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The Holmes Brothers: State of Grace/Coco Montoya: Dirty Deal/Vesta Williams: Distant Lover

Carol Cooper, The Village Voice, 29 January 2007

WHEN LED ZEP covered Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie's 'When the Levee Breaks', they thought they were making "rock 'n' roll." When the Pointer Sisters covered Koko Taylor's 'Wang Dang Doodle', they thought they were making "pop soul." And when Kanye West looped a famous Ray Charles riff, he thought he was making "hip-hop."

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