beastie Boys crossed with 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)

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