Space divas, we're the believers... A paragon of contemporary cool for the last decade, Luscious Jackson grew from its NYC club origins to become one of the earliest signings to the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label. Readily embraced by all factions of the ever-diversifying alt-music audience, the band rolled with the times as well, appearing on the testosterone-fueled Lollapalooza festival in the early '90s and rolling on with the Lilith Fair in more recent years. After scoring a critical success with "Fever In Fever Out" and its hit single "Naked Eye" in 1996, the group appeared poised to storm the mainstream. But its follow-up efforts were stalled when keyboardist Vivian Trimble amicably split from the band last spring, leaving many to wonder what affect her departure would have on the band's signature hip-hop twists on everything from glossy disco to glam guitar-rock to greasy funk. With its just-released third LP, "Electric Honey," Luscious Jackson has overcome such concern with gusto. Working with several producers (including longtime David Bowie associate Tony Visconti), the trio has delivered what is already The Party Album of the long, hot summer of 1999. Even the godfather of interplanetary funk, George Clinton, would have to agree that "Honey" not only moves, it removes. Dig? Shortly before the release of "Electric Honey," Jill Cunniff, Gabby Glaser, and Kate Schellenbach talked with MTV News' Kara Manning about creating booty-shaking rhythms, working with Emmylou Harris and Deborah Harry, and channeling the seductive powers behind the band's totally wound sound.
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