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"&lt;p&gt;With each new album, Earth, Wind and Fire remain relatively true to their original sound: elaborate, neatly orchestral funk, influenced equally by American and African sources. But the band also keeps its ear to the radio. Accordingly, &lt;em&gt;Raise!&lt;/em&gt; reflects the current wave of street-gritty black pop, from Lakeside to Rick James. Most of the tracks crank up the bass and feature rattling percussion that scrapes against the beat.&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;In such songs as the hit single &amp;quot;Let&amp;apos;s Groove&amp;quot; and the fast, cutting &amp;quot;Lady Sun,&amp;quot; the horn section screams like a car running a red light. This is city music, a welcome departure from the somewhere-over-the-galaxy mooniness that group leader Maurice White has too often succumbed to in the past. On &lt;em&gt;Raise!&lt;/em&gt;, White&amp;apos;s romanticism is slinkier, more seductive. The lyrics of &amp;quot;My Love&amp;quot; may prattle, but the guitars that frame the tune are light and sexy. Even at his dizziest &amp;#x2014; e.g., &amp;quot;Evolution Orange,&amp;quot; a variation on seeing the world in a piece of fruit &amp;#x2014; White roots his music in the earth.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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