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''Soul Food Taqueria'' is the third studio album by former professional skateboarder and Quannum Projects-member Tommy Guerrero, released April 8, 2003, on Mo' Wax Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2002 and 2003 at the Function 8 record label's studio in San Francisco, California. Production, instrumentation and songwriting was primarily handled by Guerrero, with contributions from producers Gadget and Monte Vallier. The album consists mostly of downtempo, instrumental and sample-based chill-out music with musical influences such as Latin soul, R&B, trip hop and lo-fi music. It also features only a few vocal contributions from guest artists, which include rapper Lyrics Born and singer Gresham Taylor. Its cover artwork, depicting a taquería that also serves soul food, was designed by artist Stephen Powers. The album was not promoted well, no radio singles were issued, and it did not chart. Despite no commercial and sales success, ''Soul Food Taqueria'' was mostly well received by music critics, who commended its diverse style, production quality, and viewed it as a progression for Guerrero from his 2000 album ''A Little Bit of Somethin''. == Background and recording == Recording for ''Soul Food Taqueria'' took place at the recording studio of the San Francisco-based independent label Function 8 from 2002 to 2003.〔Guerrero (2003), p. 2.〕 Mostly handled by Tommy Guerrero, production for the album also featured audio mixing contributions from producer/engineers Gadget and Monte Vallier.〔 Prior to these sessions, Gadget and Guerrero had previously worked together on independent label projects and collaborations, including their collaborational studio effort, ''Hoy Yen Ass'n'' (2000) for Function 8.〔(Tommy Guerrero & Gadget Discography ). Discogs. Retrieved on 2008-12-28.〕 Most of the instrumentation for the album was employed by Guerrero, while session drummer Chuck Treece and keyboardist Greg Galbreath also contributed to ''Soul Food Taqueria''.〔 All of the album's material was written and arranged by Tommy Guerrero.〔Carroll, Bryan. (Review: ''Soul Food Taqueria'' ). Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.〕 The album is primarily sample-based and instrumental,〔 as recording and production followed a lo-fi and downtempo aesthetic.〔Johnson, Carmen. (Review: ''Soul Food Taqueria'' ). ''Prefix Mag''. Retrieved on 2008-12-28.〕〔(Ink 19: Soul Food Taqueria ). Ink 19. Retrieved on 2008-12-28.〕 Gadget also assisted in vocal production for the album's three vocal tracks, "Organism", "It Gets Heavy" and "Getting It Together".〔 In contrast to Guerrero's previous studio album ''A Little Bit of Somethin 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soul Food Taqueria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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