Plate Fork Knife Spoon

Plate Fork Knife Spoon: Plate Fork Knife Spoon

by James Taylor
May 5, 2005

Plate Fork Knife Spoon is billed as a blend of organic hip-hop and funk-infused jazz. I hate when people describe groove-heavy soul-jazz groups as “a blend of hip-hop and jazz. Hip-hop should showcase either a DJ or an MC--one or the other, preferably both, is at the heart of all hip-hop. Plate Fork Knife Spoon has neither. The trio, led by bassist/producer Headnodic, just plays beats. That's it. And soulful beats do not equal hip-hop (or jazz). ...